Kukësi welcomes Egnatia Rrogozhinë to this second leg of the Albanian Cup 2nd Round. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Kukësi's stadium, Elbasan Arena, has a artifical turf surface. Egnatia Rrogozhinë 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 Egnatia Rrogozhinë when playing on artifical turf; 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses from six matches. They have scored 3 goals in these games and conceded 3.
Kukësi form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Albanian Cup for Kukësi, as the manager D. Longo led his troops to eliminate Maliqi, and reach the 2nd Round. Kukësi was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Albanian Cup.Kukësi have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Superliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. On the other hand, in the Albanian Cup, Kukësi has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
No payout for Kukësi in their previous match, an away game at Skënderbeu Korçë that ended in defeat 1-2.
A Albanian Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Egnatia Rrogozhinë.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kukësi, as the Superliga home game vs Tirana is only two days away.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Kukësi's attacking play is working. Kukësi have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Egnatia Rrogozhinë form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Turbina Cerrik in order to reach 2nd round of Albanian Cup. They also participated in Albanian Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Egnatia Rrogozhinë are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Superliga, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses). Total Albanian Cup statistics for Egnatia Rrogozhinë: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Rrogozhinë's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Vllaznia Shkodër that finished 1-1.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Kukësi in the Albanian Cup.The schedule is very tough for Rrogozhinë now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superliga game at Dinamo Tirana is waiting in only two days.
Egnatia Rrogozhinë are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 3 away goals from 3 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
The duelists have battled previously this season: Egnatia Rrogozhinë - Kukësi 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Kukësi four wins, one draw and Egnatia Rrogozhinë three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Cabral 5 goals |   E. Baša 4 goals | E. Ndreca 2 goals |
Kukësi missing players
Egnatia Rrogozhinë missing players
| Kukësi | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 40 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 7 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 12% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.3 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 46% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 9.9 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.3 | 9.4 | ||
| 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tirana | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Kukësi | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | Teuta Durrës | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Laçi | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Dinamo Tirana | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 8 | Partizani Tirana | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 10 | Kastrioti Krujë | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 5 |