Skënderbeu Korçë v Kastrioti Krujë preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Albania Superliga
Competition: Wed 04.May
Match begins: 14:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadiumi Skënderbeu (10000 seats)

Skënderbeu Korçë - Kastrioti Krujë in Superliga: Stats, line-ups, matches, tendencies and headlines. Check out our full guide!

Insights:
  • Skënderbeu Korçë have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Superliga
  • Kastrioti Krujë is in the best form (6-0-0) in Superliga

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Skënderbeu Korçë form and stats

With 3 Superliga wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Skënderbeu Korçë are certainly not brimming with confidence. 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 17 attempts.

Skënderbeu Korçë haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 489 minutes ago. Zguro scored that one.

Skënderbeu Korçë faced defeat in their previous match, away at Vllaznia Shkoder (0-1).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Egnatia Rrogozhinë (0-1).

Skënderbeu have scored 11 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Kastrioti Krujë form and stats

Kastrioti Krujë have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Superliga, after 4-2-9 (15 played). Kastrioti Krujë have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena.

Impressive finishing from Hasani secured the home win 2-1 against Egnatia Rrogozhinë in their previous game.

Prior to that result Kastrioti Krujë won their away game at Tirana. The scoreline was 1-0.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kastrioti manager Çela as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Laçi.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Kastrioti Krujë as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. As for defending, Kastrioti Krujë rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 24 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have played each other previously this season, with the match result Kastrioti Krujë - Skënderbeu 1-0 registered in the official records. These squads fought well and hard when they played earlier this season. Both Bajrami (Skënderbeu Korçë), Dida (Kastrioti Krujë) and Zguro (Skënderbeu Korçë) were sent off. Skënderbeu-Kastrioti Krujë H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Skënderbeu Korçë four wins, Kastrioti Krujë five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Skënderbeu KorçëA. Mensah
A. Mensah
6 goals
Kastrioti KrujëK. Nunes da Silva Amarante
K. Nunes da Silva Amarante
6 goals
Kastrioti KrujëS. Ajazi
S. Ajazi
5 goals

Skënderbeu Korçë missing players

Kastrioti Krujë missing players

Skënderbeu Korçë Kastrioti Krujë
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 6 15 31
3 3 1 Won W 2 4 13
12 6 3 Drew D 1 2 4
16 6 0 Lost L 3 9 14
19 11 5 Scored S 5 11 28
39 16 4 Conceded C 6 24 40
77% 80% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 97%
55% 53% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 65%
29% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 53% 35%
16% 13% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 13%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
35% 40% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 39%
26% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 35%
61% 53% 25% Failed to Score F T 17% 33% 29%
 
3.5 4 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 2.7 3.1
4.9 4.3 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 3.9
1.8 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
7.1 7.6 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 6.7 7.4
2.7 2.9 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.1 2.9
21% 27% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 32% 29%
 
12.2 10.8 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 10.6 8.9
4.9 4.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4 3.4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Kastrioti Krujë have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kastrioti Krujë have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Kastrioti Krujë is in the best form (6-0-0) in Superliga
  • Skënderbeu Korçë have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Skënderbeu Korçë have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Skënderbeu Korçë have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) 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 Laçi 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 Kukesi 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 Krujë 31 13 4 14 28 40 16 9 2 5 17 16 15 4 2 9 11 24 -12 43
7 Teuta Durrës 31 10 9 12 32 41 16 3 7 6 16 22 15 7 2 6 16 19 -9 39
8 Egnatia Rrogozhinë 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 Skënderbeu Korçë 31 3 12 16 19 39 15 3 6 6 11 16 16 0 6 10 8 23 -20 21

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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.