National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Tirana or Vllaznia Shkodër that keep their silverware dream alive.
Tirana form and stats
Tirana participated in Super Cup the last season, where they reached the final.When playing at home in the Superliga, Tirana have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
Tirana are confident in defense, having played 225 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Tirana coach Shehi and his crew return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Vllaznia Shkodër.
Ahead of that match, Tirana won a home game hosting Egnatia Rrogozhine (1-0).Tirana can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 13 times. Tirana have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Vllaznia Shkodër form and stats
They also participated in Super Cup last season. This ended in the final.Playing away, Vllaznia Shkodër have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Superliga this season.
The Vllaznia Shkodër goalkeeper Bojan Zogovic is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
There were no winners in Vllaznia Shkodër's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Tirana.
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Kukesi.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Vllaznia as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Tirana victories, three draws and two Vllaznia Shkodër wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Xhixha 10 goals | F. Hasani 4 goals |  H. Marku 4 goals |
Tirana missing players
Vllaznia Shkodër missing players
| Tirana | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 31 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 48% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 30% | ||
| 7.4 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tirana | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 2 | Partizani Tirana | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | Erzeni Shijak | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Egnatia Rrogozhine | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Kastrioti Kruje | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Laci | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Kukesi | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 9 | Bylis Ballsh | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 10 | Teuta Durres | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 8 |
