Štadión Pod Dubňom: Žilina II vs Liptovský Mikuláš 2. Liga preview

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Competition: Slovakia 2. Liga
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Štadión Pod Dubňom (11258 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Žilina II have their presumed home advantage while Liptovský Mikuláš are ahead 21 points in the 2. Liga table.

Insights:
  • Žilina II have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in 2. Liga
  • Liptovský Mikuláš have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Liptovský Mikuláš play their home games on grass, while this game is played on artifical turf. Recent stats for Liptovský Mikuláš when playing on artifical turf are 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats from one match. They have scored 2 goals and conceded 0 times in these games.

Relegation threatens Žilina who should definitely be looking for some points here. Liptovský are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Žilina II form and stats

When playing at home in the 2. Liga, Žilina II have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. Žilina are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Štadión Pod Dubňom, having lost their two previous games here.

Happy days for Žilina in their previous game, a 2. Liga match away at Poprad (placed 15th) that ended with a 6-1 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Slavoj Trebišov (1-3).

As mentioned above, Žilina "killed" Poprad in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Žilina II are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (32 goals in 12 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Žilina defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Liptovský Mikuláš form and stats

Liptovský Mikuláš's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Liptovský Mikuláš collect 23 points from their 11 away matches in the 2. Liga. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Liptovský delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Podbrezová (placed 4th) in their previous match; a 2. Liga game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Skalica wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

The draw against Podbrezová came from a losing position. The Liptovský manager M. Petrus brought on L. Laura as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Liptovský are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Liptovský have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Liptovský Mikuláš - Žilina 2-1. Žilina II-Liptovský Mikuláš H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Žilina three wins, Liptovský Mikuláš seven wins, zero draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Liptovský MikulášR. Bartoš
R. Bartoš
13 goals
ŽilinaT. Jibril
T. Jibril
8 goals
Liptovský MikulášA. Kačerík
A. Kačerík
7 goals

Žilina II missing players

Liptovský Mikuláš missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Žilina II Liptovský Mikuláš
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 3 11 24
8 5 1 Won W 2 7 15
5 3 0 Drew D 1 2 5
11 4 3 Lost L 0 2 4
51 32 7 Scored S 4 24 47
43 18 9 Conceded C 2 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
92% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 75%
75% 92% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 58%
54% 67% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 17%
38% 42% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 17%
75% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 58%
8% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 29%
17% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.6 14.6 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 10.5 10.9
5.3 6.1 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 5.5 4.8
40% 44% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 41%
Key stats in 2. Liga this season:
  • All of Žilina II's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Liptovský Mikuláš have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Liptovský Mikuláš 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 in all their home matches so far.
  • Žilina II have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in 2. Liga
  • Žilina II have the most matches over the total-line (17) 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 23 16 3 4 64 31 11 9 1 1 38 13 12 7 2 3 26 18 33 51
2 Liptovský Mikuláš 24 15 5 4 47 24 13 8 3 2 23 11 11 7 2 2 24 13 23 50
3 Skalica 24 13 7 4 49 28 12 9 1 2 29 10 12 4 6 2 20 18 21 46
4 Podbrezová 23 14 3 6 48 19 11 8 1 2 27 9 12 6 2 4 21 10 29 45
5 FK Košice 23 13 2 8 37 24 12 8 0 4 24 12 11 5 2 4 13 12 13 41
6 Petrzalka akademia 22 9 6 7 31 28 11 5 4 2 15 14 11 4 2 5 16 14 3 33
7 Puchov 23 9 4 10 30 34 12 6 2 4 13 9 11 3 2 6 17 25 -4 31
8 Komarno 23 9 4 10 22 32 12 7 1 4 15 11 11 2 3 6 7 21 -10 31
9 Samorin 22 9 3 10 31 29 11 5 1 5 18 10 11 4 2 5 13 19 2 30
10 Žilina II 24 8 5 11 51 43 12 5 3 4 32 18 12 3 2 7 19 25 8 29
11 Slavoj Trebišov 22 7 6 9 35 39 10 6 3 1 23 12 12 1 3 8 12 27 -4 27
12 Dubnica 23 6 7 10 21 31 11 2 5 4 10 11 12 4 2 6 11 20 -10 25
13 Partizán Bardejov 23 5 9 9 22 33 12 3 7 2 13 14 11 2 2 7 9 19 -11 24
14 Slovan Bratislava II 23 5 0 18 26 63 11 4 0 7 19 29 12 1 0 11 7 34 -37 15
15 Poprad 24 3 0 21 21 77 12 1 0 11 13 40 12 2 0 10 8 37 -56 3

Table
  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 23 16 3 4 64 31 11 9 1 1 38 13 12 7 2 3 26 18 33 51
2 Liptovský Mikuláš 24 15 5 4 47 24 13 8 3 2 23 11 11 7 2 2 24 13 23 50
3 Skalica 24 13 7 4 49 28 12 9 1 2 29 10 12 4 6 2 20 18 21 46
4 Podbrezová 23 14 3 6 48 19 11 8 1 2 27 9 12 6 2 4 21 10 29 45
5 FK Košice 23 13 2 8 37 24 12 8 0 4 24 12 11 5 2 4 13 12 13 41
6 Petrzalka akademia 22 9 6 7 31 28 11 5 4 2 15 14 11 4 2 5 16 14 3 33
7 Puchov 23 9 4 10 30 34 12 6 2 4 13 9 11 3 2 6 17 25 -4 31
8 Komarno 23 9 4 10 22 32 12 7 1 4 15 11 11 2 3 6 7 21 -10 31
9 Samorin 22 9 3 10 31 29 11 5 1 5 18 10 11 4 2 5 13 19 2 30
10 Žilina II 24 8 5 11 51 43 12 5 3 4 32 18 12 3 2 7 19 25 8 29
11 Slavoj Trebišov 22 7 6 9 35 39 10 6 3 1 23 12 12 1 3 8 12 27 -4 27
12 Dubnica 23 6 7 10 21 31 11 2 5 4 10 11 12 4 2 6 11 20 -10 25
13 Partizán Bardejov 23 5 9 9 22 33 12 3 7 2 13 14 11 2 2 7 9 19 -11 24
14 Slovan Bratislava II 23 5 0 18 26 63 11 4 0 7 19 29 12 1 0 11 7 34 -37 15
15 Poprad 24 3 0 21 21 77 12 1 0 11 13 40 12 2 0 10 8 37 -56 3

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