3. HNL - East match preview and statistics: Novigrad fight Ponikve

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Competition: Croatia 3. HNL - East
Date: Sat 18.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Lako (2300 seats)

Novigrad hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 29 points and a 16th position in the 3. HNL - East table. Visiting Ponikve holds 11th place with 41 pts.

It's no vacation for neither Novigrad nor Ponikve 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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Novigrad form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Novigrad are 6-1-8 (wins-draw-losses).

Happy days for Novigrad in their previous game, a 3. HNL - East match away at Zagreb that ended with a 3-2 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Maksimir Zagreb with the scoreline 2-3.

The Novigrad fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 15 matches. Novigrad have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Ponikve form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ponikve so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-10 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Ponikve as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the HAŠK.

Ponikve delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Dubrava Zagreb in their previous match; a 3. HNL - East game. Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Jarun's place.

A quick return to home after this game, as Ponikve are hosting Jadran Poreč in the 3. HNL - East only three days away.

Ponikve find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 15 away fixtures. For Ponikve, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ponikve - Novigrad 1-0 entered in the official records. Novigrad-Ponikve H2H statistics last one meeting regardless of arena: Novigrad 0 wins, Ponikve 1 win, 0 draws. 0 of these one matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

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Novigrad missing players

Ponikve missing players

Novigrad Ponikve
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played 5 15 30
9 6 2 Won 2 4 12
2 1 0 Drew 0 1 5
20 8 2 Lost 3 10 13
45 26 11 Scored 3 16 36
62 20 7 Conceded 10 34 45
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 97%
71% 60% 100% Over 1.5 60% 87% 80%
65% 53% 100% Over 2.5 60% 87% 60%
52% 40% 50% Over 3.5 40% 40% 23%
32% 27% 50% Over 4.5 0% 7% 3%
58% 47% 100% BTTS 20% 67% 53%
19% 27% 0% Clean Sheets 40% 13% 30%
26% 27% 0% Failed To Score 40% 20% 20%
 
3.6 3.5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
5.2 6.5 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
1.6 0.5 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Novigrad have created more than twice as many corners as Ponikve.
  • Novigrad haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Ponikve have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ponikve have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ponikve haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Novigrad
All 3. HNL - East 2. HNL Croatia Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
13-04-19 3. HAŠK 4 - 1 Novigrad
18-04-19 3. Novigrad 1 - 0 Vinogradar
27-04-19 3. Vrbovec 2 - 3 Novigrad
01-05-19 3. Novigrad 6 - 1 Krk
04-05-19 3. Orijent 1919 6 - 2 Novigrad
10-05-19 3. Novigrad 2 - 3 Maksimir Zagreb
15-05-19 3. Zagreb 2 - 3 Novigrad
18-05-19 3. Novigrad 15:30 Ponikve
25-05-19 3. Zagorec 15:30 Novigrad
02-06-19 3. Novigrad 15:30 Jadran Poreč
Ponikve
All 3. HNL - East Croatia Cup
All Home Away
18-04-19 3. Udarnik Kurilovec 3 - 1 Ponikve
27-04-19 3. Ponikve 3 - 0 Spansko Zagreb
01-05-19 3. Dugo Selo 2 - 1 Ponikve
04-05-19 3. Ponikve 2 - 0 Trnje
11-05-19 3. Jarun 4 - 0 Ponikve
15-05-19 3. Ponikve 0 - 0 Dubrava Zagreb
18-05-19 3. Novigrad 15:30 Ponikve
21-05-19 3. Ponikve 15:30 Jadran Poreč
25-05-19 3. Ponikve 15:30 HAŠK
02-06-19 3. Vinogradar 15:30 Ponikve

  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 Vinogradar 31 23 4 4 84 33 15 13 1 1 56 16 16 10 3 3 28 17 51 73
2 Dubrava Zagreb 31 20 5 6 73 32 15 12 0 3 47 19 16 8 5 3 26 13 41 65
3 Orijent 1919 31 19 5 7 67 42 16 13 2 1 43 20 15 6 3 6 24 22 25 62
4 Trnje 31 16 6 9 56 36 15 11 1 3 31 17 16 5 5 6 25 19 20 54
5 Udarnik Kurilovec 31 13 12 6 57 34 15 7 6 2 32 14 16 6 6 4 25 20 23 51
6 Dugo Selo 31 14 5 12 44 54 15 7 4 4 23 19 16 7 1 8 21 35 -10 47
7 Krk 32 13 6 13 51 49 16 8 3 5 31 18 16 5 3 8 20 31 2 45
8 Opatija 31 12 8 11 50 46 16 9 4 3 29 16 15 3 4 8 21 30 4 44
9 Jadran Poreč 30 14 2 14 50 51 16 9 2 5 27 24 14 5 0 9 23 27 -1 44
10 HAŠK 31 12 6 13 44 40 15 8 4 3 30 16 16 4 2 10 14 24 4 42
11 Ponikve 30 12 5 13 36 45 15 8 4 3 20 11 15 4 1 10 16 34 -9 41
12 Zagorec 31 11 6 14 51 52 16 6 4 6 29 28 15 5 2 8 22 24 -1 39
13 Maksimir Zagreb 32 11 6 15 49 54 17 8 3 6 28 21 15 3 3 9 21 33 -5 39
14 Vrbovec 31 11 4 16 42 58 15 7 2 6 22 20 16 4 2 10 20 38 -16 37
15 Jarun 31 10 4 17 39 53 15 8 2 5 22 18 16 2 2 12 17 35 -14 34
16 Novigrad 31 9 2 20 45 62 15 6 1 8 26 20 16 3 1 12 19 42 -17 29
17 Spansko Zagreb 31 8 5 18 38 71 16 6 2 8 26 31 15 2 3 10 12 40 -33 29
18 Zagreb 31 4 3 24 25 89 16 3 2 11 13 38 15 1 1 13 12 51 -64 15

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