Podbrezová will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Žilina II.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Podbrezová's stadium, ZELPO Aréna Podbrezová, has a grass surface. Žilina II have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Žilina II when playing on grass; 12 wins, 4 draws and 22 losses from 38 matches. They have scored 52 goals in these games and conceded 66.
Podbrezová form and stats
Podbrezová are steadily winning 2. Liga games and points here at ZELPO Aréna Podbrezová. 8 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games.
Podbrezová drew their last game, also a home match. Dubnica was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Before that, Podbrezová played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Banska Bystrica.
The hometeam coach V. Cifranič made a successful contribution in the game against Dubnica, bringing on D. Pavuk who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (20 in 10 games), Podbrezová's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Podbrezová have conceded only 9 goals.
Žilina II form and stats
5 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Žilina II playing as the away team in the 2. Liga this season. Žilina seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Žilina had fun at their own home (ZELPO Aréna Podbrezová) last time out, beating Petrzalka akademia 1-0. A. Kaprálik scored. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Petrzalka akademia.
The Žilina manager P. Cernak has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. As for defending, Žilina rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Žilina II - Podbrezová 4-1 entered in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  M. Pribula 6 goals | R. Galčík 3 goals |
Podbrezová missing players
Žilina II missing players
| Podbrezová | Žilina II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 29 | 21 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 38 |
| 29 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 78% |
| 55% | 55% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 72% |
| 30% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 10% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 39% |
| 50% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 78% |
| 25% | 45% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 25% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 11% |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 1.6 | 4.5 |
| 5.1 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 7.8 | 6.4 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 156 | 121 | 35 | Total Shots | T S | 22 | 47 | 226 |
| 65 | 49 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 28 | 102 |
| 40% | 37% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 64% | 37% |
- Podbrezová have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Podbrezová haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Žilina II has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Žilina II has the most scored goals in the first half (20)
- Žilina II have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Žilina II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Žilina II 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 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 41 |
| 2 | Dubnica | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | Skalica | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Poprad | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| 5 | Žilina II | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Podbrezová | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | Puchov | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 24 |
| 9 | Ruzomberok II | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 22 |
| 10 | FK Kosice | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 21 |
| 11 | Partizan Bardejov | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 21 |
| 12 | Samorin | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 24 | -7 | 21 |
| 13 | Komarno | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -9 | 20 |
| 14 | Petrzalka akademia | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 15 | Slovan Bratislava II | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 20 | -15 | 17 |
| 16 | Slavoj Trebisov | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -11 | 15 |