FK Košice v Slovan Bratislava preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)

The brand new season is about to kick off and the regulars are tingling with excitement. It’s a new beginning as FK Košice welcome Slovan Bratislava for the opening fixture. Keep reading!

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game, against Zrinjski, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Slovan Bratislava.

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FK Košice form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Košice as they were promoted from 2. Liga last season. Happy days that were secured through 20 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses from 30 games. The team scored 37 goals at home last season and conceded 8. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

FK Košice have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and ten practice matches played. These training games have ended with 6 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; FK Košice scored {21 goals} and let in {12 goals} during these ten games.

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Slovan Bratislava form and stats

Let's have a look at how Slovan Bratislava performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 47 and conceded {23 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 16/14 goals scored/conceded.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Zrinjski in just three days.

Slovan Bratislava played four friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. In these four matches Slovan Bratislava scored 11 and conceded {2 goals}.

Head 2 Head

FK Košice missing players

Slovan Bratislava missing players

FK Košice Slovan Bratislava
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top 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
FK Košice Last season Slovan Bratislava
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   16 32
20 12   Won W   9 21
6 2   Drew D   4 6
4 1   Lost L   3 5
61 37   Scored S   27 65
21 8   Conceded C   20 32
90% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 94%
77% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 72%
57% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 59%
30% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 44%
13% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 25%
43% 47%   BTTS BTTS   62% 56%
57% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 34%
10% 7%   Failed to Score F T   19% 16%
 
6.6 7.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5 6
3.3 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.3
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.9 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 14.3
5.6 6.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 6.3
37% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%
 
6.6 5.6   Shots against (avg) S A   10.5 10.8
2.7 2.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.1 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Banska 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 Košice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Podbrezova 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 Zilina 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 FK Košice 30 20 6 4 61 21 15 12 2 1 37 8 15 8 4 3 24 13 40 66
2 Tatran Presov 30 20 2 8 49 24 15 12 1 2 24 9 15 8 1 6 25 15 25 62
3 Komarno 30 14 11 5 41 26 15 8 7 0 23 9 15 6 4 5 18 17 15 53
4 Zilina II 30 14 5 11 63 53 15 8 3 4 37 29 15 6 2 7 26 24 10 47
5 Pohronie 30 11 11 8 45 41 15 7 5 3 29 20 15 4 6 5 16 21 4 44
6 Spartak Myjava 30 12 7 11 46 41 15 6 3 6 20 17 15 6 4 5 26 24 5 43
7 Slovan Bratislava II 30 12 7 11 43 45 15 5 4 6 19 23 15 7 3 5 24 22 -2 43
8 Povazska Bystrica 30 10 10 10 52 48 15 8 4 3 30 23 15 2 6 7 22 25 4 40
9 Samorin 30 12 4 14 44 50 15 7 2 6 25 20 15 5 2 8 19 30 -6 40
10 Puchov 30 11 5 14 47 44 15 6 1 8 23 20 15 5 4 6 24 24 3 38
11 Slavoj Trebisov 30 10 6 14 32 44 15 5 5 5 17 18 15 5 1 9 15 26 -12 36
12 Petrzalka akademia 30 8 10 12 40 43 15 6 5 4 28 18 15 2 5 8 12 25 -3 34
13 Dolny Kubin 30 10 4 16 36 60 15 7 3 5 23 23 15 3 1 11 13 37 -24 34
14 Futura Humenne 30 7 11 12 24 35 15 4 5 6 16 21 15 3 6 6 8 14 -11 32
15 Raca 30 6 8 16 25 52 15 3 3 9 8 19 15 3 5 7 17 33 -27 26
16 Dubnica 30 6 7 17 38 59 15 3 4 8 19 31 15 3 3 9 19 28 -21 25
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 Podbrezova 32 13 8 11 44 44 16 8 3 5 23 19 16 5 5 6 21 25 0 47
5 Banska Bystrica 32 13 5 14 50 56 16 7 2 7 26 22 16 6 3 7 24 34 -6 44
6 Zilina 32 11 6 15 49 53 16 8 3 5 30 20 16 3 3 10 19 33 -4 39