Veleçiku Koplik get ready to welcome Tirana for something different than the ordinary league football: The Albanian Cup 1st Round leg 1 of 2.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Veleçiku Koplik form and stats
Veleçiku was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Albanian Cup. Skenderbeu Korce was too strong.Veleçiku Koplik's previous match was a Albanian Cup game also played at home, ending 3-0 vs Murlani. The home side hope to to build on that result.
A 2nd Division defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Oriku.The match schedule is unforgiving for Veleçiku Koplik as they have a new game in only three days, a 2nd Division match thankfully also at home. Murlani are visiting.
Tirana form and stats
Tirana was sent out of Albanian Cup in the 2nd round last season, when Dinamo Tirana turned out to be too strong.Tirana are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Superliga, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Tirana are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the fixture against Teuta Durres. As you can tell from the results above, Tirana was very dominant against Teuta Durres, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Hasani and Xhixha providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Xhixha's lethal finishing against Teuta Durres. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
A 0-0 draw at Kastrioti Kruje's stadium before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Tirana manager Shehi as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Partizani Tirana.
Tirana are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Xhixha 5 goals | F. Hasani 2 goals | S. Kallaku 1 goals |
Veleçiku Koplik missing players
Tirana missing players
| Veleçiku Koplik | Tirana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 61 | 28 | Scored | S | 21 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 10 | 21 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 8.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partizani Tirana | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Erzeni Shijak | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Vllaznia Shkoder | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 4 | Tirana | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Bylis Ballsh | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Egnatia Rrogozhinë | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Kastrioti Kruje | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 8 | Laci | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Teuta Durres | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 3 |
| 10 | Kukesi | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
