Can Púchov surprise Podbrezová in their own stadium?

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Competition: Slovakia 2. Liga
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: ZELPO Aréna Podbrezová (4061 seats)

It's advantage Podbrezová so far with their 3rd position in the 2. Liga table, welcoming Púchov who are placed 8th.

Insights:
  • Podbrezová have the fewest conceded goals (22) in 2. Liga
  • Púchov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 2. Liga match only three days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Slavoj Trebišov.

Podbrezová are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. Púchov are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Podbrezová form and stats

25 points is a decent return from 11 2. Liga games here at ZELPO Aréna Podbrezová for Podbrezová. The data says 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Podbrezová has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at ZELPO Aréna Podbrezová. We remember; it was Partizan Bardejov.

Podbrezová drew their last game, 3-3 away at Slavoj Trebišov (placed 11th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Liptovsky Mikulas that finished 1-1.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Goals decide football matches and Podbrezová are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 11 league matches. Podbrezová have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check 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.

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Púchov form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Púchov so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Púchov has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Púchov's last game was the home draw against Skalica (1-1). Prior to that match, the Púchov manager L. Kaplan faced defeat when travelling to Banska Bystrica and losing 1-4.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Púchov we find two games. Results are zero Púchov wins, one draw and one defeat.

Púchov are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 11 away games so far. The Púchov manager L. Kaplan has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Podbrezová and Púchov have met before this season: Púchov - Podbrezová 1-0. Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for Podbrezová, zero draws and one win for Púchov. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

PodbrezováR. Galčík
R. Galčík
12 goals
PodbrezováD. Pavuk
D. Pavuk
8 goals
PúchovP. Rypák
P. Rypák
5 goals

Podbrezová missing players

Púchov missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Podbrezová Púchov
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
14 8 3 Won W 1 3 9
4 1 0 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 0 Lost L 2 6 10
51 27 9 Scored S 5 17 30
22 9 1 Conceded C 9 25 34
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 74%
58% 64% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 64% 43%
33% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 55% 30%
17% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 36% 17%
42% 45% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 48%
46% 55% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 30%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.7 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
12.9 15.1 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.4 9.3
6.5 7.3 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.9 4.1
33% 34% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 32%
Key stats in 2. Liga this season:
  • All of Púchov's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Podbrezová have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Podbrezová have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Podbrezová have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Podbrezová have the fewest conceded goals (22) in 2. Liga
  • Podbrezová have the most clean sheets (11) in 2. Liga
  • Podbrezová haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Púchov have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Púchov 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 23 16 3 4 64 31 11 9 1 1 38 13 12 7 2 3 26 18 33 51
2 Liptovsky Mikulas 24 15 5 4 47 24 13 8 3 2 23 11 11 7 2 2 24 13 23 50
3 Podbrezová 24 14 4 6 51 22 11 8 1 2 27 9 13 6 3 4 24 13 29 46
4 Skalica 24 13 7 4 49 28 12 9 1 2 29 10 12 4 6 2 20 18 21 46
5 FK Kosice 23 13 2 8 37 24 12 8 0 4 24 12 11 5 2 4 13 12 13 41
6 Samorin 23 10 3 10 34 30 12 6 1 5 21 11 11 4 2 5 13 19 4 33
7 Petrzalka akademia 23 9 6 8 32 31 11 5 4 2 15 14 12 4 2 6 17 17 1 33
8 Púchov 23 9 4 10 30 34 12 6 2 4 13 9 11 3 2 6 17 25 -4 31
9 Komarno 23 9 4 10 22 32 12 7 1 4 15 11 11 2 3 6 7 21 -10 31
10 Zilina II 24 8 5 11 51 43 12 5 3 4 32 18 12 3 2 7 19 25 8 29
11 Slavoj Trebišov 23 7 7 9 38 42 11 6 4 1 26 15 12 1 3 8 12 27 -4 28
12 Dubnica 23 6 7 10 21 31 11 2 5 4 10 11 12 4 2 6 11 20 -10 25
13 Partizan Bardejov 23 5 9 9 22 33 12 3 7 2 13 14 11 2 2 7 9 19 -11 24
14 Slovan Bratislava II 23 5 0 18 26 63 11 4 0 7 19 29 12 1 0 11 7 34 -37 15
15 Poprad 24 3 0 21 21 77 12 1 0 11 13 40 12 2 0 10 8 37 -56 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 Liptovsky Mikulas 24 15 5 4 47 24 13 8 3 2 23 11 11 7 2 2 24 13 23 50
3 Podbrezová 24 14 4 6 51 22 11 8 1 2 27 9 13 6 3 4 24 13 29 46
4 Skalica 24 13 7 4 49 28 12 9 1 2 29 10 12 4 6 2 20 18 21 46
5 FK Kosice 23 13 2 8 37 24 12 8 0 4 24 12 11 5 2 4 13 12 13 41
6 Samorin 23 10 3 10 34 30 12 6 1 5 21 11 11 4 2 5 13 19 4 33
7 Petrzalka akademia 23 9 6 8 32 31 11 5 4 2 15 14 12 4 2 6 17 17 1 33
8 Púchov 23 9 4 10 30 34 12 6 2 4 13 9 11 3 2 6 17 25 -4 31
9 Komarno 23 9 4 10 22 32 12 7 1 4 15 11 11 2 3 6 7 21 -10 31
10 Zilina II 24 8 5 11 51 43 12 5 3 4 32 18 12 3 2 7 19 25 8 29
11 Slavoj Trebišov 23 7 7 9 38 42 11 6 4 1 26 15 12 1 3 8 12 27 -4 28
12 Dubnica 23 6 7 10 21 31 11 2 5 4 10 11 12 4 2 6 11 20 -10 25
13 Partizan Bardejov 23 5 9 9 22 33 12 3 7 2 13 14 11 2 2 7 9 19 -11 24
14 Slovan Bratislava II 23 5 0 18 26 63 11 4 0 7 19 29 12 1 0 11 7 34 -37 15
15 Poprad 24 3 0 21 21 77 12 1 0 11 13 40 12 2 0 10 8 37 -56 3

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