Apolonia Fier vs Laçi: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Albania Superliga
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 12:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu (6800 seats)

Struggling Apolonia Fier will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Laçi in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Apolonia Fier has the fewest scored goals (9) in Superliga
  • Laçi has the most points from losing position (6) in Superliga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Apolonia Fier form and stats

Apolonia Fier, who have the fewest scored goals (9) in Superliga, have collected 7 points from their Superliga home games so far after 2-1-3.

Apolonia shared the glory with Partizani Tirana in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Apolonia Fier, as the Superliga home game vs Kukesi is only four days away.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Apolonia here at Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). 8 goals have been conceded.

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Laçi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Laçi, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Superliga, so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-2 (win-draw-lose).

Laçi had fun at their own home (Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu) last time out, beating Kukesi 3-2. That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Partizani Tirana.

A quick return to home after this game, as Laçi are hosting Skënderbeu Korçë in the Superliga only four days away.

Laçi are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Laçi - Apolonia 6-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - two - eight (Apolonia Fier wins - draws - Laçi wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LaçiK. Nwabueze
K. Nwabueze
4 goals
ApoloniaM. Gjata
M. Gjata
1 goals
Apolonia FierR. Mihana
R. Mihana
1 goals

Apolonia Fier missing players

Laçi missing players

Apolonia Fier Laçi
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 3 6 13
2 2 0 Won W 0 0 5
3 1 0 Drew D 2 4 5
8 3 2 Lost L 1 2 3
9 5 0 Scored S 2 3 19
25 8 4 Conceded C 3 5 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
69% 50% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 62%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 23%
23% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 23%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 23%
46% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 54%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 23%
46% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
3.5 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.6 10.6
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 4
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 15% 31%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Apolonia Fier has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in Superliga
  • Apolonia Fier has the fewest scored goals (9) in Superliga
  • Apolonia Fier has the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Superliga
  • Apolonia Fier has the the worst goal difference (-16) in Superliga
  • Apolonia Fier have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Apolonia Fier have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Apolonia Fier haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Laçi has the fewest scored goals (3) away in Superliga
  • Laçi has the most points from losing position (6) in Superliga
  • Laçi have scored more than double the goals of Apolonia Fier.
  • Laçi have yet to win a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Vllaznia Shkoder 13 9 2 2 22 9 7 6 0 1 15 7 6 3 2 1 7 2 13 29
2 Partizani Tirana 13 5 5 3 19 8 7 3 4 0 11 2 6 2 1 3 8 6 11 20
3 Laçi 13 5 5 3 19 12 7 5 1 1 16 7 6 0 4 2 3 5 7 20
4 Teuta Durres 13 4 8 1 12 6 6 0 6 0 4 4 7 4 2 1 8 2 6 20
5 Tirana 13 3 8 2 12 8 6 2 3 1 6 2 7 1 5 1 6 6 4 17
6 Kukesi 13 5 2 6 15 18 6 3 1 2 5 6 7 2 1 4 10 12 -3 17
7 Kastrioti Krujë 13 4 5 4 14 17 7 3 3 1 8 8 6 1 2 3 6 9 -3 17
8 Bylis Ballsh 13 2 6 5 11 17 7 2 3 2 6 8 6 0 3 3 5 9 -6 12
9 Skënderbeu Korçë 13 2 4 7 15 28 6 1 2 3 8 12 7 1 2 4 7 16 -13 10
10 Apolonia Fier 13 2 3 8 9 25 6 2 1 3 5 8 7 0 2 5 4 17 -16 9

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The Albanian Superliga is the top level of the football pyramid in Albania. It was founded in 1930. The current format has ten teams facing each other four times for a total of 36 matches, played from August to May. Top of the league table is the champion, while the two bottom teams are relegated.