Open game expected at Elbasan Arena: Kukësi vs Partizani Tirana preview

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Competition: Albania Superliga
Competition: Tue 03.May
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Elbasan Arena (5500 seats)

Kukësi will want to draw on their home advantage to give everything they have against today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 3 points behind Partizani Tirana.

Insights:
  • Partizani Tirana have the most points from losing position (15) in Superliga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kukësi and Partizani Tirana.

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Kukësi form and stats

7 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Kukësi have to build on here at Elbasan Arena in the Superliga.

The Kukësi club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Elbasan Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Partizani Tirana (placed 3rd).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Teuta Durres (1-4).

Kukësi are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Kukësi have conceded only 13 goals.

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Partizani Tirana form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Partizani Tirana, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Kukësi (placed 4th) last time out.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Dinamo Tirana.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the records show this recent fixture: Kukësi - Partizani Tirana 1-2. Lika (Partizani Tirana), Gueye (Partizani Tirana) and Pablo (Kukësi) were shown red cards when these sides met previously this season. Will it be as hostile this time? Kukësi-Partizani Tirana H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kukësi three wins, Partizani Tirana six wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Partizani TiranaS. da Fonseca Salazar Junior
S. da Fonseca Salazar Junior
11 goals
KukësiE. Baša
E. Baša
9 goals
Partizani TiranaT. Cara
T. Cara
9 goals

Kukësi missing players

Partizani Tirana missing players

Kukësi Partizani Tirana
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
12 7 1 Won W 1 5 12
10 5 2 Drew D 1 5 13
10 4 1 Lost L 2 6 7
43 22 3 Scored S 2 16 42
39 13 3 Conceded C 2 11 25
88% 81% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 81% 84%
75% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 50% 66%
47% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 31% 41%
28% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 16%
12% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 53%
34% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 31%
28% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 75% 50% 31%
 
4.2 4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.2 4.6
3.5 2.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.5 3.8
2.1 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.8
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
8.6 8.9 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 7.8 9.4
3.3 3 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.4 3.9
32% 39% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 27% 33%
 
8.8 7.6 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 6.1 7.4
3.8 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 1.9 2.8
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Partizani Tirana have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Superliga
  • Partizani Tirana have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Superliga
  • Partizani Tirana have the most points from losing position (15) 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 31 20 6 5 55 19 15 11 3 1 31 8 16 9 3 4 24 11 36 66
2 Laci 31 15 9 7 40 25 16 10 3 3 25 10 15 5 6 4 15 15 15 54
3 Partizani Tirana 32 12 13 7 42 25 16 7 8 1 26 14 16 5 5 6 16 11 17 49
4 Kukësi 32 12 10 10 43 39 16 7 5 4 22 13 16 5 5 6 21 26 4 46
5 Vllaznia Shkoder 31 10 15 6 38 32 16 8 5 3 25 16 15 2 10 3 13 16 6 45
6 Kastrioti Kruje 31 13 4 14 28 40 16 9 2 5 17 16 15 4 2 9 11 24 -12 43
7 Teuta Durres 31 10 9 12 32 41 16 3 7 6 16 22 15 7 2 6 16 19 -9 39
8 Egnatia Rrogozhine 31 8 10 13 27 39 15 4 3 8 13 22 16 4 7 5 14 17 -12 34
9 Dinamo Tirana 31 5 8 18 16 41 15 1 6 8 4 13 16 4 2 10 12 28 -25 23
10 Skenderbeu Korce 31 3 12 16 19 39 15 3 6 6 11 16 16 0 6 10 8 23 -20 21

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.