Betting preview: Žilina II faced with a tough challenge when Banska Bystrica visits

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Competition: Slovakia 2. Liga
Competition: Sun 21.March
Match begins: 09:30 (UTC)
Venue: Štadión Pod Dubňom (11258 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Žilina II have their presumed home advantage while Banska Bystrica are ahead 16 points in the 2. Liga table.

Insights:
  • Žilina II have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in 2. Liga
  • Banska Bystrica have the most scored goals (53) in 2. Liga

The hosts Žilina saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 2. Liga. Thankfully the previous game, versus Komarno, was also a home game here at Štadión Pod Dubňom. The away team is better rested.

Žilina's stadium, Štadión Pod Dubňom, has a artifical turf surface. Banska Bystrica have grass 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 Banska Bystrica when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 1 draw and 0 losses from two matches. They have scored 5 goals in these games and conceded 4.

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Žilina II form and stats

Žilina II have played 10 2. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Komarno in the 2. Liga last time out and are looking for a win here. 1-1 away at Dubnica before that.

Žilina II are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (29 goals in 10 games). On the other hand, Žilina II have conceded 13 goals.

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Banska Bystrica form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (53) in 2. Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the 2. Liga.

M. Vujošević scored in Bystrica's previous match, the home game against Podbrezova that ended 1-0. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Skalica wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Bystrica have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 23 goals from 10 away matches. Banska Bystrica have conceded 15 goals in these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Banska Bystrica - Žilina 6-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Žilina three wins, two draws and Banska Bystrica five victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Banska BystricaR. Polievka
R. Polievka
12 goals
Banska BystricaM. Vujošević
M. Vujošević
11 goals
Banska BystricaM. Starsi
M. Starsi
7 goals

Žilina II missing players

Banska Bystrica missing players

Žilina II Banska Bystrica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 3 10 19
7 5 1 Won W 1 6 13
5 3 0 Drew D 2 2 3
7 2 1 Lost L 0 2 3
41 29 4 Scored S 7 23 53
33 13 4 Conceded C 4 15 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 74%
74% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 68%
53% 70% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 53%
37% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 40% 47%
74% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 70% 63%
11% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 37%
16% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 1.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.9 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 15.7 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 8.5 11.3
5.2 6.5 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 5.9
42% 45% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 50% 47%
Key stats in 2. Liga this season:
  • All of Žilina II's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Banska Bystrica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Banska Bystrica have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Banska Bystrica have the most scored goals (53) in 2. Liga
  • Banska Bystrica have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in 2. Liga
  • Banska Bystrica have the the best goal difference (+26) in 2. Liga
  • Banska Bystrica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Žilina II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Žilina II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Žilina II have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Žilina II have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in 2. Liga
  • Žilina II have the most matches over the total-line (14) 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 19 13 3 3 53 27 9 7 1 1 30 12 10 6 2 2 23 15 26 42
2 Liptovsky Mikulas 19 12 4 3 39 18 10 6 2 2 16 8 9 6 2 1 23 10 21 40
3 Podbrezova 19 11 2 6 38 16 9 6 1 2 20 8 10 5 1 4 18 8 22 35
4 Skalica 18 10 5 3 38 21 10 7 1 2 25 10 8 3 4 1 13 11 17 35
5 FK Kosice 18 10 2 6 26 18 9 6 0 3 17 7 9 4 2 3 9 11 8 32
6 Petrzalka akademia 19 7 6 6 23 23 10 4 4 2 12 12 9 3 2 4 11 11 0 27
7 Puchov 18 8 3 7 22 23 9 5 1 3 9 6 9 3 2 4 13 17 -1 27
8 Žilina II 19 7 5 7 41 33 10 5 3 2 29 13 9 2 2 5 12 20 8 26
9 Komarno 19 7 3 9 18 28 9 5 1 3 11 7 10 2 2 6 7 21 -10 24
10 Slavoj Trebisov 17 6 4 7 28 31 8 5 2 1 19 10 9 1 2 6 9 21 -3 22
11 Samorin 18 6 3 9 19 25 9 3 1 5 10 9 9 3 2 4 9 16 -6 21
12 Partizan Bardejov 18 4 7 7 17 23 9 2 5 2 10 12 9 2 2 5 7 11 -6 19
13 Dubnica 19 4 7 8 18 25 10 2 5 3 10 10 9 2 2 5 8 15 -7 19
14 Slovan Bratislava II 19 4 0 15 19 49 9 3 0 6 15 22 10 1 0 9 4 27 -30 12
15 Poprad 19 3 0 16 18 57 9 1 0 8 10 28 10 2 0 8 8 29 -39 3