Football match preview: Kukësi vs Bylis Ballsh

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Competition: Albania Superliga
Competition: Fri 10.March
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elbasan Arena (5500 seats)

Kukësi - Bylis Ballsh: Superliga basement sides scrapping for points and greatness. Check out all the interesting stats and tables before the fixture!

Insights:
  • Kukësi is in the best form (4-0-2) in Superliga
  • Bylis Ballsh have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Superliga

The hosts Kukësi saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Superliga. That game was an away game at Laci, so at least Kukësi are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Kukësi form and stats

When playing at home in the Superliga, Kukësi have managed 5 wins, 1 draw and suffered 6 defeats from 12 games. When Kukësi hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Kukësi, Kastrioti Krujë and Laci), they have won 2 of 3 matches! It’s been three wins in a row for Kukësi here at Elbasan Arena, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

It's back home for Kukësi, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Laci away with the result 2-1. da Silva and Rashiti found the net in that victory.

Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Teuta Durrës in the Albanian Cup.

It should be taken into account that a look at the 10 latest league fixtures reveals that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Kukësi as they have a new game in only four days, a Albanian Cup match thankfully also at home. Teuta Durrës are visiting.

Kukësi have scored {10 league goals} here from 12 matches, not a lot. Kukësi are not conceding a lot of goals here at Elbasan Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Kukësi has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Bylis Ballsh form and stats

Bylis Ballsh have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 3-2-6 (11 played). When Bylis Ballsh is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Bylis Ballsh, Kastrioti Krujë and Laci is teams we like to compare Kukësi with.

Bylis Ballsh's last game was the home draw against Erzeni Shijak (1-1).

Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Egnatia Rrogozhinë.

A tale of few goals? 10 of this side's last 12 league matches have contained two goals or less.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bylis Ballsh as they have only managed to score 8 times from 11 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Bylis Ballsh in these games.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head match ended Bylis Ballsh - Kukësi 0-0, played this season. Barbosa (Kukësi) was given a red card by the ref when these teams last met. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Kukësi six wins, two draws and Bylis Ballsh two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KukësiE. Baša
E. Baša
4 goals
Bylis BallshA. Beji Anthony
A. Beji Anthony
3 goals
Bylis BallshL. Kacorri
L. Kacorri
3 goals

Kukësi missing players

Bylis Ballsh missing players

Kukësi Bylis Ballsh
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 3 11 24
9 5 2 Won W 2 3 7
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
11 6 1 Lost L 1 6 11
21 10 3 Scored S 2 8 19
24 10 2 Conceded C 3 16 25
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
58% 50% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 46%
29% 17% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 25%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 12%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 12%
38% 25% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 33%
38% 42% 67% Clean Sheets C S 67% 27% 38%
33% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 27% 42%
 
3.6 3.5 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.1 2.9
4.9 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.1 3.3
2.2 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.8
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.8 10.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 4 7.1 6.4
3.1 3.4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 2.8 2.2
28% 24% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 27% 29%
 
10.5 10.2 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 4 8.6 6.9
3.8 3.8 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.5 2.5 2.2
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Bylis Ballsh have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bylis Ballsh have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Superliga
  • Bylis Ballsh have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Superliga
  • Bylis Ballsh have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Superliga
  • Bylis Ballsh haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Kukësi have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Superliga
  • Kukësi haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kukësi is in the best form (4-0-2) in Superliga

  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 24 12 4 8 34 20 11 5 1 5 21 12 13 7 3 3 13 8 14 40
2 Partizani Tirana 24 12 4 8 30 25 13 6 2 5 15 13 11 6 2 3 15 12 5 40
3 Egnatia Rrogozhinë 24 10 7 7 29 20 12 4 3 5 16 11 12 6 4 2 13 9 9 37
4 Vllaznia Shkoder 24 10 6 8 28 22 11 6 2 3 18 9 13 4 4 5 10 13 6 36
5 Erzeni Shijak 24 7 12 5 25 28 12 3 7 2 12 13 12 4 5 3 13 15 -3 33
6 Teuta Durrës 24 8 8 8 23 29 12 4 5 3 10 10 12 4 3 5 13 19 -6 32
7 Kukësi 24 9 4 11 21 24 12 5 1 6 10 10 12 4 3 5 11 14 -3 31
8 Laci 24 9 3 12 26 29 13 5 1 7 16 15 11 4 2 5 10 14 -3 30
9 Bylis Ballsh 24 7 6 11 19 25 13 4 4 5 11 9 11 3 2 6 8 16 -6 27
10 Kastrioti Krujë 24 5 8 11 18 31 11 3 5 3 12 10 13 2 3 8 6 21 -13 23

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.