Europa League betting and spectator preview: Kukësi and Slavia Sofia meet at venue to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Slavia Sofia play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Slavia Sofia when playing on artifical turf are 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat from three matches. They have scored 2 goals and conceded 1 time in these games.
Kukësi form and stats
Last season, Kukësi's Europa League journey ended in the 1st qualifying round.Kukësi are steadily winning Superliga games and points here. 12 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 18 games.
A strong away win for Kukësi against Luftetari Gjirokaster the last match, as K. Abazaj, V. Shkurtaj (2), F. Domi and V. Limaj were on target. Before that, Kukësi drew at home versus Skenderbeu Korce.
A goal frenzy last time out for Kukësi, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Luftetari Gjirokaster. Fun stuff to watch! Kukësi made it very difficult for themselves, when V. Limaj got a red card in the 54th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Kukësi won the match 5-2!
Kukësi have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 32 goals in 18 league matches. Kukësi are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 18 matches.
Slavia Sofia form and stats
Slavia's mission in Europa League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round against Hajduk Split.Playing away, Slavia Sofia have won 0 games, drawn 0 and suffered 1 defeat in the Parva Liga this season. Slavia Sofia seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
A. Hristov was the last player to score for the away team. Slavia haven't scored a league goal in the last 263 minutes.
Home advantage was not enough for Slavia Sofia in their previous game, as they lost their Parva Liga-match, hosting Lokomotiv Plovdiv, 0-2. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Ludogorets's place.
The schedule is very tough for Slavia now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Parva Liga game at CSKA Sofia is waiting in only three days.
Slavia Sofia have the goal stats of 0-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Shkurtaj 5 goals |
Kukësi missing players
Slavia Sofia missing players
| Kukësi | Slavia Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 34 | ||
| 22 | 6 | Conceded | C | 12 | 38 | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 249 | 123 | Total Shots | T S | 75 | 185 | ||
| 93 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 75 | ||
| 41% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tirana | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 67 | 35 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 32 | 70 |
| 2 | Kukësi | 36 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 31 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 19 | 28 | 66 |
| 3 | Laçi | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 34 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 27 | 64 |
| 4 | Skenderbeu Korce | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 43 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -1 | 58 |
| 5 | Teuta Durrës | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 57 |
| 6 | Partizani Tirana | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 53 |
| 7 | Bylis Ballsh | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 51 |
| 8 | Vllaznia Shkoder | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -5 | 46 |
| 9 | Flamurtari | 36 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 72 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 31 | -40 | 15 |
| 10 | Luftetari Gjirokaster | 36 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 86 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 53 | -67 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Sofia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Ludogorets | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Tsarsko selo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Beroe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Cherno More | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Botev Plovdiv | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Botev Vratsa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Arda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Montana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Levski Sofia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Slavia Sofia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Etar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |