A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Vllaznia Shkodër and Partizani Tirana know what's at stake in this second leg of the Albanian Cup Semi-finals clash.
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.
Vllaznia Shkodër form and stats
Vllaznia Shkodër have played 14 Superliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Vllaznia Shkodër, who played 0-0 against Laçi. That match was also played at this venue (Stadiumi Loro Boriçi).
Preceding that match was the home Superliga game against Kastrioti Kruje that was lost 1-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vllaznia as they are travelling to their away game against Teuta Durrës in the Superliga. That match is four days after this one.
Vllaznia Shkodër have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadiumi Loro Boriçi with 24 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, Vllaznia have conceded 16 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Partizani Tirana form and stats
Last season their Albanian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Partizani Tirana have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Superliga this season.
The fans enjoyed Partizani Tirana's previous game versus Teuta Durrës, a 3-1 win played at home.
Before that, Partizani Tirana secured a home win against Laçi with the score 2-1.A new game in only four days for Partizani, the Superliga home match versus Skenderbeu Korce. Busy days.
It's not easy to score on Partizani Tirana as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture history shows this score when the squads played each other previously this season; Partizani Tirana - Vllaznia Shkodër 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Vllaznia victories, five draws and one Partizani Tirana win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Latifi 10 goals | A. Aralica 8 goals |  S. da Fonseca Salazar Junior 8 goals |
Vllaznia Shkodër missing players
Partizani Tirana missing players
| Vllaznia Shkodër | Partizani Tirana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 32 | 24 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 5.1 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.3 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 29% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| 7 | 4.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 7.9 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 35 | 63 |
| 2 | Laçi | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 47 |
| 3 | Kukesi | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 45 |
| 4 | Partizani Tirana | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 41 |
| 5 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 40 |
| 6 | Kastrioti Kruje | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -15 | 34 |
| 7 | Teuta Durrës | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -13 | 32 |
| 8 | Egnatia Rrogozhine | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 31 |
| 9 | Dinamo Tirana | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -21 | 23 |
| 10 | Skenderbeu Korce | 28 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 37 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | -18 | 20 |
