National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Skënderbeu Korçë or Pogradeci that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Skënderbeu Korçë saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Superliga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Vllaznia Shkoder, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Skënderbeu Korçë form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Albanian Cup for Skënderbeu, as the manager J. Ahmataj led his troops to eliminate Tomori Berat, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Albanian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Bylis Ballsh.0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Skënderbeu Korçë have to build on here in the Superliga.
Before that, Skënderbeu played out a Superliga draw 1-1 when visiting Teuta Durres.
Early season league goal statistics from Skënderbeu Korçë's 1 home game: 0 goals, 2 conceded.
Pogradeci form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Oriku in order to reach 2nd Round of Albanian Cup. They also participated in Albanian Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round, when Bylis Ballsh drew the shortest straw.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the 1st Division. Pogradeci has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
It's early days yet, but Pogradeci has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Skënderbeu two wins, zero draws and Pogradeci zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Abazaj 2 goals | E. Dragoj 2 goals |  A. Mensah 1 goals |
Skënderbeu Korçë missing players
Pogradeci missing players
| Skënderbeu Korçë | Pogradeci | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 29 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 50 | ||
| 19 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 144 | 95 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 33 | ||
| 47 | 27 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 14 | ||
| 32% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 43% | ||
| 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 Shkoder | 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 | Laci | 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 | Kukesi | 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 Rrogozhine | 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 Kavaje | 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 |