Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Laçi in 6th and Kukësi in 4th place.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Kukësi have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 17-7-13 (win-draw-loss) from 37 matches.
Laçi form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Laçi at their home stadium (Laci Stadium) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Laçi has recorded two wins in a row here at Laci Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Laçi are returning here after visiting Skënderbeu Korçë in a Superliga game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Before that, Laçi had a home game versus Vllaznia Shkoder which ended with a victory 3-0.
A decent goal production from Laçi in their home games so far, with 8 goals from 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Laçi have only let in 2 goals at home.
Kukësi form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Two points from the last two away games for Kukësi, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Kukësi won their last game, 1-0 versus Flamurtari played at home. A 0-0 draw at Partizani Tirana's stadium before that.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kukësi - Laçi 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 0 Laçi victories, 6 draws and 4 Kukësi wins. 0 of these games ended with three goals or more, 10 matches with two goals or less.Laçi missing players
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| Laçi | Kukësi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 60% | 82% |
| 73% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 55% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 55% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 45% |
| 36% | 80% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 27% |
| 3.5 | 4 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 3.5 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Kukësi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Laçi have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Laçi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Partizani Tirana | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Bylis Ballsh | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Tirana | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | Kukësi | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Teuta Durrës | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Laçi | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Vllaznia Shkoder | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 9 | Luftëtari Gjirokastër | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -15 | 6 |
| 10 | Flamurtari | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -15 | 3 |