2nd Division match tips and game guide for the Shënkolli vs Internacional Tirana duel

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Competition: Albania 2nd Division
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadiumi Shënkoll (7000 seats)

Round two of the 2nd Division campaign and the teams have learned from the first game. Here's the ultimate Shënkolli - Internacional Tirana pre-match guide:

This has all the signs of an absorbing game with lots of spark and excitement as both participants are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's go!

Internacional Tirana play their home matches on artifical turf, while this match occurs on grass. Recent results for Internacional Tirana when featuring on grass are 1 win, 4 draws and 22 defeats from 27 matches. They have managed to score 13 goals and conceded 76 times in these games.

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Shënkolli form and stats

The season before, Shënkolli's league stats were 5 wins, 2 draws and 17 losses, leading to 12th position in the 1st Division. Over these 24 matches they scored 29 goals and gave away 67. Appearing as the home side in the last season Shënkolli produced 3-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 24 conceded. A 2nd Division draw at home so far for Shënkolli. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 12 matches.

The spoils were shared in Shënkolli's previous game, also at home. Visiting Iliria Fushë-Krujë (placed 5th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.

In the preceding match a 5-2 victory visiting Memaliaj.

Early season league goal statistics from Shënkolli's 1 home game: 2 goals, 2 conceded.

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Internacional Tirana form and stats

Let's have a look at how Internacional Tirana performed last season in the 2nd Division: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 4 victories, 3 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 34 and conceded 74 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 0 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 8/46 goals scored/conceded.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2nd Division home defeat versus Murlani with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

A loss against Shkumbini Peqin was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Head 2 Head

Previous four meetings involving these sides: Shënkolli won three, Internacional Tirana triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

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Shënkolli Internacional Tirana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 2 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
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%
Shënkolli Last season Internacional Tirana
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   12 24
6 3   Won W   0 4
2 2   Drew D   1 3
17 7   Lost L   11 17
34 14   Scored S   8 34
69 24   Conceded C   46 74
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
84% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 79%
76% 75%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 62%
52% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 54%
36% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   42% 46%
60% 58%   BTTS BTTS   50% 62%
20% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 4%
24% 25%   Failed to Score F T   50% 38%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
0 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
0 0   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
0 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
0% 0%   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 Elbasani 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 4 3
2 Veleciku Koplik 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
3 Murlani 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Gramshi 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Iliria Fushë-Krujë 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
6 Luzi 2008 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
7 Shënkolli 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bulqiza 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
9 Oriku 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Klosi 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
11 Internacional Tirana 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
12 Ada Velipojë 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 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 Shkumbini Peqin 24 20 4 0 84 11 12 10 2 0 51 3 12 10 2 0 33 8 73 64
2 Sopoti Librazhd 24 17 4 3 71 20 12 9 3 0 45 5 12 8 1 3 26 15 51 55
3 Terbuni Puke 24 15 6 3 52 19 12 8 2 2 29 11 12 7 4 1 23 8 33 51
4 Luzi 2008 24 13 7 4 45 17 12 7 4 1 29 9 12 6 3 3 16 8 28 46
5 Bulqiza 24 12 5 7 54 44 12 7 1 4 34 22 12 5 4 3 20 22 10 41
6 Gramshi 24 11 7 6 33 31 12 6 4 2 14 10 12 5 3 4 19 21 2 40
7 Iliria Fushë-Krujë 24 10 4 10 56 36 12 7 2 3 42 15 12 3 2 7 14 21 20 34
8 Ada Velipojë 24 9 3 12 29 49 12 7 0 5 15 17 12 2 3 7 14 32 -20 30
9 Valbona 24 7 5 12 28 39 12 6 2 4 14 14 12 1 3 8 14 25 -11 26
10 Internacional Tirana 24 4 3 17 34 74 12 4 2 6 26 28 12 0 1 11 8 46 -40 15
11 Klosi 24 6 1 17 17 53 12 4 1 7 9 21 12 2 0 10 8 32 -36 13
12 Shënkolli 24 5 2 17 29 67 12 3 2 7 14 24 12 2 0 10 15 43 -38 11
13 Spartaku Tirane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mirdita 24 1 1 22 15 87 12 0 1 11 7 39 12 1 0 11 8 48 -72 -5

Read more about 2nd Division

The Albanian Second Division (Kategoria e Dytë) is the third tier of football in Albania. It is divided geographically into two groups, each with 14 teams. Every team play 26 fixtures to set the final league of each group. The champion of each division is promoted while second places play a promotion play-off final.