Bylis Ballsh fights Luftëtari Gjirokastër in Superliga battle

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Competition: Albania Superliga
Competition: Fri 24.July
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadiumi Adush Muça (5200 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Superliga, Bylis Ballsh holding 7th place and Luftëtari Gjirokastër lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

It's no vacation for neither Ballsh nor Luftëtari Gjirokastër 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.

Ballsh are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Gjirokastër are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

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Bylis Ballsh form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Bylis Ballsh have managed 9 wins, 6 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 18 games.

Ahead of that match, Ballsh lost 0-3 at home to Laçi.

Ballsh has scored 25 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Ballsh are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadiumi Adush Muça in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 18 matches.

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Luftëtari Gjirokastër form and stats

There's been little loot from Luftëtari Gjirokastër's travels as they have only collected 3 points from 18 away games in the Superliga. Luftëtari Gjirokastër, who have the most conceded goals (81) in Superliga, only have 0 wins to counter their 15 defeats and 3 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 18 away games in a row. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Gjirokastër, who have now gone 19 games without a victory. The Skënderbeu Korçë game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Gjirokastër are looking to quickly end their 185 minutes long goal drought in the Superliga.

A loss against Skënderbeu Korçë was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Goals are few and far between in Gjirokastër's away league games. Only 9 goals from 18 travels. Gjirokastër are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Ballsh - Luftëtari Gjirokastër 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Ballsh three wins, three draws and Luftëtari Gjirokastër zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bylis BallshA. Beji Anthony
A. Beji Anthony
8 goals
Bylis BallshS. Guindo
S. Guindo
8 goals

Bylis Ballsh missing players

Luftëtari Gjirokastër missing players

Bylis Ballsh Luftëtari Gjirokastër
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 18 4 Played P 4 18 35
12 9 1 Won W 0 0 2
14 6 3 Drew D 2 3 8
9 3 0 Lost L 2 15 25
45 25 7 Scored S 2 9 17
37 16 2 Conceded C 11 53 81
89% 83% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 91%
66% 61% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 77%
46% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 43%
26% 28% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 29%
9% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 17%
54% 44% 25% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 40%
34% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 25% 6% 11%
23% 22% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 57%
 
4.7 4.6 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3 3.3
3.6 2.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 7.5 6.8
3.3 2.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
164 60 21 Total Shots T S 25 73 104
60 25 8 Shots on Target S O 11 29 44
33% 28% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 24% 18%
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Bylis Ballsh have scored more than double the goals of Luftëtari Gjirokastër.
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the fewest clean sheets (1) away
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the fewest points (3) away
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the fewest scored goals (17)
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the fewest scored goals in the second half (13)
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the most conceded goals (53) away
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the most conceded goals (81)
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the most conceded goals in the first half (38)
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the the worst goal difference (-44) away
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the the worst goal difference (-64)
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër have yet to win a game away.
  • Luftëtari Gjirokastër is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 35 21 6 8 66 34 17 11 3 3 34 14 18 10 3 5 32 20 32 69
2 Kukësi 34 18 8 8 54 29 17 12 3 2 32 12 17 6 5 6 22 17 25 62
3 Laçi 35 18 7 10 58 32 18 13 2 3 37 14 17 5 5 7 21 18 26 61
4 Teuta Durrës 35 15 12 8 39 31 17 10 6 1 19 8 18 5 6 7 20 23 8 57
5 Skënderbeu Korçë 34 16 6 12 38 42 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 6 3 8 15 23 -4 54
6 Partizani Tirana 35 15 8 12 50 36 18 9 5 4 30 15 17 6 3 8 20 21 14 53
7 Bylis Ballsh 35 12 14 9 45 37 18 9 6 3 25 16 17 3 8 6 20 21 8 50
8 Vllaznia Shkodër 35 12 9 14 35 40 17 6 4 7 17 15 18 6 5 7 18 25 -5 45
9 Flamurtari 35 2 8 25 31 71 18 1 6 11 26 41 17 1 2 14 5 30 -40 14
10 Luftëtari Gjirokastër 35 2 8 25 17 81 17 2 5 10 8 28 18 0 3 15 9 53 -64 14

Read more about Superliga

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.