Podbrezová manager Skuhravý looking for three points in Žilina showdown

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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sun 06.Aug
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: ZELPO Aréna Podbrezová (4061 seats)

Game week two of the Fortuna Liga season and the sides have learned from the first match. Here's the ultimate Podbrezová - Žilina pre-match guide:

It should be mentioned that Žilina play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Žilina on grass are 8 victories, 8 draws and 19 defeats from 35 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 47-74. You can compare this with overall results below.

Žilina could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three sleeps ago.

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Podbrezová form and stats

In the previous season, Podbrezová's league results were 9 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, producing 4th spot in the Fortuna Liga. From these 22 matches they scored {32 goals} and gave away 24. Appearing as the home side in the former season Podbrezová delivered 6-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with {16 goals} and 10 conceded.

A strong away win for Podbrezová against Banská Bystrica the last match, as Kováčik and Kabongo were on target. Kováčik was absolutely essential when Podbrezová beat Banská Bystrica 4-1, scoring three goals.

Preceding that match was the home game against Ruzomberok that was lost 0-3.

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Žilina form and stats

Let's have a look at how Žilina performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded {33 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 13/24 goals scored/conceded.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Europa Conference League home defeat versus Gent with 2-5 on the scoreboard.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Ruzomberok.

Žilina 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.

Head 2 Head

Podbrezová have been victorious in all of the 4 latest games versus this opponent. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

PodbrezováP. Kováčik
P. Kováčik
3 goals
PodbrezováC. Kabongo
C. Kabongo
1 goals

Podbrezová missing players

Žilina missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Podbrezová Žilina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 17
9 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 12
44% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
 
11 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Podbrezová Last season Žilina
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
33 17   Played P   17 34
13 8   Won W   4 13
8 3   Drew D   3 6
12 6   Lost L   10 15
44 23   Scored S   22 55
47 22   Conceded C   34 55
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
79% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 74%
52% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 53%
30% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 44%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 26%
58% 47%   BTTS BTTS   65% 62%
27% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 21%
21% 35%   Failed to Score F T   24% 21%
 
5.4 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5
5.3 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.9
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.7
5 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
11.3 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 11.3
4.8 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5.1
28% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 32%
 
11.5 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 11.8
5.3 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.2 5.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Podbrezová 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Žilina 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Skalica 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Trencin 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 FK Kosice 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Slovan Bratislava 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Zemplin Michalovce 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 DAC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Spartak Trnava 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Ruzomberok 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
11 Zlaté Moravce 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
12 Banská Bystrica 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Podbrezová 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Žilina 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Skalica 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Trencin 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 FK Kosice 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Slovan Bratislava 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Zemplin Michalovce 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 DAC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Spartak Trnava 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Ruzomberok 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
11 Zlaté Moravce 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
12 Banská Bystrica 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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