Soccer betting preview: Zemplín Michalovce welcomes Banská Bystrica in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Competition: Fri 11.Aug
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Futbalový štadión MFK Zemplín (4500 seats)

Zemplín Michalovce battle against Banská Bystrica for kudos and football prosperity.

Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an energetic match!

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Zemplín Michalovce form and stats

A Fortuna Liga draw at home so far for Zemplín Michalovce. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 16 matches.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 265 minutes without scoring a league goal. Toml (own goal) was the last player to find the net.

In their previous game, the manager Petrus led his Zemplín Michalovce to a defeat away at Trencin. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Futbalový štadión MFK Zemplín.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus DAC.

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 Michalovce have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 1 and lost 2.

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Banská Bystrica form and stats

One match played away so far in the Fortuna Liga for Banská Bystrica and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses from 16 games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Slovan Bratislava (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2.

A loss against Podbrezova was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Banská Bystrica playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 5 Banská Bystrica wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Zemplín Michalovce three wins, zero draws and Banská Bystrica one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Banská BystricaT. Záhumenský
T. Záhumenský
1 goals
Banská BystricaR. Polievka
R. Polievka
1 goals

Zemplín Michalovce missing players

Banská Bystrica missing players

Zemplín Michalovce Banská Bystrica
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 2 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 6
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6
7.5 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 7
0.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
1 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 50%
 
11.5 13 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 14
4.5 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6 7.5
Zemplín Michalovce Last season Banská Bystrica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
32 16   Played P   16 33
9 6   Won W   6 13
9 5   Drew D   3 5
14 5   Lost L   7 15
39 17   Scored S   24 51
50 18   Conceded C   34 59
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
72% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 88%
44% 31%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 64%
41% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 39%
19% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   19% 18%
50% 38%   BTTS BTTS   62% 61%
25% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 18%
34% 38%   Failed to Score F T   25% 24%
 
5.3 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 5.3
6 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 5.1
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
2 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
8.3 8.7   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 11.4
3.3 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 5.1
38% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 30%
 
12.5 11.1   Shots against (avg) S A   14.6 13.3
5 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.9 5.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Podbrezova 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 5 6
2 Trencin 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
3 DAC 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
4 Skalica 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
5 Zilina 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
6 Ruzomberok 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
7 Slovan Bratislava 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
8 Spartak Trnava 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
9 Zlate Moravce 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
10 Zemplín Michalovce 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
11 Banská Bystrica 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
12 FK Kosice 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 -3 1
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 Ruzomberok 32 12 11 9 43 31 16 7 5 4 24 15 16 5 6 5 19 16 12 47
2 Skalica 32 10 10 12 38 38 16 6 5 5 21 17 16 4 5 7 17 21 0 40
3 Zemplín Michalovce 32 9 9 14 39 50 16 6 5 5 17 18 16 3 4 9 22 32 -11 36
4 Trencin 32 9 9 14 35 52 16 5 6 5 22 25 16 4 3 9 13 27 -17 36
5 Zlate Moravce 32 6 13 13 35 49 16 3 8 5 22 25 16 3 5 8 13 24 -14 31
6 Liptovsky Mikulas 32 3 9 20 24 59 16 1 5 10 13 31 16 2 4 10 11 28 -35 18