A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Apolonia Fier and Besëlidhja Lezhë know what's at stake in this second leg of the Albanian Cup 1st Round clash.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Apolonia and Besëlidhja Lezhë.
Apolonia Fier form and stats
Last season, Apolonia Fier's Albanian Cup journey ended in the 1st round against Flamurtari.Perfect 1st Division season at home so far for Apolonia Fier 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The home team returns to Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu after drawing with Terbuni Puke on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Umejiego, having scored in five games in a row.
Ahead of that match, Apolonia Fier won a home game hosting Lushnja (3-0).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Dinamo Tirana are coming to town in four days.
At Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu, Apolonia Fier has the goal stats of 8-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Besëlidhja Lezhë form and stats
They also participated in Albanian Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round, when Partizani Tirana drew the shortest straw.Still no away game victory in the 1st Division for Besëlidhja Lezhë with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Besëlidhja Lezhë lost away at Dinamo Tirana (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Dinamo Tirana was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Terbuni Puke.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oriku in just three days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Besëlidhja manager Bruka has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders met previously this season; Besëlidhja Lezhë - Apolonia Fier 0-1. Last three meetings involving these squads: Apolonia Fier won one, Besëlidhja Lezhë triumphed in two and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Umejiego 5 goals |  A. da Silva Ataíde 2 goals | E. Shehu 2 goals |
Apolonia Fier missing players
Besëlidhja Lezhë missing players
| Apolonia Fier | Besëlidhja Lezhë | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 10 | 13 | ||
| 46 | 33 | Scored | S | 13 | 37 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Conceded | C | 24 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 69% | 44% | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| 67% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 6.7 | 1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 13.2 | ||
| 3 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dinamo Tirana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| 2 | Korabi Peshkopi | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Terbuni Puke | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Apolonia Fier | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Flamurtari | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Oriku | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Tomori Berat | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 | Luzi 2008 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Besa Kavajë | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | Lushnja | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 12 | Burreli | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 5 |
| 13 | Besëlidhja Lezhë | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Turbina Cërrik | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
