Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kukësi & Besa Kavajë face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Albanian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Kukësi have less rest than Besa Kavajë in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Partizani Tirana, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Kukësi's stadium has a artifical turf surface. Besa Kavajë have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Besa Kavajë when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from three matches. They have scored 3 goals in these games and conceded 5.
Kukësi form and stats
Kukësi have not come this way in the Albanian Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Maliqi. Last season, Kukësi's Albanian Cup journey ended in the semi-finals against Teuta Durres.The story so far in the Superliga for Kukësi at their home stadium is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
K. Abazaj was the last player to score a league goal for Kukësi and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Kukësi haven't scored in 192 minutes.
The Kukësi crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Partizani Tirana here in a Superliga match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tirana (0-2).
Kukësi has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Besa Kavajë form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Lushnja in order to reach 2nd Round of Albanian Cup. Besa Kavajë's mission in Albanian Cup last season failed in the 2nd round against Skënderbeu Korçë.0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Besa Kavajë playing as the away team in the 1st Division this season. A depressing four defeats in a row for Kavajë in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Devolli.
1 goal so far away for Besa Kavajë, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Kukësi won three games, one match ended with a draw and Besa Kavajë has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / fourTop Goalscorers
  P. Eze 2 goals | B. Kotobelli 1 goals | Z. Gavazaj 1 goals |
Kukësi missing players
Besa Kavajë missing players
| Kukësi | Besa Kavajë | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Scored | S | 18 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 46 | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 225 | 125 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 16 | ||
| 81 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 6 | ||
| 38% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 83% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kastrioti Kruje | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Teuta Durres | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Partizani Tirana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tirana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Bylis Ballsh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Laçi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Apolonia Fier | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Kukësi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Lushnja | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Tomori Berat | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Besa Kavajë | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Flamurtari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Turbina Cerrik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Pogradeci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Elbasani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 |