The visiting Kukësi side should be favourites in this visit to Vllaznia Shkodër, as the away team holds a 4 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This pitch has grass, which is not Kukësi's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Kukësi have performed like this: Played 37 matches resulting in 16 wins, 7 draws and 14 defeats with the goal stats 43-39 (scored/conceded).
Vllaznia Shkodër form and stats
When playing at home in the Superliga, Vllaznia Shkodër have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
Stress levels are on the rise for Vllaznia Shkodër's attacking players as they have now played 360 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. da Silva was their last goal scorer. The Vllaznia Shkodër goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 254 minutes without conceding a goal.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Teuta Durres in the Superliga last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that, Vllaznia Shkodër played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Tirana.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Vllaznia Shkodër here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Vllaznia Shkodër are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Kukësi form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kukësi so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
Kukësi are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Superliga against Bylis Ballsh (placed 3rd). Prior to that match, the Kukësi manager S. Duro faced defeat when travelling to Laçi and losing 0-1.
The attacking power of Kukësi when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Kukësi as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kukësi - Vllaznia Shkodër 1-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Vllaznia Shkodër, 4 draws and 4 wins for Kukësi. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Vllaznia Shkodër missing players
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| Vllaznia Shkodër | Kukësi | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 85% |
| 46% | 43% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 33% | 54% |
| 38% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 23% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 23% | 14% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 46% |
| 54% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 62% | 57% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 67% | 31% |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 63 | 20 | 13 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 17 | 89 |
| 20 | 8 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 7 | 33 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 43% | 45% |
- Kukësi has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Kukësi has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3)
- Kukësi have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Vllaznia Shkodër has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partizani Tirana | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Kukësi | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Bylis Ballsh | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Skënderbeu Korçë | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 5 | Laçi | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 19 |
| 6 | Tirana | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Teuta Durres | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Vllaznia Shkodër | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Luftëtari Gjirokastër | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -15 | 8 |
| 10 | Flamurtari | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -15 | 5 |