Fortuna Liga: Žilina - Ružomberok pre-match guide and the hard facts

This football stadium has artifical turf, which is not Ružomberok's everyday surface at their own pitch. When appearing on artifical turf Ružomberok have performed like this: Played eight matches yielding 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats with the goal numbers 9-6 (scored/conceded).

Žilina have less rest than Ružomberok in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Gent.

Žilina form and stats

Last season, Žilina's league results were 9 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses, providing 5th position in the Fortuna Liga. During these 22 matches they scored {34 goals} and conceded 33. Appearing as the home team in the last season Žilina delivered 7-2-2 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 9 conceded.

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 Žilina have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa Conference League game versus Gent in only four days. This game is also played here at Štadión Pod Dubňom.

Žilina have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 1 victories, 4 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Žilina have scored {9 goals} and conceded 6 times.

Ružomberok form and stats

Let's have a look at how Ružomberok performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 9 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 24 and conceded {22 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 12/10 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Ružomberok in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Ružomberok, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Ružomberok 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 Ružomberok have played six with the results W4-D0-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Ružomberok has scored {10 goals} and conceded 7 times.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Žilina victories, zero draws and six Ružomberok wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Žilina missing players

Ružomberok missing players