The first leg ended KF Ballkani-Larne 3-0. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round fixture!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This could be an entertaining fixture with lots of action and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's go!
Larne form and stats
Larne was eliminated in the 1st qualifying round last season in the Europa Conference League. St Josephs FC was too strong.The supporters hope that Larne will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against KF Ballkani.
A 2-2 scoreline against HJK (after extra-time) before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Champions League. This is expected to be a close game, with Larne perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Larne as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Larne has won 1 of these, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premiership game versus Dungannon Swifts in only four days. This game is also played here at Inver Park.
KF Ballkani form and stats
KF Ballkani's mission in Europa Conference League last season failed in the group stage.9 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of KF Ballkani playing as the away team in the Superliga this season.
The club members enjoyed Ballkani's previous game versus Larne, a Europa Conference League win (3-0) played at home.
A defeat, in the Champions League away at Ludogorets, before that. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by KF Ballkani in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for KF Ballkani, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
KF Ballkani are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 18 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Ballkani as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other before in this season, with the final score KF Ballkani - Larne 3-0 entered in the official records.
Larne missing players
KF Ballkani missing players
| Larne | KF Ballkani | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 48 | 24 | Scored | S | 15 | 42 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.9 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.7 | 2.7 | ||
| 42% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 61% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 62 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 16 | 30 | 73 |
| 2 | Drita | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 63 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 32 | 70 |
| 3 | Gjilani | 36 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 54 |
| 4 | Dukagjini | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 37 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | Prishtina | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 48 |
| 6 | Malisheva | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 52 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 46 |
| 7 | KF Llapi | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 50 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 43 |
| 8 | Ferizaj | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 29 | -19 | 41 |
| 9 | Trepca'89 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 42 | -16 | 40 |
| 10 | Drenica | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 62 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 34 | -35 | 23 |
