Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Banska Bystrica - Podbrezová!
- Banska Bystrica have the most scored goals (52) in 2. Liga
- Podbrezová have the fewest conceded goals (15) in 2. Liga
Podbrezová could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 2. Liga game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Komárno. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Banska Bystrica form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 8 2. Liga games here at Štadión SNP Štiavničky for Banska Bystrica. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. It’s been three wins in a row for Banska Bystrica here at Štadión SNP Štiavničky, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The fans are hoping that Bystrica will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the 2. Liga game against Skalica (placed 4th). A 3-3 draw away before that, with Slavoj Trebisov the opponent.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bystrica handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and one defeat.
Bystrica always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Štadión SNP Štiavničky with 29 goals in 8 league games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bystrica defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Podbrezová form and stats
5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Podbrezová, who have the fewest conceded goals (15) in 2. Liga, playing as the away team in the 2. Liga this season.
Before that, Podbrezová secured a home win against Dubnica with the score 3-0.
Podbrezová are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and six defeats. From a total of six matches.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Podbrezová are regular goalscorers on their travels. Podbrezová are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Podbrezová - Bystrica 3-4 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Banska Bystrica wins - draws - Podbrezová wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Polievka 12 goals | M. Vujošević 10 goals |  R. Galčík 10 goals |
Banska Bystrica missing players
Podbrezová missing players
| Banska Bystrica | Podbrezová | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 52 | 29 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 18 | 38 |
| 27 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 78% |
| 72% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 17% |
| 67% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 22% | 33% |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 56% | 56% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.3 | 14.8 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 11.3 | 12.4 |
| 6.1 | 8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 6 | 6.2 |
| 47% | 45% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 33% | 34% |
- 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 at home.
- Banska Bystrica have scored in all their matches so far.
- Banska Bystrica have the most scored goals (29) at home in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica have the most scored goals (52) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica have the the best goal difference (+25) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Podbrezová have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Podbrezová have the fewest conceded goals (15) in 2. Liga
- Podbrezová have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in 2. Liga
- Podbrezová have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in 2. Liga
- Podbrezová have the most clean sheets (10) in 2. Liga
- Podbrezová have the most clean sheets (5) away in 2. Liga
- Podbrezová have the most scored goals in the second half (23) 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 | Banska Bystrica | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 39 |
| 2 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 39 |
| 3 | Podbrezová | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| 4 | Skalica | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 35 |
| 5 | FK Kosice | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Petrzalka akademia | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Zilina II | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 24 |
| 8 | Púchov | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | Komárno | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -8 | 23 |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebisov | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -3 | 22 |
| 11 | Samorin | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 12 | Partizan Bardejov | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Dubnica | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 18 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 27 | -34 | 9 |
| 15 | Poprad | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 | -35 | 3 |