Nervous top table cliff-hanger in 2. Liga as Futura Humenne have travelled the 124 miles necessary to meet Banska Bystrica at their Štadión SNP Štiavničky.
- Banska Bystrica is in the best form (4-2-0) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Futura Humenne have scored away.
Banska Bystrica are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. For Futura Humenne most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Banska Bystrica and Futura Humenne should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Banska Bystrica form and stats
Home games in the 2. Liga have been a walk in the park for Banska Bystrica so far, with 35 points won from 14 matches; 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The Banska Bystrica fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Štadión SNP Štiavničky and will expect new points from this game. Bystrica has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
Banska Bystrica drew their last game, 2-2 away at Slovan Bratislava II (placed 12th). The hometeam coach Varga made a successful contribution in the game against Slovan Bratislava II, bringing on Depetris who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Partizán Bardejov in a game that was won 3-1.Banska Bystrica can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 34 times. Bystrica are not conceding a lot of goals here at Štadión SNP Štiavničky in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.
Futura Humenne form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Liga travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. The fact that Futura Humenne have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Dzúrik, Streňo, Hwan-Yeong and Hamuľak scored in Futura Humenne's previous match, the home game against Rohožník that ended 4-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Rohožník was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Námestovo.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Futura Humenne as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
These two sides faced each other previously this season: Futura Humenne - Bystrica 1-1. Data for the preceeding three meetings involving these two contenders are: zero wins for Banska Bystrica, three draws and zero wins for Futura Humenne. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Polievka 17 goals |  D. Depetris 10 goals |  M. Hamuľak 9 goals |
Banska Bystrica missing players
Futura Humenne missing players
| Banska Bystrica | Futura Humenne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 56 | 34 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 34 |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| 93% | 93% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 79% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 64% |
| 50% | 64% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 36% | 57% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 21% | 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 54% | 64% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 39% |
| 43% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 43% | 46% |
| 11% | 7% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 29% | 21% |
| 6.8 | 7.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.8 | 6 |
| 3.4 | 2.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.7 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 15.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.1 | 11.1 |
| 5.9 | 6.5 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5 |
| 34% | 37% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 22% | 24% |
| 7.8 | 7.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 10 | 8.7 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Futura Humenne have scored away.
- Banska Bystrica have the most points (35) at home in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Banska Bystrica is in the best form (4-2-0) in 2. Liga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Podbrezová | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 77 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 54 | 68 |
| 2 | Banska Bystrica | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 33 | 63 |
| 3 | Skalica | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 59 |
| 4 | Komárno | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 53 |
| 5 | Futura Humenne | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 53 |
| 6 | FK Košice | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 69 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 31 | 52 |
| 7 | Šamorín | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 41 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Petržalka akadémia | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 38 |
| 9 | Žilina II | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 44 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -1 | 36 |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebišov | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 28 | -16 | 34 |
| 11 | Dubnica | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 30 | -14 | 30 |
| 12 | Slovan Bratislava II | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 34 | -21 | 26 |
| 13 | Rohožník | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -27 | 26 |
| 14 | Púchov | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -15 | 25 |
| 15 | Partizán Bardejov | 29 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -19 | 20 |
| 16 | Námestovo | 28 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 80 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 48 | -61 | 9 |
