Besëlidhja Lezhë welcomes Tirana to this second leg of the Albanian Cup Quarter-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
Besëlidhja Lezhë have less rest than Tirana in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 1st Division game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Kastrioti Kruje.
Besëlidhja Lezhë form and stats
Last season their Albanian Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round against Skenderbeu Korce.On the other hand, in the Albanian Cup, Besëlidhja Lezhë has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Besëlidhja Lezhë, as the 1st Division home game vs Korabi Peshkopi is only four days away.
Tirana form and stats
Tirana's mission in Albanian Cup last season failed in the final.9-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tirana in their Superliga matches away. When we have look at the Albanian Cup statistics, we find 4W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
A. Torassa and M. Ngoo scored in Tirana's previous match, the home game against Vllaznia Shkoder that ended 3-0. It was a Superliga defeat before that one as the away game against Teuta Durres wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Tirana given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with one win as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.
Tirana has another fixture away, a Superliga game, against Skenderbeu Korce in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy Tirana's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 15 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Tirana in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Tirana - Besëlidhja 5-1. Besëlidhja Lezhë-Tirana H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Besëlidhja two wins, Tirana two wins, zero draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Hasani 12 goals |   O. Camara 9 goals | E. Hoxha 7 goals |
Besëlidhja Lezhë missing players
Tirana missing players
| Besëlidhja Lezhë | Tirana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 54 | ||
| 27 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 2.5 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 73 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 50 | 124 | ||
| 29 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 19 | 60 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 48% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tirana | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 32 | 62 |
| 2 | Kukësi | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 53 |
| 3 | Laci | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 49 |
| 4 | Skenderbeu Korce | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -4 | 48 |
| 5 | Teuta Durres | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 47 |
| 6 | Partizani Tirana | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 44 |
| 7 | Bylis Ballsh | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 39 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | Vllaznia Shkoder | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 39 |
| 9 | Luftetari Gjirokaster | 30 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 42 | -53 | 14 |
| 10 | Flamurtari | 30 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 26 | -40 | 11 |