Superliga: Tirana expected to win home fixture against Erzeni Shijak

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Competition: Albania Superliga
Competition: Fri 22.Sep
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadiumi Selman Stërmasi (12724 seats)

Erzeni Shijak have come here for an absorbing fight versus the home team Tirana. Get smart on the game with this full Superliga preview!

Insights:
  • Tirana is in the best form (3-1-0) in Superliga
  • Erzeni Shijak have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Superliga

There have been limited time to rest for the team playing at home, as they had a Superliga game only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Kukesi.

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Tirana form and stats

The hosts won their first Superliga game here at Stadiumi Selman Stërmasi, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Tirana last season were 10 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from 18 games.

A good away victory last time out for Tirana, who won 2-1 against Kukesi (placed 10th).

Before that, Tirana had a home game versus Skenderbeu Korce which ended with a victory 3-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tirana as they are travelling to their away game against Partizani Tirana in the Superliga. That match is four days after this one.

At Stadiumi Selman Stërmasi, Tirana has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Erzeni Shijak form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Superliga for Erzeni Shijak with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Erzeni Shijak go into this game after a win, the home game against Dinamo Tirana that ended 2-1. Those three points felt good as this side had gone three league fixtures without winning.

A 3-4 defeat away at Egnatia Rrogozhine before that.

It's early days yet, but Erzeni Shijak has scored 6 and conceded 7 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games). Erzeni has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head numbers (for the former four meetings): Tirana won three games, zero matches ended in a draw and Erzeni Shijak got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two. One of the profiles has been Hasani with 5 goals scored against Erzeni Shijak in these 4 matches.

Top Goalscorers

TiranaF. Hasani
F. Hasani
3 goals
Erzeni ShijakA. Kahrimanovic
A. Kahrimanovic
3 goals
Erzeni ShijakR. Mihana
R. Mihana
3 goals

Tirana missing players

Erzeni Shijak missing players

Tirana Erzeni Shijak
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 2 2 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
10 3 0 Scored S 6 6 10
6 1 0 Conceded C 7 7 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.5 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.5 2
2.8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 2 2 3.8
3 3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.5 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 9
4.8 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 4.5
53% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 67% 56%
 
7.5 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 10.5 11
3.2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 6.5 6
Key stats in Superliga this season:
  • Erzeni Shijak have the most conceded goals (7) away in Superliga
  • Erzeni Shijak have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Superliga
  • Tirana have the most points from losing position (7) in Superliga
  • Tirana have the most scored goals in the second half (7) in Superliga
  • Tirana is in the best form (3-1-0) in Superliga
Tirana Last season Erzeni Shijak
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
36 18   Played P   0 1
20 10   Won W   0 0
7 3   Drew D   0 1
9 5   Lost L   0 0
56 35   Scored S   0 1
33 20   Conceded C   0 1
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 100%
69% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 100%
44% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 0%
25% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
11% 22%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
47% 56%   BTTS BTTS   0% 100%
33% 22%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
25% 22%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
5.1 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   0 3
3.7 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 1
4 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.8 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   0 8
5 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 3
32% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 33%
 
6.7 6.7   Shots against (avg) S A   0 2
2.7 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 1

  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 4 3 1 0 10 6 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 7 5 4 10
2 Laci 4 2 1 1 11 6 3 2 1 0 11 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 5 7
3 Egnatia Rrogozhine 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 7
4 Skenderbeu Korce 4 2 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 4 -1 6
5 Vllaznia Shkoder 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 5
6 Partizani Tirana 3 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
7 Erzeni Shijak 4 1 2 1 10 10 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 1 1 6 7 0 5
8 Teuta Durres 3 1 1 1 4 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 -4 4
9 Dinamo Tirana 4 1 0 3 5 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 3
10 Kukesi 4 0 0 4 3 11 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 0 2 2 5 -8 0
Last season 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 36 20 7 9 56 33 18 10 3 5 35 20 18 10 4 4 21 13 23 67
2 Partizani Tirana 36 20 7 9 56 37 18 11 2 5 28 17 18 9 5 4 28 20 19 67
3 Egnatia Rrogozhine 36 14 10 12 46 32 18 6 6 6 24 17 18 8 4 6 22 15 14 52
4 Vllaznia Shkoder 36 13 11 12 39 37 18 8 5 5 24 17 18 5 6 7 15 20 2 50
5 Laci 36 14 6 16 45 46 18 8 2 8 26 21 18 6 4 8 19 25 -1 48
6 Teuta Durres 36 12 12 12 33 40 18 8 5 5 17 15 18 4 7 7 16 25 -7 48
7 Kukesi 36 12 9 15 31 35 18 7 4 7 15 13 18 5 5 8 16 22 -4 45
8 Erzeni Shijak 36 8 16 12 36 48 18 4 9 5 18 21 18 4 7 7 18 27 -12 40
9 Bylis Ballsh 36 9 11 16 31 42 18 4 7 7 16 17 18 5 4 9 15 25 -11 38
10 Kastrioti Kruje 36 8 11 17 26 49 18 6 7 5 19 19 18 2 4 12 7 30 -23 35

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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.