A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Flamurtari and Vllaznia Shkodër know what's at stake in this second leg of the Albanian Cup 2nd Round clash.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Superliga match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Partizani Tirana, so at least Flamurtari are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Flamurtari form and stats
Flamurtari have not come this way in the Albanian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Veleciku Koplik. Last season their Albanian Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round against Tirana.With 0 Superliga wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Flamurtari are certainly not brimming with confidence. This match is a Albanian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition. All in all it has been a very rough period for Flamurtari who hasn’t won a game in their last 22 attempts. Their previous win was against Kamza, 263 days ago. Flamurtari are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadiumi Flamurtari with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Kamza match.
In their previous game, the manager L. Birçe led his Flamurtari to a defeat in the Superliga match away at Partizani Tirana. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadiumi Flamurtari. Before that game, the home loss against Kukësi with the scoreline 1-4.
There will be little rest for Flamurtari after this match as they are travelling to Luftëtari Gjirokastër for a Superliga game in only four days.
Flamurtari has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Flamurtari with 23 goals conceded in these matches.
Vllaznia Shkodër form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Burreli in order to reach 2nd Round of Albanian Cup. Vllaznia Shkodër's mission in Albanian Cup last season failed in the 2nd round against Kamza.As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Vllaznia Shkodër have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far. Total Albanian Cup statistics for Vllaznia Shkodër: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The manager M. Jonuz was unhappy after their last game, a Superliga match played at their home ground Stadiumi Niko Dovana. Vllaznia Shkodër suffered a 0-1 loss to Tirana. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Bylis Ballsh.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Vllaznia Shkodër manager M. Jonuz as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Teuta Durres.
Vllaznia Shkodër have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Vllaznia Shkodër are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Vllaznia Shkodër - Flamurtari 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Flamurtari won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Vllaznia Shkodër has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixFlamurtari missing players
Vllaznia Shkodër missing players
| Flamurtari | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 25 | ||
| 52 | 23 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 44% | ||
| 2.8 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 90 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 122 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 41 | ||
| 22% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kukësi | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Tirana | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 40 |
| 3 | Partizani Tirana | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Laçi | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 | Bylis Ballsh | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | Teuta Durres | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 28 |
| 9 | Luftëtari Gjirokastër | 21 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 26 | -27 | 13 |
| 10 | Flamurtari | 21 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 21 | -30 | 6 |