Match preview: 6 points are the diference between the sides so far this season, Žilina on top. Will Skalica pull off a surprise?
- All of Skalica's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Žilina have yet to win a game away.
Skalica's stadium, Mestský štadión, has a grass surface. Žilina have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Žilina when playing on grass; 7 wins, 12 draws and 17 losses from 36 matches. They have scored 52 goals in these games and conceded 65.
It's no vacation for neither Skalica nor Žilina as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Skalica form and stats
The total Fortuna Liga results playing at home this season for Skalica are 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Skalica, who played 1-1 against Spartak Trnava. That match was also played at this venue (Mestský štadión).
Before that one, a fine away victory at Banik Prievidza. A Slovakia Cup game. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Skalica have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Skalica after this match as they are travelling to Liptovsky Mikulas for a Fortuna Liga game in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Skalica's 4 home games: 4 goals, 4 conceded.
Žilina form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Fortuna Liga for Žilina with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
The followers enjoyed Žilina's previous fixture versus Zemplin Michalovce (placed 8th), a 2-0 win played at home.
Prior to that match, the Žilina manager Hynek faced defeat when travelling to Slovan Bratislava and losing 1-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Žilina in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Žilina, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Žilina are hosting Podbrezová in the Fortuna Liga only three days away.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Žilina have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Skalica one win, one draw and Žilina two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Duris 3 goals |  J. Vlasko 2 goals |
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 4.9 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8.3 | 5.9 |
| 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.7 | 7.5 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 16 | 13 |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 29% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 31% |
| 10 | 9.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17.7 | 12 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 5.4 |
- All of Skalica's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Skalica have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Skalica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Žilina have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Žilina have yet to win a game away.
| 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 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Podbrezová | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Žilina | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | DAC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Trenčín | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Ruzomberok | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Zemplin Michalovce | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 9 | Skalica | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Banska Bystrica | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 3 |
| 12 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -9 | 3 |
