National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tirana or Egnatia Rrogozhinë that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Tirana nor Egnatia Rrogozhinë as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Tirana form and stats
Tirana participated in Albanian Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round and lost against Dinamo Tirana.When playing at home in the Superliga, Tirana have managed 10 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 18 games.
Tirana are returning here after visiting Erzeni Shijak and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Abazaj and Haxhiu scored the goal(s). A late climax in the match against Erzeni Shijak as the winning goal came seven minutes into overtime; scored by Abazaj.
In the match before that, Tirana hosted Bylis Ballsh and drew the Superliga game 2-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Tirana have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
A decent goal production from Tirana in their home games so far, with 35 goals from 18 league matches. On the other hand, Tirana have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Egnatia Rrogozhinë form and stats
They also participated in Albanian Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W8-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
Musta was the last player to score for the away team. Egnatia Rrogozhinë haven't scored a league goal in the last 208 minutes.
Rrogozhinë's previous game was their home loss versus Kukesi (0-1).
Prior to that match, the Egnatia Rrogozhinë manager Tetova faced defeat when travelling to Teuta Durres and losing 0-1.Egnatia Rrogozhinë are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
Rrogozhinë find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 18 away fixtures in the league. Egnatia Rrogozhinë are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Tirana have won all of the 7 latest duels versus this team. Will the streak continue?Top Goalscorers
  F. Hasani 16 goals |   R. Dwamena 11 goals | J. Santos Laurentino 7 goals |
Tirana missing players
Egnatia Rrogozhinë missing players
| Tirana | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 35 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 40% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 61% | 85% | ||
| 5.8 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tirana | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 67 |
| 2 | Partizani Tirana | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 67 |
| 3 | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 52 |
| 4 | Vllaznia Shkoder | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 50 |
| 5 | Laci | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -1 | 48 |
| 6 | Teuta Durres | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 25 | -7 | 48 |
| 7 | Kukesi | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 | -4 | 45 |
| 8 | Erzeni Shijak | 36 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -12 | 40 |
| 9 | Bylis Ballsh | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -11 | 38 |
| 10 | Kastrioti Kruje | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 30 | -23 | 35 |
