The league table is allowed to rest as Maliqi and Kukësi battle for Albanian Cup honors in this first 1st Round leg of two fixtures.
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.
This football pitch has grass, which is not Kukësi's normal surface at their own arena. When appearing on grass Kukësi have performed like this: Played 45 matches resulting in 20 wins, 9 draws and 16 defeats with the goal data 73-53 (scored/conceded).
Maliqi form and stats
Maliqi participated in Albanian Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Maliqi have to build on here at Stadiumi Skënderbeu in the 1st Division. The Maliqi fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadiumi Skënderbeu and will expect new points from this game. Maliqi has played 19 games in a row here without a defeat.
In their previous game, the manager E. Malësija led his Maliqi to a defeat in the 1st Division match away at Vora. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadiumi Skënderbeu.
Ahead of that match, Maliqi won a home game hosting Lushnja (2-0).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Apolonia Fier are coming to town in three days.
Maliqi has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Kukësi form and stats
Kukësi was sent out of Albanian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Playing away, Kukësi have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the Superliga this season.
Kukësi had fun at their own home (Stadiumi Skënderbeu) last time out, beating Kastrioti Krujë 3-1.
Preceding that game was the away Superliga victory against Egnatia Rrogozhinë with the score of 3-1.The schedule is very tough for Kukësi now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Superliga game at Laci is waiting in only three days.
Kukësi have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Baša 3 goals |  L. Ndoci 1 goals | E. Ndreca 1 goals |
Maliqi missing players
Kukësi missing players
| Maliqi | Kukësi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 60 | 36 | Scored | S | 22 | 38 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 28% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 56% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Korabi Peshkopi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Bylis Ballsh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Besa Kavaje | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Maliqi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Turbina Cërrik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Vora | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Shkumbini Peqin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Apolonia Fier | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Butrinti Sarande | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Erzeni Shijak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Burreli | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Terbuni Puke | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Pogradeci | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Lushnja | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Tomori Berat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Beselidhja Lezhe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -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 | Kukësi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Vllaznia Shkoder | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Tirana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Dinamo Tirana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Teuta Durres | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Partizani Tirana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Laci | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 8 | Skenderbeu Korce | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Kastrioti Krujë | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |