The 2. Liga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Podbrezová and Banska Bystrica are placed 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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.
Podbrezová form and stats
As mentioned below, Podbrezová are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 2. Liga games.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Podbrezová, as their goalkeeper Richard Ludha has completely shut out the opponents for 472 minutes in the 2. Liga.
An away draw last time out for Podbrezová, facing Dubnica in a game that ended 0-0.
At ZELPO Aréna Podbrezová, Podbrezová has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Banska Bystrica form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the 2. Liga, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat from 2 matches.
Banska Bystrica's previous game was their home loss versus Skalica (2-3). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tatran VLM at their stadium, the result 11-0.
It's early days yet, but Banska Bystrica has scored 1 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Podbrezová one win, one draw and Banska Bystrica one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Grendel 2 goals |  M. Zachara 2 goals |  M. Bakaľa 1 goals |
Podbrezová missing players
Banska Bystrica missing players
| Podbrezová | Banska Bystrica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 75% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 9.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | 21 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 12 | 66 |
| 21 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 34 |
| 33% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 38% |
- Banska Bystrica has the most scored goals (13)
- Banska Bystrica has the most scored goals in the second half (8)
- Banska Bystrica has the the best goal difference (+9)
- Podbrezová has the fewest conceded goals (0)
- Podbrezová has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0)
- Podbrezová has the most clean sheets (4)
| Podbrezová | Last season | Banska Bystrica | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 32 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 53 | ||
| 29 | 10 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 86% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 57% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 73% | ||
| 29% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 50% | ||
| 10% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 27% | ||
| 48% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 50% | ||
| 29% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 45% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 9% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 176 | 141 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 183 | ||
| 73 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 58 | 98 | ||
| 40% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 49% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Skalica | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Podbrezová | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Banska Bystrica | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | FK Kosice | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Komarno | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Partizan Bardejov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Samorin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 9 | Petrzalka akademia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Zilina II | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Puchov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Dubnica | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 13 | Slavoj Trebisov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
| 14 | Poprad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| 15 | Slovan Bratislava II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dubnica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Banska Bystrica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Skalica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Zilina II | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Poprad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 0 |