The brand new season is about to start and the fans are shivering with enthusiasm. It’s a fresh slate as Banská Bystrica host Podbrezová for the opening match at Štadión SNP Štiavničky. Read on!
Banská Bystrica form and stats
The season before, Banská Bystrica's league results were 9 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, producing 6th position in the Fortuna Liga. From these 22 matches they scored {34 goals} and conceded 37. Playing as the home team in the previous season Banská Bystrica managed 5-1-5 (win-draw-lost) with {17 goals} and 15 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Banská Bystrica perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Banská Bystrica as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Banská Bystrica has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Banská Bystrica, who have participated in five training matches. Banská Bystrica have won 3 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Podbrezová form and stats
Let's have a look at how Podbrezová performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 32 and conceded {24 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 16/14 goals scored/conceded.
It's a day of discovery for Podbrezová as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Podbrezová have played seven with the results W2-D1-L4 (win-draw-lost). In these games Podbrezová has scored {13 goals} and conceded 17 times.
Head 2 Head
Banská Bystrica-Podbrezová H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Banská Bystrica four wins, Podbrezová five wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Banská Bystrica missing players
Podbrezová missing players
| Banská Bystrica | Podbrezová | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banská Bystrica | Last season | Podbrezová | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 16 | 33 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 51 | 27 | Scored | S | 21 | 44 | ||
| 59 | 25 | Conceded | C | 25 | 47 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 79% | ||
| 64% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 52% | ||
| 39% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 30% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 9% | ||
| 61% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 58% | ||
| 18% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 21% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11.4 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.1 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 28% | ||
| 13.3 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.8 | 11.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Banská Bystrica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | FK Kosice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ruzomberok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Skalica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Slovan Bratislava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Spartak Trnava | 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 | Zemplin Michalovce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Žilina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Zlate Moravce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 33 | 69 |
| 2 | DAC | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 25 | 67 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 52 |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 47 |
| 5 | Banská Bystrica | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 50 | 56 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 34 | -6 | 44 |
| 6 | Žilina | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 49 | 53 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 33 | -4 | 39 |