Fola Esch have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Sheriff. Prepare for the match with this cup 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!
Fola Esch have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Sheriff form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 1st qualifying round.5 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Sheriff have to build on here at Krytyj futbolnyj Manesh, Tiraspol in the National Division. Sheriff haven’t lost a league-game in 29 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Petrocub, 481 days ago. In general it's been a long time since Sheriff tasted defeat here at Krytyj futbolnyj Manesh, Tiraspol, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games in the league.
The Sheriff supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Petrocub in National Division and win 4-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Floresti and winning 1-0.
Sheriff are traveling soon after this match as the National Division match at Speranta Nisporeni awaits in two days.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Sheriff is on fire here. A stunning 20 from 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Sheriff have only let in 1 goal at home.
Fola Esch form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 1st qualifying round.In general it has been a productive period now for Fola as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. Fola are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Fola Esch as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The outsiders lost zero of these games by at least two goals.
A new game in only three days for Fola, the National Division home match versus Jeunesse d'Esch. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Castañeda Vélez 6 goals | A. Abang 5 goals | G. Boban 3 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Fola Esch missing players
| Sheriff | Fola Esch | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 48 | 33 | Scored | S | 27 | 53 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.1 | 2.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 216 | 153 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 85 | ||
| 85 | 61 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 39 | ||
| 52% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 106% | 90% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 19 |
| 3 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Milsami | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Dacia-Buiucani | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Auto | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 7 | Speranta Nisporeni | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Floresti | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 9 | Zimbru | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 5 |
| 10 | Codru Lozova | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 29 | -27 | 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 | Blue Boys Muhlenbach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Differdange 03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Etzella Ettelbruck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | F91 Dudelange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Fola Esch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hostert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Jeunesse d'Esch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mondorf-les-Bains | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Progres Niedercorn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Racing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Rodange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | UNA Strassen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | UT Petange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Victoria Rosport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |