Home advantage could prove decisive in Liptovský Mikuláš - Podbrezová battle

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Competition: Slovakia 2. Liga
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Štadión Liptovský Mikuláš (1950 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Liptovský Mikuláš - Podbrezová!

Insights:
  • Liptovský Mikuláš have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Podbrezová have the fewest conceded goals (18) in 2. Liga

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

The season is still full of potential for Liptovský as they can still win the whole 2. Liga.

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Liptovský Mikuláš form and stats

Liptovský Mikuláš are steadily winning 2. Liga games and points here at Štadión Liptovský Mikuláš. 8 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games. Two home wins in a row for Liptovský bring valid hopes of a third.

Liptovský lost their last game at Skalica (placed 3rd) after a 0-3 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Liptovský Mikuláš lost 0-1 at Slovan Bratislava's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Liptovský Mikuláš handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and one defeat.

The Liptovský Mikuláš fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 22 goals in 12 league matches. Liptovský are not conceding a lot of goals here at Štadión Liptovský Mikuláš in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.

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Podbrezová form and stats

6 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Podbrezová, who have the fewest conceded goals (18) in 2. Liga, playing as the away team in the 2. Liga this season.

The supporters enjoyed Podbrezová's previous game versus Poprad (placed 15th), a 2. Liga 4-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Zilina.

As mentioned above, Podbrezová was the only team on the pitch versus Poprad in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. D. Pavúk certainly enjoyed Podbrezová's last game versus Poprad, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 4-0 victory.

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 seven defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Podbrezová has another fixture away, a 2. Liga game, against Slavoj Trebišov in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Podbrezová has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 11 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Podbrezová - Liptovský 1-2. Liptovský Mikuláš-Podbrezová H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Liptovský Mikuláš two wins, Podbrezová six wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Liptovský MikulášR. Bartoš
R. Bartoš
13 goals
PodbrezováR. Galčík
R. Galčík
11 goals
PodbrezováD. Pavuk
D. Pavuk
8 goals

Liptovský Mikuláš missing players

Podbrezová missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Liptovský Mikuláš Podbrezová
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 3 11 22
15 8 2 Won W 1 6 14
4 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 1 Lost L 2 4 6
46 22 3 Scored S 4 20 47
23 10 2 Conceded C 5 9 18
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
74% 75% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 64% 77%
61% 58% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 59%
17% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 27% 32%
17% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 14%
57% 58% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 27% 36%
30% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 45% 50%
13% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 11.4 7.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 10.7 12.9
4.9 4.3 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 5.5 6.4
41% 42% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 33% 33%
Key stats in 2. Liga this season:
  • Liptovský Mikuláš have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Liptovský Mikuláš 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 (18) in 2. Liga
  • Podbrezová have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in 2. Liga
  • Podbrezová have the most clean sheets (11) 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 23 16 3 4 64 31 11 9 1 1 38 13 12 7 2 3 26 18 33 51
2 Liptovský Mikuláš 23 15 4 4 46 23 12 8 2 2 22 10 11 7 2 2 24 13 23 49
3 Skalica 23 13 6 4 48 27 12 9 1 2 29 10 11 4 5 2 19 17 21 45
4 Podbrezová 22 14 2 6 47 18 11 8 1 2 27 9 11 6 1 4 20 9 29 44
5 FK Košice 22 12 2 8 32 24 11 7 0 4 19 12 11 5 2 4 13 12 8 38
6 Petrzalka akademia 22 9 6 7 31 28 11 5 4 2 15 14 11 4 2 5 16 14 3 33
7 Samorin 22 9 3 10 31 29 11 5 1 5 18 10 11 4 2 5 13 19 2 30
8 Púchov 22 9 3 10 29 33 11 6 1 4 12 8 11 3 2 6 17 25 -4 30
9 Komárno 22 8 4 10 20 31 11 6 1 4 13 10 11 2 3 6 7 21 -11 28
10 Slavoj Trebišov 21 7 6 8 34 37 10 6 3 1 23 12 11 1 3 7 11 25 -3 27
11 Žilina II 23 7 5 11 45 42 12 5 3 4 32 18 11 2 2 7 13 24 3 26
12 Dubnica 22 6 7 9 21 26 11 2 5 4 10 11 11 4 2 5 11 15 -5 25
13 Partizán Bardejov 22 4 9 9 20 32 11 2 7 2 11 13 11 2 2 7 9 19 -12 21
14 Slovan Bratislava II 22 5 0 17 25 61 11 4 0 7 19 29 11 1 0 10 6 32 -36 15
15 Poprad 23 3 0 20 20 71 11 1 0 10 12 34 12 2 0 10 8 37 -51 3

Table
  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 23 16 3 4 64 31 11 9 1 1 38 13 12 7 2 3 26 18 33 51
2 Liptovský Mikuláš 23 15 4 4 46 23 12 8 2 2 22 10 11 7 2 2 24 13 23 49
3 Skalica 23 13 6 4 48 27 12 9 1 2 29 10 11 4 5 2 19 17 21 45
4 Podbrezová 22 14 2 6 47 18 11 8 1 2 27 9 11 6 1 4 20 9 29 44
5 FK Košice 22 12 2 8 32 24 11 7 0 4 19 12 11 5 2 4 13 12 8 38
6 Petrzalka akademia 22 9 6 7 31 28 11 5 4 2 15 14 11 4 2 5 16 14 3 33
7 Samorin 22 9 3 10 31 29 11 5 1 5 18 10 11 4 2 5 13 19 2 30
8 Púchov 22 9 3 10 29 33 11 6 1 4 12 8 11 3 2 6 17 25 -4 30
9 Komárno 22 8 4 10 20 31 11 6 1 4 13 10 11 2 3 6 7 21 -11 28
10 Slavoj Trebišov 21 7 6 8 34 37 10 6 3 1 23 12 11 1 3 7 11 25 -3 27
11 Žilina II 23 7 5 11 45 42 12 5 3 4 32 18 11 2 2 7 13 24 3 26
12 Dubnica 22 6 7 9 21 26 11 2 5 4 10 11 11 4 2 5 11 15 -5 25
13 Partizán Bardejov 22 4 9 9 20 32 11 2 7 2 11 13 11 2 2 7 9 19 -12 21
14 Slovan Bratislava II 22 5 0 17 25 61 11 4 0 7 19 29 11 1 0 10 6 32 -36 15
15 Poprad 23 3 0 20 20 71 11 1 0 10 12 34 12 2 0 10 8 37 -51 3

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