National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Teuta Durrës or Skënderbeu Korçë that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Teuta Durrës form and stats
Teuta Durrës have collected 24 points from their Superliga home games so far after 5-9-0. This match is a Albanian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Durrës has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Laçi defeat 73 days ago. The Durrës fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadiumi Niko Dovana and will expect new points from this game. Teuta Durrës has played 14 games in a row here without a defeat.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Stivi Frasheri not having conceded a league goal in 413 minutes.
The manager E. Martini will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Skënderbeu Korçë in only three days.
The Teuta Durrës fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 14 matches. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, Durrës have only let in 7 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Skënderbeu Korçë form and stats
Skënderbeu Korçë's mission in Albanian Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals against Bylis Ballsh.The visitors are W4-D3-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Albanian Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Having won their last three away games Skënderbeu has no reason to fear anyone.
208 minutes! That's how long the Skënderbeu goalkeeper Bekim Redjepi and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Teuta Durrës in just three days.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Skënderbeu have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Durrës won six, Skënderbeu Korçë won two and two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Bregu 10 goals | L. Vila 7 goals |  A. Mensah 6 goals |
Teuta Durrës missing players
Skënderbeu Korçë missing players
| Teuta Durrës | Skënderbeu Korçë | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Scored | S | 12 | 23 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 23 | 44 | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Teuta Durrës | 27 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 49 |
| 2 | Partizani Tirana | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 47 |
| 4 | Laçi | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 45 |
| 5 | Tirana | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Kukesi | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Kastrioti Kruje | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -11 | 30 |
| 8 | Bylis Ballsh | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 26 |
| 9 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -23 | 23 |
| 10 | Apolonia Fier | 27 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -27 | 17 |