FK Košice and Banska Bystrica are both riding high in the 2. Liga with their 4th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a great game!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
FK Košice form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Liga, FK Košice, who have the fewest conceded goals (4) in 2. Liga, have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
The fans are hoping that Košice will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the 2. Liga game against Dubnica (placed 12th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Slovan Bratislava II in a game that was won 3-0.
Goals are plentiful at Štadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli in the league this season as FK Košice has scored 12 goals here in 4 home games. Defensively FK Košice have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Banska Bystrica form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (34) in 2. Liga, on their 2. Liga travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Bystrica play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Púchov (placed 10th). Ahead of that game was the 4-4 draw at home against Liptovsky Mikulas.
It was a convincing performance from Bystrica when Púchov were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. M. Starsi, P. Prikryl and R. Polievka scored their goals.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Banska Bystrica playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were three Banska Bystrica wins, zero draws and two defeats.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Bystrica alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (12 from 4 played). Banska Bystrica have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Polievka 6 goals |  B. Gáll 5 goals | F. Pavúk 4 goals |
FK Košice missing players
Banska Bystrica missing players
| FK Košice | Banska Bystrica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 34 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 33% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 89% |
| 22% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 78% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 67% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 117 | 55 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 38 | 128 |
| 59 | 32 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 23 | 71 |
| 27% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 52% | 48% |
- Banska Bystrica has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica has the most points (12) away in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica has the most points from losing position (9) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica has the most scored goals (34) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica has the most scored goals in the first half (19) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica has the most scored goals in the second half (15) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica has the the best goal difference (+19) in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica has the the best goal difference (+8) away in 2. Liga
- Banska Bystrica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Banska Bystrica have scored in all their matches so far.
- Banska Bystrica have scored more than double the goals of FK Košice.
- Banska Bystrica have won all their away games so far.
- Banska Bystrica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FK Košice has the fewest conceded goals (4) in 2. Liga
- FK Košice has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 2. Liga
- FK Košice has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 2. Liga
- FK Košice has the most matches under the total-line (7) in 2. Liga
- FK Košice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- FK Košice have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- FK Košice have scored in all their home matches so far.
- FK Košice have won all their matches at home so far.
- FK Košice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 22 |
| 2 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Skalica | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | FK Košice | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 5 | Podbrezová | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 19 |
| 6 | Slavoj Trebišov | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | Komarno | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 8 | Partizán Bardejov | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Petržalka akadémia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 11 |
| 10 | Púchov | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Samorin | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 12 | Dubnica | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Zilina II | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | -7 | 5 |
| 14 | Poprad | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -12 | 3 |
| 15 | Slovan Bratislava II | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | -19 | 0 |