There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Slovan Bratislava and Zrinjski. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Slovan Bratislava have less rest than Zrinjski in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super Liga game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at FK Kosice.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
Slovan Bratislava have reached this Champions League stage through battling and winning against Swift Hesperange. Bratislava was eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round last season in the Champions League. Ferencvaros was too strong.This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 209 minutes without scoring a league goal. Cavric was the last player to find the net.
The Slovan Bratislava coach Weiss and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus FK Kosice.
Before that one, a fine away win at Zrinjski. A Champions League game.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super Liga game versus Banska Bystrica in only four days. This game is also played here at Štadión Tehelné pole.
Zrinjski form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Banants in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. Zrinjski was sent out of Champions League in the 1st qualifying round last season, when Sheriff turned out to be too strong.Zrinjski's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Zrinjski collect 35 points from their 16 away matches in the Premier Liga. 11 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 3 defeats). Total Champions League statistics for Zrinjski: 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Champions League home loss versus Slovan Bratislava with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Defender Barišić was the best team player with a rating of 7.3. Barišić won 4 of 8 duels.
The fixture earlier was the Champions League-battle against Banants (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties), a home defeat (2-3).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Zrinjski manager Rendulić as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Sloga.
Zrinjski has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 16 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the squads faced each other earlier this season; Zrinjski - Slovan Bratislava 0-1. Previous five meetings between these contenders: Bratislava won three, Zrinjski triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.
Slovan Bratislava missing players
Zrinjski missing players
| Slovan Bratislava | Zrinjski | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 11 | 20 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Scored | S | 25 | 57 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 62% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 46% | ||
| 11.1 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Podbrezova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Skalica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | FK Kosice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Slovan Bratislava | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Zemplin Michalovce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DAC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Zilina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ruzomberok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Trencin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Spartak Trnava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Zlate Moravce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Banska Bystrica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zrinjski | 33 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 66 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 45 | 78 |
| 2 | Borac Banja Luka | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 58 |
| 3 | Zeljeznicar | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 53 |
| 4 | Sarajevo | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 50 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 52 |
| 5 | Siroki Brijeg | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 48 |
| 6 | Velez | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| 7 | Sloga | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 46 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 29 | -3 | 37 |
| 8 | Igman Konjic | 33 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 42 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 35 | -6 | 37 |
| 9 | Sloga Doboj | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 55 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 36 | -15 | 37 |
| 10 | Posusje | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 29 | -18 | 37 |
| 11 | Leotar | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 34 | -17 | 34 |
| 12 | Sloboda Tuzla | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 23 | -9 | 32 |
