There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Žilina and Gent. Game on!
Gent have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Žilina nor Gent 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.
Žilina form and stats
Action has already taken place for Žilina in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Levadia to reach the 2nd Qualifying Round. Žilina was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa Conference League. Jablonec was too strong.The overall Super Liga statistics playing at home this season for Žilina are 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Žilina.
The Žilina supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Ruzomberok and win 3-1.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Gent in the Europa Conference League.
There will be little rest for Žilina after this match as they are travelling to Podbrezova for a Super Liga game in only three days.
Žilina has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Gent form and stats
Gent was sent out of Europa Conference League in the quarter-finals last season, when West Ham United turned out to be too strong.Gent go into this game after a win, the home game against Kortrijk that ended 3-2. Cuypers has found the net for this team four games in a row. The efficiency! Attacker Orban got a player rating of 8.05 in the game. "Man of the match" Orban scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A home victory as anticipated against Žilina preceding that, in the Europa Conference League.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Gent manager Vanhaezebrouck as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Mechelen.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other before in this season, with the result Gent - Žilina 5-1 registered in the official records. Cuypers loves to play against Žilina and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Orban 1 goals |
Žilina missing players
Gent missing players
| Žilina | Gent | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 44 | 20 | Scored | S | 38 | 67 | ||
| 40 | 14 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 72% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 76% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 13 | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 57% | ||
| 10.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Podbrezova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Žilina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Skalica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Trencin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FK Kosice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Zemplin Michalovce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DAC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spartak Trnava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Ruzomberok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Zlate Moravce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Banska Bystrica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 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 | Genk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Gent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Antwerp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Sint-Truiden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Westerlo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | AS Eupen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mechelen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sporting Charleroi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Club Brugge | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Cercle Brugge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Standard Liège | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Anderlecht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | RWDM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
