Football match preview: Apolonia Fier vs Shkumbini Peqin

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Competition: Albania 1st Division
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu (6800 seats)

With the edgy opening match finished it’s time for the second 1st Division duel of the season. Apolonia Fier are eager to welcome Shkumbini Peqin in front of their home fans.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Apolonia Fier form and stats

The season before, Apolonia Fier's league results were 4 wins, 9 draws and 23 losses, ending with 10th place in the Superliga. In these 36 matches they scored 22 goals and let in 67. Playing at home in the last season Apolonia Fier managed 4-3-11 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 30 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first 1st Division game of the season here at Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu. Last season these fans witnessed 4 wins, 3 draws and 11 losses from Apolonia Fier's 18 home games.

The Apolonia fans got no joy from their last match, a 1st Division game also here at Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu: A 0-1 defeat against Erzeni Shijak (placed 7th).

Prior to that, an away loss at Teuta Durres in the Superliga.

The manager F. Cammarata will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Flamurtari in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Apolonia Fier's 1 home game: 0 goals, 1 conceded.

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Shkumbini Peqin form and stats

In general it has been a productive period now for Shkumbini as they haven't lost any of their last 27 games.

Impressive finishing from Rafael Barbosa (2) secured the home win 2-1 against Vora in their previous game.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Maliqi in the 2nd Division.

After this away game Shkumbini return home for a Albanian Cup game against Tirana. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings involving these squads: Apolonia won zero, Shkumbini Peqin triumphed in five and we saw five draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, nine matches with under 2,5 goals.

Apolonia Fier missing players

Shkumbini Peqin missing players

Apolonia Fier Shkumbini Peqin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 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%
Apolonia Fier Last season Shkumbini Peqin
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   12 25
4 4   Won W   10 21
9 3   Drew D   2 4
23 11   Lost L   0 0
22 12   Scored S   33 85
67 30   Conceded C   8 11
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
64% 61%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 88%
36% 44%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   83% 80%
19% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 48%
11% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 28%
44% 39%   BTTS BTTS   50% 32%
8% 11%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 68%
50% 50%   Failed to Score F T   0% 8%
 
1.8 0.5   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
5.6 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
6.6 4   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
2.4 2.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
31% 60%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bylis Ballsh 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Korabi Peshkopi 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Maliqi 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Besa Kavajë 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Shkumbini Peqin 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Butrinti Sarandë 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Erzeni Shijak 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Burreli 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Tërbuni Pukë 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Turbina Cërrik 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
11 Vora 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
12 Apolonia Fier 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Pogradeci 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Besëlidhja Lezhë 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Lushnja 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
16 Tomori Berat 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 Teuta Durres 36 17 15 4 42 16 18 7 9 2 24 11 18 10 6 2 18 5 26 66
2 Vllaznia Shkoder 36 19 9 8 44 22 18 10 4 4 24 14 18 9 5 4 20 8 22 66
3 Partizani Tirana 36 17 14 5 53 23 18 8 8 2 24 6 18 9 6 3 29 17 30 65
4 Laci 36 16 13 7 41 26 18 9 7 2 27 14 18 7 6 5 14 12 15 61
5 Tirana 36 15 13 8 41 26 18 9 3 6 23 13 18 6 10 2 18 13 15 58
6 Kukesi 36 13 6 17 47 48 18 6 3 9 18 23 18 7 3 8 29 25 -1 45
7 Skenderbeu Korce 36 9 10 17 34 55 18 4 6 8 18 27 18 5 4 9 16 28 -21 37
8 Kastrioti Kruje 36 8 11 17 26 44 18 4 6 8 12 23 18 4 5 9 14 21 -18 35
9 Bylis Ballsh 36 7 10 19 28 51 18 5 6 7 15 20 18 2 4 12 13 31 -23 31
10 Apolonia Fier 36 4 9 23 22 67 18 4 3 11 12 30 18 0 6 12 10 37 -45 21

Read more about 1st Division

The Albanian First Division is the second level of football in this European country. It is divided into two groups, each with ten teams. Each group first play other teams in their group twice, 18 fixtures. The top five of the league table then play a promotion round, the other half a relegation round.