It's time for episode two of the Mura - Skendija 79 1st Qualifying Round battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 13.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mestni Štadion Fazanerija (5000 seats)

It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League 1st Qualifying Round meeting between Mura and Skendija 79. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Skendija 79 when visiting Mura as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Mura form and stats

Last season, Mura's Europa League journey ended in the 3rd qualifying round.

Mura have collected 34 points from their 1. SNL home games so far after 9-7-2. The Mura fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Mestni Štadion Fazanerija and will expect new points from this game. Mura has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Mura, who won 1-0 against Skendija 79.

In the game before, an away victory in the 1. SNL match versus Maribor with a 3-1 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Mura handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and one defeat.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tabor Sezana are coming to town in four days.

Mura are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 18 games. Mura have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 9 goals.

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Skendija 79 form and stats

Skendija's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 1st qualifying round.

The away performances of Skendija 79 have been very solid so far with 13 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats in the First League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue. Skendija are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 16 in a row without losing.

Home advantage was not enough for Skendija in their previous game, as they lost their Champions League-match, hosting Mura, 0-1.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Shkupi.

We have checked recent matches where Skendija have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those one game were one victory, zero draws and zero defeats.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 44 goals in 16 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on Skendija 79 as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Skendija 79 - Mura 0-1 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Skendija 79B. Ibraimi
B. Ibraimi
24 goals
Skendija 79L. Doriev
L. Doriev
7 goals
Skendija 79V. Nafiu
V. Nafiu
5 goals

Mura missing players

Skendija 79 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Mura Skendija 79
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
11 5   Won W   9 17
8 6   Drew D   3 5
6 2   Lost L   0 3
36 18   Scored S   30 49
27 15   Conceded C   11 20
84% 77%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   83% 88%
68% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 68%
52% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 48%
40% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 24%
4% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 20%
44% 38%   BTTS BTTS   50% 44%
36% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 44%
36% 38%   Failed to Score F T   17% 24%
 
4.2 4.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.2
5.3 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.2
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 13.5
4.6 5.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.5 5.8
33% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Mura 36 17 12 7 50 26 18 9 7 2 25 9 18 8 5 5 25 17 24 63
2 Maribor 36 17 12 7 64 41 18 9 6 3 36 24 18 8 6 4 28 17 23 63
3 Olimpija 36 16 11 9 45 35 18 11 5 2 30 12 18 5 6 7 15 23 10 59
4 Domzale 36 14 13 9 52 41 18 8 8 2 29 18 18 6 5 7 23 23 11 55
5 Bravo 36 10 15 11 39 39 18 8 6 4 25 13 18 2 9 7 14 26 0 45
6 Tabor Sezana 36 12 8 16 40 44 18 8 5 5 21 19 18 4 3 11 19 25 -4 44
7 Celje 36 12 7 17 36 41 18 7 2 9 24 24 18 5 5 8 12 17 -5 43
8 Aluminij 36 10 13 13 31 41 18 6 7 5 15 13 18 4 6 8 16 28 -10 43
9 Koper 36 11 9 16 41 56 18 7 5 6 18 20 18 4 4 10 23 36 -15 42
10 Gorica 36 7 8 21 24 58 18 5 3 10 15 32 18 2 5 11 9 26 -34 29
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Skendija 79 33 22 9 2 69 26 17 9 6 2 25 12 16 13 3 0 44 14 43 75
2 Shkupi 33 16 11 6 41 24 17 8 5 4 24 15 16 8 6 2 17 9 17 59
3 Struga 33 15 12 6 39 24 17 9 7 1 24 9 16 6 5 5 15 15 15 57
4 Makedonija 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 2 6 27 22 16 7 5 4 26 21 10 55
5 Rabotnicki 33 11 15 7 45 39 17 7 7 3 27 22 16 4 8 4 18 17 6 48
6 Pelister 33 12 9 12 34 38 16 9 4 3 22 14 17 3 5 9 12 24 -4 45
7 Akademija Pandev 33 12 5 16 32 36 16 8 1 7 18 14 17 4 4 9 14 22 -4 41
8 Borec 33 11 7 15 32 36 17 9 3 5 19 11 16 2 4 10 13 25 -4 40
9 Sileks 33 10 6 17 49 45 16 5 3 8 24 24 17 5 3 9 25 21 4 36
10 Renova 33 8 12 13 36 46 16 5 5 6 17 19 17 3 7 7 19 27 -10 36
11 Vardar 33 7 10 16 32 60 16 4 6 6 19 31 17 3 4 10 13 29 -28 31
12 Belasica 33 4 5 24 23 68 16 0 5 11 9 37 17 4 0 13 14 31 -45 17

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Skendija 79 33 22 9 2 69 26 17 9 6 2 25 12 16 13 3 0 44 14 43 75
2 Shkupi 33 16 11 6 41 24 17 8 5 4 24 15 16 8 6 2 17 9 17 59
3 Struga 33 15 12 6 39 24 17 9 7 1 24 9 16 6 5 5 15 15 15 57
4 Makedonija 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 2 6 27 22 16 7 5 4 26 21 10 55
5 Rabotnicki 33 11 15 7 45 39 17 7 7 3 27 22 16 4 8 4 18 17 6 48
6 Pelister 33 12 9 12 34 38 16 9 4 3 22 14 17 3 5 9 12 24 -4 45
7 Akademija Pandev 33 12 5 16 32 36 16 8 1 7 18 14 17 4 4 9 14 22 -4 41
8 Borec 33 11 7 15 32 36 17 9 3 5 19 11 16 2 4 10 13 25 -4 40
9 Sileks 33 10 6 17 49 45 16 5 3 8 24 24 17 5 3 9 25 21 4 36
10 Renova 33 8 12 13 36 46 16 5 5 6 17 19 17 3 7 7 19 27 -10 36
11 Vardar 33 7 10 16 32 60 16 4 6 6 19 31 17 3 4 10 13 29 -28 31
12 Belasica 33 4 5 24 23 68 16 0 5 11 9 37 17 4 0 13 14 31 -45 17

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