Here's what we know about the Luftëtari Gjirokastër - Kukësi match:

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Competition: Albania Superliga
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadiumi Gjirokastra (8400 seats)

Struggling Luftëtari Gjirokastër will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Kukësi in the upcoming league round. It’s 8th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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 20-7-12 (win-draw-loss) from 39 matches.

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Luftëtari Gjirokastër form and stats

7 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Luftëtari Gjirokastër have to build on here at Stadiumi Gjirokastra. Luftëtari Gjirokastër are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of four drawn games in a row. Luftëtari Gjirokastër have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

The home team returns to Stadiumi Gjirokastra after sharing the points with Teuta Durrës on their last time out; the Superliga game ended 0-0. Before that, Luftëtari Gjirokastër drew at home versus Tirana.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Luftëtari Gjirokastër here at Stadiumi Gjirokastra, with less than one goal per game on average (15 from 16 games). Luftëtari Gjirokastër have only conceded 15 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kukësi form and stats

As the visiting team Kukësi, who have the most points (29) away in Superliga, have produced an overall stat of 9-2-5 so far. It’s been three wins in a row for Kukësi on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Kukësi play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Kamza. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Teuta Durrës.

Kukësi find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 17 goals from 16 away fixtures. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Kukësi - Luftëtari Gjirokastër 3-0 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Luftëtari Gjirokastër 3 wins, 2 draws and Kukësi 5 victories.

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Kukësi missing players

Luftëtari Gjirokastër Kukësi
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
32 16 3 Played 6 16 32
11 7 0 Won 4 9 16
7 3 2 Drew 1 2 7
14 6 1 Lost 1 5 9
30 15 1 Scored 10 17 36
34 15 2 Conceded 3 9 21
91% 94% 67% Over 0.5 83% 88% 88%
53% 44% 33% Over 1.5 83% 44% 50%
31% 25% 0% Over 2.5 50% 31% 31%
16% 12% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 6%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 3%
38% 31% 33% BTTS 33% 25% 34%
31% 38% 33% Clean Sheets 67% 56% 50%
41% 38% 67% Failed To Score 17% 31% 28%
 
2.8 2.6 3 Corners For (avg) 2.5 2.7 4
4.1 3.4 3 Corners Against (avg) 3 4.3 3.7
2.2 2.4 4 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.5 2 2.1
3 1 0 Red Cards 1 1 1

Luftëtari Gjirokastër
All Superliga Albanian Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
10-04-19 SU Kastrioti Krujë 1 - 0 Luftëtari Gjirokastër
14-04-19 SU Luftëtari Gjirokastër 1 - 0 Laci
20-04-19 SU Flamurtari 1 - 1 Luftëtari Gjirokastër
24-04-19 AC Luftëtari Gjirokastër 0 - 0 Tirana
28-04-19 SU Luftëtari Gjirokastër 1 - 1 Tirana
04-05-19 SU Teuta Durrës 0 - 0 Luftëtari Gjirokastër
08-05-19 AC Tirana 15:00 Luftëtari Gjirokastër
12-05-19 SU Luftëtari Gjirokastër 14:30 Kukësi
25-05-19 SU Skënderbeu Korçë - Luftëtari Gjirokastër
29-05-19 SU Luftëtari Gjirokastër - Partizani Tirana
Kukësi
All Champions League Superliga Albanian Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
14-04-19 SU Kukësi 1 - 2 Flamurtari
20-04-19 SU Tirana 0 - 2 Kukësi
24-04-19 AC Kukësi 2 - 1 Skënderbeu Korçë
28-04-19 SU Kukësi 0 - 0 Teuta Durrës
03-05-19 SU Kamza 0 - 3 Kukësi
08-05-19 AC Skënderbeu Korçë 15:00 Kukësi
12-05-19 SU Luftëtari Gjirokastër 14:30 Kukësi
18-05-19 SU Kukësi - Skënderbeu Korçë
25-05-19 SU Partizani Tirana - Kukësi
29-05-19 SU Kukësi - Kastrioti Krujë

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Partizani Tirana 32 19 8 5 41 17 16 12 2 2 27 9 16 7 6 3 14 8 24 65
2 Kukësi 32 16 7 9 36 21 16 7 5 4 19 12 16 9 2 5 17 9 15 55
3 Flamurtari 32 13 9 10 31 27 16 9 4 3 19 11 16 4 5 7 12 16 4 48
4 Teuta Durrës 32 12 12 8 36 33 16 7 7 2 17 11 16 5 5 6 19 22 3 48
5 Laçi 32 11 13 8 29 24 16 8 4 4 17 11 16 3 9 4 12 13 5 46
6 Skënderbeu Korçë 32 14 4 14 36 28 16 10 2 4 23 10 16 4 2 10 13 18 8 46
7 Tirana 32 10 10 12 37 32 16 5 7 4 17 11 16 5 3 8 20 21 5 40
8 Luftëtari Gjirokastër 32 11 7 14 30 34 16 7 3 6 15 15 16 4 4 8 15 19 -4 40
9 Kastrioti Krujë 32 10 5 17 30 49 16 7 3 6 20 21 16 3 2 11 10 28 -19 35
10 Kamza 32 4 5 23 13 54 16 3 3 10 9 25 16 1 2 13 4 29 -41 17

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