Lushnja vs Apolonia Fier: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Albania 1st Division
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Besa Stadium (8000 seats)

A key match in 1st Division as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 3rd position and the visitors placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Lushnja and Apolonia Fier should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lushnja form and stats

When playing at home in the 1st Division, Lushnja have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.

Lushnja manager I. Gjyla and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Shenkolli (placed 9th) in the 1st Division. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Iliria Fushë-Krujë.

The Lushnja manager I. Gjyla has got the team scoring with 12 from 5 home games in the league. On the other hand, Lushnja have conceded 5 goals.

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Apolonia Fier form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (20) in 1st Division, are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the 1st Division.

180 minutes! That's how long the Apolonia Fier goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Apolonia Fier won their last game, 7-0 versus Elbasani played at home. Before that, Apolonia Fier secured a home win against Oriku with the score 3-0.

As mentioned above, Apolonia Fier was the only team on the pitch versus Elbasani in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.

Apolonia Fier have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Apolonia Fier are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Apolonia Fier - Lushnja 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Lushnja 5 wins, 2 draws and Apolonia Fier 1 victory. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LushnjaF. Sefa
F. Sefa
11 goals
Apolonia FierT. Hysenshahaj
T. Hysenshahaj
7 goals
LushnjaE. Alushi
E. Alushi
4 goals

Lushnja missing players

Apolonia Fier missing players

Lushnja Apolonia Fier
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
6 4 0 Won W 0 3 6
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 1 1 Lost L 1 1 2
19 12 0 Scored S 1 7 20
12 5 1 Conceded C 2 4 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
90% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 70%
60% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 60%
40% 60% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
20% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
60% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 50%
20% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 50%
20% 20% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 10%
 
1.5 0 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 0 0
4 0 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
3 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
300% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Key stats in 1st Division this season:
  • Apolonia Fier has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
  • Apolonia Fier has the fewest conceded goals (7)
  • Apolonia Fier has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3)
  • Apolonia Fier has the most clean sheets (5)
  • Apolonia Fier has the most points (10) away
  • Apolonia Fier has the most scored goals (20)
  • Apolonia Fier has the most scored goals in the first half (11)
  • Apolonia Fier has the the best goal difference (+13)
  • Apolonia Fier has the the best goal difference (+3) away
  • Apolonia Fier have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lushnja has the most scored goals in the second half (11)
  • Lushnja have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Lushnja have created more than twice as many corners as Apolonia Fier.
  • Lushnja have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lushnja have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Lushnja haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pogradeci 10 7 1 2 17 11 5 4 1 0 12 5 5 3 0 2 5 6 6 22
2 Apolonia Fier 10 6 2 2 20 7 5 3 1 1 13 3 5 3 1 1 7 4 13 20
3 Lushnja 10 6 1 3 19 12 5 4 0 1 12 5 5 2 1 2 7 7 7 19
4 Besa Kavajë 10 4 2 4 17 14 5 4 0 1 11 4 5 0 2 3 6 10 3 14
5 Iliria Fushë-Krujë 10 4 2 4 11 12 5 3 2 0 7 2 5 1 0 4 4 10 -1 14
6 Devolli 10 4 1 5 14 16 5 2 1 2 8 6 5 2 0 3 6 10 -2 13
7 Oriku 10 3 3 4 7 11 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 0 2 3 1 8 -4 12
8 Turbina Cerrik 10 3 1 6 8 13 5 3 0 2 5 4 5 0 1 4 3 9 -5 10
9 Shenkolli 10 1 6 3 9 14 5 0 4 1 4 5 5 1 2 2 5 9 -5 9
10 Elbasani 10 2 1 7 8 20 5 1 0 4 6 9 5 1 1 3 2 11 -12 7

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.