Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Teuta Durrës & Kukësi face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Albanian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Superliga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Kastrioti Kruje, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
It should be mentioned that Kukësi play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Kukësi on grass are 19 victories, 10 draws and 16 defeats from 45 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 70-53. You can compare this with overall results below.
Teuta Durrës form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Teuta Durrës at their home stadium is 4 wins, 9 draws and 0 defeats. The Teuta Durrës fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Durrës has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Durrës as they are travelling to their away game against Partizani Tirana in the Superliga. That match is three days after this one.
The Durrës fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 13 matches. From these home matches, Teuta Durrës have conceded only 7 goals.
Kukësi form and stats
Last season their Albanian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Teuta Durrës.As the visiting team in Superliga matches, Kukësi have produced an overall stat of 5-3-4 so far. Visiting Kukësi has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kukësi manager M. Josa as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Bylis Ballsh.
The travelling fans enjoy Kukësi's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 12 league matches away. Kukësi have conceded 15 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Teuta Durrës, five draws and two wins for Kukësi. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ibraimi 10 goals |  P. Eze 9 goals |  D. Bregu 8 goals |
Teuta Durrës missing players
Kukësi missing players
| Teuta Durrës | Kukësi | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 21 | 33 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.8 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 27% | ||
| 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 Durrës | 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 | Kukësi | 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 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -25 | 16 |