Superliga preview and stats: Tirana - Dinamo Tirana at Elbasan Arena

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Competition: Albania Superliga
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:45 (UTC)
Venue: Elbasan Arena (5500 seats)

A win is the only result that will satisfy the Tirana followers in this Elbasan Arena duel with Dinamo Tirana, seeing as they have a solid lead on them in the Superliga table.

Insights:
  • Tirana have the most scored goals (47) in Superliga
  • Dinamo Tirana have the fewest scored goals (14) in Superliga

This football field has grass, which is not Dinamo Tirana's normal surface at their own stadium. When playing on grass Dinamo Tirana have performed like this: Played 44 matches taking 12 wins, 6 draws and 26 defeats with the goal data 30-63 (scored/conceded).

It's no vacation for neither Tirana nor Dinamo Tirana as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Tirana form and stats

This stadium, Elbasan Arena, has been a fortress for Tirana in the Superliga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 10-3-0. Two draws in a row at home now for Tirana.

Tirana drew their last game, also a home match. Dinamo Tirana (placed 9th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score.

In the game before, an away victory match versus Vllaznia Shkoder with a 2-1 scoreline.

Tirana are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found six matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won five, drew one and lost zero.

Goals decide football matches and Tirana are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Tirana have conceded only 7 goals.

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Dinamo Tirana form and stats

Playing away, Dinamo Tirana, who have the fewest scored goals (14) in Superliga, have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Superliga this season.

Dinamo Tirana are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Tirana (placed 1st).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Kukesi.

The attacking power of Dinamo Tirana when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Dinamo have conceded 22 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Dinamo Tirana - Tirana 0-1 was the product when this pair of sides previously played each other, also in this season. Data for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: five wins for Tirana, two draws and three wins for Dinamo Tirana. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

TiranaT. Sulejmanov
T. Sulejmanov
14 goals
TiranaR. Xhixha
R. Xhixha
11 goals
Dinamo TiranaA. Ibraimi
A. Ibraimi
6 goals

Tirana missing players

Dinamo Tirana missing players

Tirana Dinamo Tirana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 14 5 Played P 2 14 26
17 10 4 Won W 1 4 5
6 4 1 Drew D 0 3 9
3 0 0 Lost L 1 7 12
47 30 13 Scored S 1 10 14
17 7 5 Conceded C 5 22 31
85% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 81%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 42%
46% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 15%
23% 36% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 21% 12%
15% 21% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 8%
42% 36% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 21% 23%
54% 64% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 43% 38%
19% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 58%
 
2.9 2.6 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 3.8 4.4
3.5 3.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.3 3.5
1.8 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.2 9.3 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.2 8.9
4.3 4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 3
40% 48% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 29% 19%
 
7.5 8.1 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 8.5 9.7
2 1.8 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.2 4
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Dinamo Tirana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Dinamo Tirana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dinamo Tirana have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Superliga
  • Dinamo Tirana have the fewest scored goals (14) in Superliga
  • Dinamo Tirana have the fewest scored goals in the second half (7) in Superliga
  • Tirana have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Tirana have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tirana have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Tirana have scored more than double the goals of Dinamo Tirana.
  • Tirana have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Superliga
  • Tirana have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Superliga
  • Tirana have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Superliga
  • Tirana have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Superliga
  • Tirana have the most points (33) at home in Superliga
  • Tirana have the most scored goals (30) at home in Superliga
  • Tirana have the most scored goals (47) in Superliga
  • Tirana have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Superliga
  • Tirana have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Superliga
  • Tirana have the the best goal difference (+30) 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 25 17 5 3 47 17 13 10 3 0 30 7 12 7 2 3 17 10 30 56
2 Laci 25 13 7 5 36 21 13 8 3 2 22 8 12 5 4 3 14 13 15 46
3 Kukesi 25 12 6 7 39 30 12 7 2 3 20 10 13 5 4 4 19 20 9 42
4 Vllaznia Shkoder 26 9 12 5 35 29 12 7 3 2 23 14 14 2 9 3 12 15 6 39
5 Partizani Tirana 26 8 11 7 32 21 12 4 7 1 18 11 14 4 4 6 14 10 11 35
6 Teuta Durres 25 7 7 11 24 36 13 2 5 6 11 20 12 5 2 5 13 16 -12 28
7 Kastrioti Kruje 26 8 4 14 21 38 14 7 2 5 14 15 12 1 2 9 7 23 -17 28
8 Egnatia Rrogozhine 26 6 9 11 22 33 14 4 3 7 13 19 12 2 6 4 9 14 -11 27
9 Dinamo Tirana 25 5 8 12 14 31 12 1 6 5 4 9 13 4 2 7 10 22 -17 23
10 Skenderbeu Korce 25 3 9 13 18 32 12 3 5 4 10 10 13 0 4 9 8 22 -14 18

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.