Football match preview: Rača vs FK Košice

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Competition: Slovakia 2. Liga
Competition: Fri 19.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Štadión FK Rača (3500 seats)

Stumbling Rača are desperate to pull off a surprise when they play hard-driving FK Košice in the next league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home supporters will have not-so-high confidence.

Insights:
  • Rača have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in 2. Liga
  • FK Košice have the most scored goals (58) in 2. Liga

Rača have had a bad season and will be relegated from 2. Liga. Happy, happy days for Košice who are already winners of the 2. Liga. This could affect their motivation.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Rača form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 2. Liga this season. Rača have only managed 3 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Štadión FK Rača. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 517 minutes without scoring a league goal. Egbe was the last player to find the net.

Rača faced defeat in their previous match, away at Komárno (0-1). The first defeat after going undefeated through three league matches.

In the match before that, Rača hosted Pohronie and drew the game 0-0.

It should be added that a look at the 13 latest league games reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Rača here at Štadión FK Rača in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 14 games). Rača have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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FK Košice form and stats

7 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of FK Košice, who have the most scored goals (58) in 2. Liga, playing as the away team in the 2. Liga this season. In general it has been a productive period now for FK Košice as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

FK Košice have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Matus Kira. It's been 322 minutes since they last conceded in 2. Liga.

FK Košice are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Spartak Myjava (placed 6th).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Slovan Bratislava II.

Košice has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 14 games. FK Košice are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 14 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have played earlier this season: FK Košice - Rača 2-1.

Top Goalscorers

FK KošiceL. Sagna
L. Sagna
15 goals
FK KošiceE. Liener
E. Liener
9 goals
FK KošiceM. Jakúbek
M. Jakúbek
9 goals

Rača missing players

FK Košice missing players

Rača FK Košice
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
6 3 1 Won W 2 7 19
8 3 1 Drew D 2 4 6
15 8 2 Lost L 1 3 4
25 8 1 Scored S 9 21 58
49 16 5 Conceded C 6 13 21
86% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 90%
62% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 64% 76%
45% 29% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 57% 55%
21% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 36% 31%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
41% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 60% 43% 45%
28% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 57% 55%
45% 57% 75% Failed to Score F T 20% 14% 10%
 
4.1 4.4 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.4 6.6
6.7 5.2 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 3.7 3.3
2.7 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.8 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.6 11.2 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 15.2 11.9 13.1
3.8 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 4.7 5.7
23% 14% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 32% 35%
 
12.1 11 10 Shots against (avg) S A 8 7.7 6.6
4.7 4.4 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.4 3 2.7
Key stats in 2. Liga this season:
  • FK Košice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FK Košice have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FK Košice have scored more than double the goals of Rača.
  • FK Košice have the fewest conceded goals (21) in 2. Liga
  • FK Košice have the most clean sheets (16) in 2. Liga
  • FK Košice have the most scored goals (58) in 2. Liga
  • FK Košice have the most scored goals in the second half (39) in 2. Liga
  • FK Košice have the the best goal difference (+37) in 2. Liga
  • FK Košice have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • FK Košice have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • FK Košice is in the best form (5-1-0) in 2. Liga
  • Rača have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in 2. Liga
  • Rača have the fewest points (12) at home in 2. Liga
  • Rača have the fewest points from losing position (3) in 2. Liga
  • Rača have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in 2. Liga
  • Rača have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in 2. Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FK Košice 29 19 6 4 58 21 15 12 2 1 37 8 14 7 4 3 21 13 37 63
2 Tatran Prešov 29 19 2 8 46 24 14 11 1 2 21 9 15 8 1 6 25 15 22 59
3 Komárno 29 14 11 4 41 25 15 8 7 0 23 9 14 6 4 4 18 16 16 53
4 Pohronie 29 11 11 7 45 38 15 7 5 3 29 20 14 4 6 4 16 18 7 44
5 Žilina II 29 13 5 11 55 49 15 8 3 4 37 29 14 5 2 7 18 20 6 44
6 Spartak Myjava 29 11 7 11 45 41 14 5 3 6 19 17 15 6 4 5 26 24 4 40
7 Šamorín 29 12 4 13 44 48 15 7 2 6 25 20 14 5 2 7 19 28 -4 40
8 Slovan Bratislava II 29 11 7 11 41 45 14 4 4 6 17 23 15 7 3 5 24 22 -4 40
9 Povazska Bystrica 29 9 10 10 51 48 14 7 4 3 29 23 15 2 6 7 22 25 3 37
10 Púchov 29 11 4 14 45 42 14 6 0 8 21 18 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 37
11 Slavoj Trebišov 29 10 6 13 30 41 14 5 5 4 15 15 15 5 1 9 15 26 -11 36
12 Petržalka akadémia 29 8 9 12 38 41 15 6 5 4 28 18 14 2 4 8 10 23 -3 33
13 Futura Humenne 29 7 11 11 24 34 15 4 5 6 16 21 14 3 6 5 8 13 -10 32
14 Dolny Kubin 29 9 4 16 33 58 15 7 3 5 23 23 14 2 1 11 10 35 -25 31
15 Rača 29 6 8 15 25 49 14 3 3 8 8 16 15 3 5 7 17 33 -24 26
16 Dubnica 29 6 7 16 34 51 14 3 4 7 15 23 15 3 3 9 19 28 -17 25