Tirana get ready to welcome Teuta Durrës for something different than the ordinary league football: The Albanian Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither Tirana nor Teuta Durrës 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
Last season, Tirana's Albanian Cup journey ended in the 2nd round against Dinamo Tirana.When playing at home in the Superliga, Tirana have managed 9 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games.
It's back home for Tirana, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Vllaznia Shkodër away with the result 1-0. Abazaj found the net in that victory.
Ahead of that match, Tirana won a home game hosting Egnatia Rrogozhinë (2-1).The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Tirana matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from 6 games).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Kastrioti Kruje are coming to town in four days.
The Tirana manager Shehi has got the team scoring with 31 from 15 home games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded.
Teuta Durrës form and stats
Durrës was sent out of Albanian Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Laci turned out to be too strong.The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.
Teuta Durrës had fun at their own home (Elbasan Arena) last time out, beating Erzeni Shijak 2-0. Kallaku and Vila scored.
Ahead of that match was the Superliga away draw versus Bylis Ballsh that ended 2-2.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Superliga trip to Kukesi.
Durrës are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 15 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Teuta Durrës have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Tirana won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Teuta Durrës managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Hasani 15 goals |  L. Vila 7 goals | P. de Souza Monteiro 6 goals |
Tirana missing players
Teuta Durrës missing players
| Tirana | Teuta Durrës | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 7.9 | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 52% | 41% | ||
| 6.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.9 | 8.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 56 |
| 2 | Partizani Tirana | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 51 |
| 3 | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 43 |
| 4 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 42 |
| 5 | Laci | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -1 | 40 |
| 6 | Teuta Durrës | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -7 | 38 |
| 7 | Erzeni Shijak | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 38 |
| 8 | Kukesi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -6 | 36 |
| 9 | Bylis Ballsh | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Kastrioti Kruje | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | -16 | 31 |
