Lipany hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 21 points and a 16th position in the 2. Liga table. Visiting Žilina II holds 10th place with 28 pts.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This stadium uses grass, unlike Žilina II's home stadium. The visitors last 40 games on grass have ended in 9 wins, 7 draws and 24 losses.
Lipany form and stats
Lipany, who have the fewest scored goals (18) in 2. Liga, have collected 14 points from their home games so far after 4-2-5. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Lipany to get some points in this home game.In their previous game, the manager E. Jacko led his Lipany to a defeat in the 2. Liga match away at Partizan Bardejov. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here . Preceding that match was the home game against Lokomotíva Košice that was lost 0-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lipany as they are travelling to their away game against Petrzalka akademia in the 2. Liga. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Lipany here, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 11 games). On the other hand, Lipany have conceded 13 goals.
Žilina II form and stats
There's been little loot from Žilina II's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 11 away games. Žilina II, who have the most conceded goals (51) in 2. Liga, only has 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw.Žilina II failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Lokomotíva Košice that ended with defeat 1-3. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Poprad's place.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The 2. Liga trip to Komárno.
The attacking power of Žilina II when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored in 11 matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Žilina II's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 29 goals in 11 travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Žilina II - Lipany 3-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 1 - 2 - 4 (Lipany wins - draws - Žilina II wins).Lipany missing players
Žilina II missing players
| Lipany | Žilina II | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | Played | 11 | 23 |
| 18 | 9 | Scored | 7 | 41 |
| 45 | 13 | Conceded | 29 | 51 |
| 91% | 82% | Over 0.5 | 91% | 96% |
| 65% | 55% | Over 1.5 | 73% | 87% |
| 52% | 27% | Over 2.5 | 73% | 78% |
| 30% | 9% | Over 3.5 | 45% | 52% |
| 17% | 9% | Over 4.5 | 27% | 35% |
| 35% | 27% | Both teams to score | 45% | 65% |
| 30% | 45% | Clean Sheet | 9% | 13% |
| 43% | 45% | Failed To Score | 55% | 26% |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | 3 | 4.1 |
| 4 | 2.6 | Corners Against (avg) | 5 | 5.2 |
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Pohronie | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 46 |
| 2 | Poprad | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 42 |
| 3 | Skalica | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Komárno | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | Petržalka akadémia | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Dubnica | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 33 |
| 8 | Banska Bystrica | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 30 |
| 9 | Šamorín | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | Žilina II | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 51 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -10 | 28 |
| 11 | Partizán Bardejov | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 28 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Lokomotíva Košice | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | Tatran Prešov | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 26 |
| 14 | Slavoj Trebišov | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -13 | 26 |
| 15 | Inter Bratislava | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -10 | 24 |
| 16 | Lipany | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 32 | -27 | 21 |
