After the first game it's Skalica - Banska Bystrica 3-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second 2. Liga game of the season?
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
Skalica form and stats
Last season, Skalica's league statistics were 16 wins, 7 draws and 5 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Tipsport Liga. Over these 28 matches they scored 55 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Skalica managed 11-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 33 goals and 12 conceded.
Skalica are returning here after visiting Rohožník in a 2. Liga game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. D. Šebesta scored the goal(s).
Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Komárno.Banska Bystrica form and stats
Let's have a look at how Banska Bystrica performed last season in the 2. Liga: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 70 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 3 and lost 4 with 28/22 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the 2. Liga so far for Banska Bystrica and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 7 victories, 3 draws and 4 losses from 14 travels.
Two travels in a row for Bystrica, whose manager S. Varga could celebrate last time after the 2. Liga win against Námestovo. As you can tell from the results above, Bystrica was very dominant against Námestovo, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-0 (!) with Ľ. Willwéber, J. Šulc, D. Richtárech (2) and R. Polievka (3) providing the goals. It's hard not to mention R. Polievka's lethal finishing against Námestovo. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
A 1-2 loss hosting Petrzalka akademia before that.7 goals so far away for Banska Bystrica, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Skalica won four, Banska Bystrica won two and zero draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Skalica missing players
Banska Bystrica missing players
| Skalica | Banska Bystrica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 64% | 64% |
| Skalica | Last season | Banska Bystrica | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 55 | 33 | Scored | S | 28 | 70 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 79% | ||
| 61% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 39% | ||
| 68% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 64% | ||
| 25% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 4% | ||
| 6.3 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.8 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 12.2 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 6 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | FK Košice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Futura Humenne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Komárno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Šamorín | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Skalica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Slavoj Trebišov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Púchov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Žilina II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Dubnica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Partizán Bardejov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Petrzalka akademia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Podbrezová | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Rohožník | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Slovan Bratislava II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 16 | Námestovo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 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 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 29 | 60 |
| 2 | Banska Bystrica | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 70 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 32 | 56 |
| 3 | Skalica | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 55 |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 57 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 32 | 54 |
| 5 | FK Košice | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 49 |
| 6 | Šamorín | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
| 7 | Púchov | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 34 | -5 | 38 |
| 8 | Komárno | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -11 | 38 |
| 9 | Petrzalka akademia | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | -4 | 37 |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebišov | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 29 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Žilina II | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 33 |
| 12 | Dubnica | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -9 | 33 |
| 13 | Partizán Bardejov | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 28 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 28 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 70 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 38 | -38 | 21 |
| 15 | Poprad | 28 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 25 | 88 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 42 | -63 | 4 |