The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Púchov are in the 9th position while the guesting Žilina II worry at 11th.
- Púchov have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in 2. Liga
- Žilina II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in 2. Liga
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.
Púchov's stadium, Mestský štadión, 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; 14 wins, 5 draws and 25 losses from 44 matches. They have scored 69 goals in these games and conceded 88.
Púchov are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Žilina are struggling to avoid relegation.
Púchov form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Liga for Púchov, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in 2. Liga, at their home stadium (Mestský štadión) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
Púchov lost their last game at Podbrezova (placed 3rd) after a 2-4 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Skalica.
A goal frenzy last time out for Púchov, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Podbrezova. Fun stuff to watch!
Púchov are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. Púchov have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Žilina II form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Žilina II so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Žilina's previous match, a 2. Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Liptovský Mikuláš (placed 2nd). Before that one, a nice away victory 6-1 at Poprad.
The travelling fans enjoy Žilina's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. For Žilina, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Žilina II - Púchov 5-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Púchov one win, zero draws and Žilina II one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Jibril 8 goals |  T. Slebodnik 7 goals |  P. Rypák 5 goals |
Púchov missing players
Žilina II missing players
| Púchov | Žilina II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 32 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 19 | 53 |
| 38 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | 45 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 92% |
| 46% | 25% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 58% | 76% |
| 33% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 42% | 56% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 76% |
| 29% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 16% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 | 9.2 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10.7 | 12.6 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 32% | 25% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 35% | 39% |
- Púchov have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in 2. Liga
- Púchov haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Žilina II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Žilina II have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in 2. Liga
- Žilina II have the most matches over the total-line (18) in 2. Liga
- 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 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 66 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 35 | 54 |
| 2 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 23 | 51 |
| 3 | Podbrezova | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 31 | 49 |
| 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 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 41 |
| 6 | Samorin | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Petrzalka akademia | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 33 |
| 8 | Slavoj Trebisov | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | -1 | 31 |
| 9 | Púchov | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -6 | 31 |
| 10 | Komarno | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -10 | 31 |
| 11 | Žilina II | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 53 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 30 |
| 12 | Dubnica | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Partizan Bardejov | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -11 | 25 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 64 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 34 | -38 | 15 |
| 15 | Poprad | 25 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 80 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 40 | -59 | 3 |