The visiting Kukësi side should be favourites in this visit to Flamurtari, as the away team holds a 29 point advantage from their 19 league games this season.
It's no vacation for neither Flamurtari nor Kukësi 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.
This pitch has grass, which is not Kukësi's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Kukësi have performed like this: Played 39 matches resulting in 18 wins, 7 draws and 14 defeats with the goal stats 45-39 (scored/conceded).
Flamurtari form and stats
Flamurtari's results here at Stadiumi Flamurtari in the Superliga have been very modest with 0 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 19 attempts. Flamurtari are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadiumi Flamurtari with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Kukësi match.
Flamurtari are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 181 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Ribaj).
Flamurtari manager L. Birçe and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Vllaznia Shkoder (placed 7th) in the Albanian Cup. Heartbreak before that as Flamurtari lost 0-1 at Skenderbeu Korce's place.
The Flamurtari fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. Flamurtari have conceded 19 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Kukësi form and stats
The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+14) in Superliga, are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga.
The Kukësi goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 238 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Kukësi, whose manager S. Duro could celebrate last time after the Albanian Cup win against Lushnja. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Partizani Tirana.
Kukësi find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kukësi - Flamurtari 1-0 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Flamurtari, 3 draws and 4 wins for Kukësi. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.Flamurtari missing players
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| Flamurtari | Kukësi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 27 |
| 38 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 67% | 84% |
| 74% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 44% | 58% |
| 47% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 47% |
| 32% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 47% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 47% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 53% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 26% |
| 2.8 | 3.3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.8 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 6 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 73 | 49 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 34 | 121 |
| 27 | 19 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 11 | 44 |
| 15% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 45% | 41% |
- All of Flamurtari's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Flamurtari has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Flamurtari has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home
- Flamurtari has the fewest points (6) at home
- Flamurtari has the most conceded goals (19) at home
- Flamurtari has the most conceded goals (38)
- Flamurtari has the most conceded goals in the second half (25)
- Flamurtari has the the worst goal difference (-25)
- Flamurtari has the the worst goal difference (-7) at home
- Flamurtari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Flamurtari have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Flamurtari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Flamurtari have yet to win a game.
- Flamurtari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Flamurtari is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Kukësi has the the best goal difference (+14)
- Kukësi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Kukësi have scored more than double the goals of Flamurtari.
- Kukësi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Kukësi have won significantly more corners away than at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kukësi | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Tirana | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Teuta Durrës | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 31 |
| 4 | Bylis Ballsh | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 5 | Laçi | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 29 |
| 6 | Partizani Tirana | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 7 | Vllaznia Shkoder | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | Skenderbeu Korce | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 27 |
| 9 | Luftëtari Gjirokastër | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 25 | -24 | 12 |
| 10 | Flamurtari | 19 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 19 | -25 | 6 |