Home advantage could prove decisive in Mladost DG - Grbalj battle

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Competition: Montenegro Second League
Competition: Thu 25.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: DG Arena (1200 seats)

The Second League standings tell a tale about these participants to this date, with Mladost DG ahead of Grbalj by 17 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Mladost DG have the most clean sheets (17) in Second League
  • Mladost DG have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grbalj have scored away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Second League game only four days ago.

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Mladost DG form and stats

9 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what Mladost DG have to build on here at DG Arena in the Second League. Two home wins in a row for Mladost DG bring valid hopes of a third.

The Mladost DG supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Igalo and win 2-1.

Before that match, a win away at Berane.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Mladost handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

It should be noted that a glance at the 12 latest league fixtures reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored).

Mladost DG are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 15 games. Mladost's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Grbalj form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Second League travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

The Grbalj goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 301 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Grbalj played 0-0 against Otrant-Olympic in their previous match.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Kom at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Grbalj are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Low-scoring game? 13 of this team's most recent 15 league fixtures have had zero, one or two goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Grbalj as they have only managed to score 10 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

The two teams in this fixture also faced each other before this campaign: Grbalj - Mladost DG 0-1. Statistics for the former seven meetings featuring these two squads are: four wins for Mladost, two draws and one win for Grbalj. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Mladost DG missing players

Grbalj missing players

Mladost DG Grbalj
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 33
17 10 4 Won W 2 4 9
7 1 0 Drew D 1 5 10
9 5 1 Lost L 1 7 14
41 25 11 Scored S 2 11 24
34 18 5 Conceded C 1 16 30
82% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 81% 82%
58% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 45%
55% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 24%
21% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 6%
12% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
30% 31% 20% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 33%
52% 44% 60% Clean Sheets C S 75% 31% 39%
36% 31% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 45%
 
3.3 3.4 2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 3.2
3.2 2.9 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.8 3.9
1.5 1.3 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2.6 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
5.2 5.1 4.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.1 5.8
2.5 2.9 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.3 2.8
46% 51% 73% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 22% 24%
 
3.6 3.2 2 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.6 6.7
2.3 2.1 0.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.4 2.9
Key stats in Second League this season:
  • Grbalj have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mladost DG have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Mladost DG have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Grbalj have scored away.
  • Mladost DG have the most clean sheets (17) in Second League
  • Mladost DG have the most matches over the total-line (14) in Second League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mladost DG 31 16 6 9 36 34 15 9 1 5 20 18 16 7 5 4 16 16 2 53
2 Berane 32 14 7 11 30 24 16 9 4 3 16 7 16 5 3 8 14 17 6 48
3 Kom 31 13 7 11 36 33 15 9 2 4 22 14 16 4 5 7 14 19 3 46
4 Bokelj 31 11 11 9 32 26 15 6 6 3 20 13 16 5 5 6 12 13 6 44
5 Mladost Ljeskopolje 31 11 11 9 35 30 16 7 6 3 22 15 15 4 5 6 13 15 5 44
6 Igalo 31 9 11 11 32 32 16 5 8 3 13 12 15 4 3 8 19 20 0 38
7 Otrant-Olympic 31 9 10 12 29 35 15 5 5 5 17 13 16 4 5 7 12 22 -6 37
8 Grbalj 31 9 9 13 22 27 16 5 4 7 12 13 15 4 5 6 10 14 -5 36
9 Zeta 31 9 6 16 27 38 16 5 3 8 12 20 15 4 3 8 15 18 -11 33
10 Niksic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0