Skalica fearless before departure for Poprad clash

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Skalica could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 2. Liga game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Slavoj Trebisov. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

Poprad form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 2. Liga this season. Poprad, who have the most conceded goals (63) in 2. Liga, have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Futbalový štadion NTC Poprad. Poprad are slowly digging their own grave here at Futbalový štadion NTC Poprad with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Slovan Bratislava II match. There's also a terrible streak running regardless of playing venue as Poprad have lost eight games in a row.

Stress levels are on the rise for Poprad's attacking players as they have now played 235 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. Malinak was their last goal scorer.

Poprad faced defeat in their previous match, away at Banska Bystrica (0-4). Preceding that match was the home game against Dubnica that was lost 0-2.

As you see from the result above, Poprad suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.

No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Poprad had similar winning odds as today, and found two games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew zero and lost two. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Poprad lost two similar games by at least two goals.

The Poprad fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Poprad having conceded 30 goals here at Futbalový štadion NTC Poprad so far. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Poprad have let the opposition score 30 times, an average of more than three per game.

Skalica form and stats

The visitors are W3-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Liga.

Skalica has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Slavoj Trebisov for a 2. Liga game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Skalica secured a home win against Zilina II with the score 1-0.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Skalica given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with one win as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Skalica manager J. Kostelnik as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Zlate Moravce.

Skalica are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Skalica have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Skalica - Poprad 3-0. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's one Poprad victory, two draws and five Skalica wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Legnani 2 goals

K. St. Hillaire 2 goals

Poprad missing players

Skalica missing players