Servette and Ružomberok get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Europa League 1st Qualifying Round fixture.
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!
These teams have little in common geographically as Ružomberok have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Servette form and stats
Overall Super League stats at home this season for Servette are 8-7-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Servette's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Sion. A Super League defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Lugano.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Servette matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and zero defeats (from one game).
A decent goal production from Servette in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 18 league matches. Servette are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade de Genève in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 18 matches.
Ružomberok form and stats
Ružomberok was sent out of Europa League in the 1st qualifying round last season.Still no away game victory in the Super Liga for Ružomberok with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Ružomberok has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Nitra for a Super Liga game that ended a draw (1-1). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Sered.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ružomberok when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing two and winning zero games.
A new game in only three days for Ružomberok, the Super Liga home match versus Pohronie. Busy days.
It's early days yet, but Ružomberok has scored 2 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Kone 11 goals |  M. Stevanović 9 goals |  A. Schalk 7 goals |
Servette missing players
Ružomberok missing players
| Servette | Ružomberok | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 10 | ||
| 44 | 28 | Scored | S | 14 | 23 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 24 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 4% | ||
| 72% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 41% | 40% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 303 | 167 | Total Shots | T S | 150 | 255 | ||
| 127 | 82 | Shots on Target | S O | 62 | 98 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 23% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 41 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 39 | 76 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 79 | 56 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 23 | 68 |
| 3 | Basel | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 38 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 36 | 62 |
| 4 | Servette | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 49 |
| 5 | Lugano | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 0 | 47 |
| 6 | Luzern | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 46 |
| 7 | Zurich | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 72 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 31 | -27 | 43 |
| 8 | Sion | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 40 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -15 | 39 |
| 9 | Thun | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 45 | 67 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 38 | -22 | 38 |
| 10 | Neuchatel Xamax | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 42 | -35 | 27 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | DAC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | Žilina | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Zlate Moravce | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Pohronie | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Sered | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Nitra | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 9 | Ružomberok | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Senica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 11 | Trencin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Zemplin Michalovce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -10 | 0 |