Gjilani and Liepāja will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa Conference League 1st Qualifying Round battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Liepāja, who are travelling more than 2300 kilometers to play this game.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Gjilani form and stats
The story so far in the Superliga for Gjilani at their home stadium (Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri) is 9 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Ramadani led his Gjilani to a defeat away at KF Ballkani. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri.
Before that game, the home loss against Malisheva with the scoreline 3-4.The Gjilani fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 32 goals in 18 league matches. On the other hand, Gjilani have conceded 20 goals.
Liepāja form and stats
Liepāja was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 2nd qualifying round last season, when CSKA Sofia turned out to be too strong.Liepāja have an excellent away record in the Virsliga so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Liepāja goalkeeper Nikita Haikin is eager to challenge this, with his 196 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
There were no winners in Liepāja's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Riga.
Before that, Liepāja secured a home win against Super Nova with the score 2-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Liepāja manager Pertia as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Grobina.
Liepāja are a potent attacking force on the road with their 23 goals in 9 league games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Villela Rezende 7 goals | L. Hilario Dodo 5 goals | M. Ķigurs 4 goals |
Gjilani missing players
Liepāja missing players
| Gjilani | Liepāja | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 41 | 24 | Scored | S | 24 | 50 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 36% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | ||
| 8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 9 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KF Ballkani | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 61 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 35 | 76 |
| 2 | Drita | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 56 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 31 | 64 |
| 3 | Gjilani | 36 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 57 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 62 |
| 4 | KF Llapi | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 44 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 54 |
| 5 | Prishtina | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 51 |
| 6 | Drenica | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 51 | 48 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 50 |
| 7 | Dukagjini | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 50 |
| 8 | Malisheva | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 2 | 48 |
| 9 | Ulpiana | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 34 | 72 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 35 | -38 | 27 |
| 10 | KF Feronikeli | 36 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 98 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 60 | -82 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Valmiera / BSS | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 38 | 50 |
| 2 | Rigas FS | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 31 | 45 |
| 3 | Riga | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 41 |
| 4 | Liepāja | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | Auda | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | FC Daugavpils / Progress | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -16 | 24 |
| 7 | Tukums | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -22 | 17 |
| 8 | Spartaks Jurmala | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -23 | 14 |
| 9 | Metta / LU | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -24 | 13 |
| 10 | Super Nova | 20 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -31 | 5 |
