The visiting Kukësi side should be favourites in this visit to Tirana, as the away team holds a 12 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
Tirana and Kukësi should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Kukësi's home stadium. The visitors last 38 games on grass have ended in 18 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses.
Tirana form and stats
Overall stats at home this season for Tirana are 4-7-3 (wins-draw-losses). In general it's been a long time since Tirana tasted defeat here at Stadiumi Selman Stërmasi, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games.Tirana are returning here after visiting Teuta Durres in a Superliga game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Kamza.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Tirana as they are travelling to their away game against Luftëtari Gjirokastër in the Albanian Cup. That match is three days after this one.
The Tirana fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 16 in 14 matches. Tirana are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadiumi Selman Stërmasi, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 14 matches.
Kukësi form and stats
7 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Kukësi playing as the away team this season.Kukësi failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Flamurtari that ended with defeat 1-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Laçi.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Skënderbeu Korçë in just three days.
The attacking power of Kukësi when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored in 14 matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
Kukësi - Tirana 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 4 - 5 (Tirana wins - draws - Kukësi wins).Tirana missing players
Kukësi missing players
| Tirana | Kukësi | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | Played | 14 | 29 |
| 35 | 16 | Scored | 12 | 31 |
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | 9 | 21 |
| 90% | 79% | Over 0.5 | 86% | 90% |
| 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 36% | 48% |
| 41% | 21% | Over 2.5 | 29% | 31% |
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 7% |
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 3% |
| 55% | 43% | Both teams to score | 29% | 38% |
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 50% | 45% |
| 31% | 43% | Failed To Score | 36% | 28% |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Corners For (avg) | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.1 | 3 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 60 |
| 2 | Kukësi | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 48 |
| 3 | Flamurtari | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 43 |
| 5 | Teuta Durrës | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 43 |
| 6 | Laçi | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Luftëtari Gjirokastër | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | Tirana | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | Kastrioti Krujë | 29 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 27 | -22 | 30 |
| 10 | Kamza | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 26 | -32 | 17 |
