2. Liga: Banska Bystrica believed to outplay Dubnica

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Competition: Slovakia 2. Liga
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Štadión SNP Štiavničky (9881 seats)

Banska Bystrica are listed as favourites to win this home fixture vs Dubnica, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or could we be looking at a possible?

Insights:
  • Banska Bystrica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dubnica haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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.

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Banska Bystrica form and stats

Banska Bystrica are steadily winning 2. Liga games and points here at Štadión SNP Štiavničky. 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. In general it's been a long time since Banska Bystrica tasted defeat here at Štadión SNP Štiavničky, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.

The Bystrica manager Varga and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Slavoj Trebišov (placed 10th).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Komarno (1-2).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Banska Bystrica home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, seven matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Banska Bystrica, as the 2. Liga home game vs Petrzalka akademia is only four days away.

The Bystrica manager Varga has got the team scoring with 27 from 11 home games in the league.

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Dubnica form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Dubnica playing as the away team in the 2. Liga this season.

Dubnica won their last game, 2-0 versus Rohoznik played at home.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Futura Humenne.

Dubnica have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Dubnica struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams involved faced each other before this season: Dubnica - Banska Bystrica 0-1. Head to head numbers (for the previous seven meetings): Banska Bystrica won four games, two matches ended with a tie and Dubnica have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / five

Top Goalscorers

Banska BystricaR. Polievka
R. Polievka
13 goals
Banska BystricaD. Depetris
D. Depetris
9 goals

Banska Bystrica missing players

Dubnica missing players

Banska Bystrica Dubnica
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 2 11 24
15 8 4 Won W 0 3 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 4 6
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 11
46 27 13 Scored S 1 14 30
19 11 4 Conceded C 5 19 35
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
74% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 82% 75%
48% 64% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 55% 58%
30% 55% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 25%
26% 45% 75% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 18% 8%
52% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 73% 62%
43% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 21%
13% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 18% 21%
 
6.9 7.8 10.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.3 5.2
3.6 3.4 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 2.5 5.1 5.5
1.5 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.2 2.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
13.1 14.5 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.6 10
5.5 6.1 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4.5
36% 40% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 36% 28%
 
8.3 7.7 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.2 10.6
3.5 3.7 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5 4.6
Key stats in 2. Liga this season:
  • Banska Bystrica have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Banska Bystrica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Banska Bystrica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Dubnica haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 25 19 2 4 60 20 13 10 0 3 36 12 12 9 2 1 24 8 40 59
2 Banska Bystrica 23 15 5 3 46 19 11 8 2 1 27 11 12 7 3 2 19 8 27 50
3 Skalica 24 15 5 4 33 14 12 8 2 2 17 5 12 7 3 2 16 9 19 50
4 Komarno 25 13 8 4 38 26 12 7 4 1 17 9 13 6 4 3 21 17 12 47
5 FK Kosice 26 13 4 9 55 34 12 5 3 4 21 14 14 8 1 5 34 20 21 43
6 Futura Humenne 24 11 8 5 23 21 12 8 2 2 15 9 12 3 6 3 8 12 2 41
7 Petrzalka akademia 24 10 5 9 41 28 12 5 3 4 24 12 12 5 2 5 17 16 13 35
8 Zilina II 24 10 5 9 40 34 12 7 3 2 32 16 12 3 2 7 8 18 6 35
9 Samorin 24 10 4 10 36 34 12 6 2 4 24 12 12 4 2 6 12 22 2 34
10 Slavoj Trebišov 24 8 7 9 22 32 12 6 4 2 16 12 12 2 3 7 6 20 -10 31
11 Dubnica 24 7 6 11 30 35 13 4 2 7 16 16 11 3 4 4 14 19 -5 27
12 Rohoznik 24 6 4 14 22 42 12 3 3 6 13 19 12 3 1 8 9 23 -20 22
13 Slovan Bratislava II 24 6 4 14 24 49 12 5 3 4 18 17 12 1 1 10 6 32 -25 22
14 Partizán Bardejov 25 4 8 13 22 34 13 3 3 7 11 16 12 1 5 6 11 18 -12 20
15 Puchov 24 5 4 15 28 43 12 3 2 7 13 19 12 2 2 8 15 24 -15 19
16 Námestovo 24 1 3 20 16 71 12 1 3 8 8 29 12 0 0 12 8 42 -55 6