1st Division match preview: Oriku versus Lushnja

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Competition: Albania 1st Division
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fusha Sportive Orikum (2000 seats)

Struggling Oriku will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lushnja in the upcoming league round. It’s 7th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Albanian Cup.

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Oriku form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Fusha Sportive Orikum as Oriku have scored 9 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the 1st Division are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A. Qejvani was the last player to score a league goal for Oriku and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Oriku haven't scored in 203 minutes.

The fans are hoping that Oriku will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the 1st Division game against Elbasani (placed 10th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Pogradeci (0-1).

Oriku have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fusha Sportive Orikum with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Oriku have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lushnja form and stats

3-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lushnja in their 1st Division matches away.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Lushnja goalkeeper is eager to challenge this, with his 236 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Albanian Cup home defeat versus Kukesi with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Devolli in the 1st Division.

Lushnja have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Lushnja have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lushnja - Oriku 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Oriku zero wins, two draws and Lushnja five victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LushnjaF. Sefa
F. Sefa
11 goals
OrikuA. Dhrami
A. Dhrami
5 goals
OrikuA. Çapoj
A. Çapoj
4 goals

Oriku missing players

Lushnja missing players

Oriku Lushnja
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 1 Played P 2 6 13
4 4 1 Won W 1 3 9
3 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
6 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
10 9 1 Scored S 4 8 23
15 4 0 Conceded C 2 7 13
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 77%
23% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 54%
8% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
31% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 54%
23% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 31%
54% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 15%
 
4.8 3.5 0 Corners For (avg) C F 0 2.3 3.2
4 2.5 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 3.3 3.2
2 1.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 1.7 1.5
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
30 15 0 Total Shots T S 0 11 27
17 10 0 Shots on Target S O 0 4 8
29% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 62%
Key stats in 1st Division this season:
  • Lushnja has the most scored goals in the second half (13)
  • Lushnja have scored more than double the goals of Oriku.
  • Lushnja have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lushnja haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Oriku has the fewest scored goals (10)
  • Oriku have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oriku have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Oriku have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Oriku haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lushnja 13 9 1 3 23 13 7 6 0 1 15 6 6 3 1 2 8 7 10 28
2 Pogradeci 13 8 3 2 18 11 6 5 1 0 13 5 7 3 2 2 5 6 7 27
3 Apolonia Fier 13 8 2 3 25 10 6 4 1 1 16 4 7 4 1 2 9 6 15 26
4 Besa Kavajë 13 6 2 5 22 17 6 4 0 2 11 5 7 2 2 3 11 12 5 20
5 Devolli 13 5 1 7 18 21 6 3 1 2 11 7 7 2 0 5 7 14 -3 16
6 Iliria Fushë-Krujë 13 4 3 6 13 16 7 3 3 1 7 3 6 1 0 5 6 13 -3 15
7 Oriku 13 4 3 6 10 15 6 4 1 1 9 4 7 0 2 5 1 11 -5 15
8 Shënkolli 13 2 8 3 13 17 7 1 5 1 7 7 6 1 3 2 6 10 -4 14
9 Turbina Cerrik 13 3 2 8 11 19 7 3 1 3 7 7 6 0 1 5 4 12 -8 11
10 Elbasani 13 3 1 9 12 26 7 2 0 5 9 12 6 1 1 4 3 14 -14 10

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.