Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Laçi & Partizani Tirana face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Albanian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Laçi form and stats
Last season their Albanian Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round against Bylis Ballsh.The home supporters can't complain about results here as Laçi have scored 20 goals to get 24 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 7-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Laçi haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Apolonia Fier, 59 days ago.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Laçi as they have a new game in only three days, a Superliga match thankfully also at home. Tirana are visiting.
The Laçi fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 11 league matches. Laçi are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Partizani Tirana form and stats
Last season their Albanian Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round against Beselidhja Lezhe.The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Laçi game have they lost an away game, meaning Partizani has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Teuta Durres in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Partizani's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Partizani as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Laçi won three, Partizani Tirana won four and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Nwabueze 7 goals | M. Mazrekaj 5 goals | R. Xhixha 5 goals |
Laçi missing players
Partizani Tirana missing players
| Laçi | Partizani Tirana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 21 | 35 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 16 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.9 | ||
| 34% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Laçi | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 44 |
| 2 | Partizani Tirana | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Teuta Durres | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 42 |
| 5 | Tirana | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 35 |
| 6 | Kukesi | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Kastrioti Kruje | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 29 |
| 8 | Bylis Ballsh | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Apolonia Fier | 24 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -21 | 17 |
| 10 | Skenderbeu Korce | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -25 | 16 |