A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Albpetrol Patos fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Naftëtari Kuçovë's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Naftëtari are struggling to avoid relegation.
Albpetrol Patos form and stats
Home games in the 2nd Division have been a walk in the park for Albpetrol Patos so far, with 24 points won from 9 matches; 8 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Tomori Berat game Albpetrol has been unbeatable here at Stadiumi Alush Noga producing five straight wins. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of seven straight victories regardless of arena.
The manager will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tomori Berat in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Albpetrol's attacking play is working. Defensively Albpetrol have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Naftëtari Kuçovë form and stats
There's been little loot from Naftëtari Kuçovë's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 9 away games in the 2nd Division. Naftëtari Kuçovë only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. Naftëtari seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Delvina in just four days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Naftëtari have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Naftëtari Kuçovë - Albpetrol 0-3. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: four - zero - one (Albpetrol Patos wins - draws - Naftëtari Kuçovë wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Albpetrol Patos missing players
Naftëtari Kuçovë missing players
| Albpetrol Patos | Naftëtari Kuçovë | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 37 | 19 | 8 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 63% |
| 50% | 33% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 44% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 37% |
| 56% | 67% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 53% |
| 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 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- Albpetrol Patos has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Albpetrol Patos has the fewest conceded goals (4) at home
- Albpetrol Patos has the most points (24) at home
- Albpetrol Patos have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Albpetrol Patos have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Naftëtari Kuçovë have scored away.
- Albpetrol Patos have scored in all their matches so far.
- Albpetrol Patos haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- All of Albpetrol Patos's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Naftëtari Kuçovë have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Naftëtari Kuçovë have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Naftëtari Kuçovë 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 | Tomori Berat | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 43 | 46 |
| 2 | Albpetrol Patos | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Maliqi | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 28 | 43 |
| 4 | Butrinti Sarandë | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 34 | 39 |
| 5 | Memaliaj | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Delvina | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 25 |
| 7 | Këlcyra | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Përmeti | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 22 |
| 9 | Naftëtari Kuçovë | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 10 | Gramozi Ersekë | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 26 | -15 | 17 |
| 11 | Tepelena | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 26 | -24 | 17 |
| 12 | Skrapari | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 31 | -28 | 11 |
| 13 | Selenice | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 38 | -52 | 2 |