This match features two teams living in the basement of the Superliga, Luftëtari Gjirokastër holding 10th place and Vllaznia Shkodër lying 8th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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!
Gjirokastër have had a bad season and will be relegated from Superliga. Vllaznia are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.
Luftëtari Gjirokastër form and stats
Luftëtari Gjirokastër's results here at Stadiumi Gjirokastra in the Superliga have been very modest with 2 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts. Gjirokastër are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadiumi Gjirokastra with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Skenderbeu Korce match.
In their previous game, the manager N. Novi led his Gjirokastër to a defeat in the Superliga match away at Flamurtari. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadiumi Gjirokastra.
Gjirokastër were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Gjirokastër aren't scoring a lot here at Stadiumi Gjirokastra in the league, with only 8 goals from 15 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.
Vllaznia Shkodër form and stats
The visitors are W5-D5-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Superliga. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Vllaznia are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Vllaznia have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 186 minutes ago. E. Sidorenco was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for Vllaznia Shkodër in their previous game, as they lost their Superliga-match, hosting Teuta Durrës, 0-3. A 0-1 defeat away at Teuta Durrës before that.
Vllaznia Shkodër have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 16 goals have been scored. 20 goals have been conceded by Vllaznia in these games.
Head 2 Head
Gjirokastër and Vllaznia Shkodër have met before this season: Vllaznia Shkodër - Luftëtari Gjirokastër 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Luftëtari Gjirokastër two wins, five draws and Vllaznia Shkodër three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Rodrigues Pereira Junior 11 goals |
Luftëtari Gjirokastër missing players
Vllaznia Shkodër missing players
| Luftëtari Gjirokastër | Vllaznia Shkodër | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 74 | 26 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 20 | 35 |
| 90% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 73% | 77% |
| 81% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 55% |
| 45% | 33% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 53% | 45% |
| 29% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 33% | 29% |
| 19% | 13% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| 42% | 33% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 40% | 29% |
| 13% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | 45% |
| 55% | 60% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 47% | 48% |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 6.9 | 5.8 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | 19 | 6 | Total Shots | T S | 30 | 87 | 169 |
| 32 | 8 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 25 | 55 |
| 22% | 12% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 40% | 33% |
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the fewest scored goals (16)
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the fewest scored goals (8) at home
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12)
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the most conceded goals (74)
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the most conceded goals in the first half (33)
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the most conceded goals in the second half (41)
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the the worst goal difference (-18) at home
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër has the the worst goal difference (-58)
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Luftëtari Gjirokastër is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Vllaznia Shkodër has the fewest dropped points from leading position (5)
- Vllaznia Shkodër have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Tirana | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 61 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 33 | 65 |
| 2 | Kukësi | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 56 |
| 3 | Teuta Durrës | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 50 |
| 4 | Laci | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 49 |
| 5 | Skenderbeu Korce | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -5 | 48 |
| 6 | Partizani Tirana | 31 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 45 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 47 |
| 7 | Bylis Ballsh | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 43 |
| 8 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -3 | 39 |
| 9 | Flamurtari | 31 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 61 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 26 | -35 | 14 |
| 10 | Luftëtari Gjirokastër | 31 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 74 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 48 | -58 | 14 |