Football betting preview: Žilina II vs Poprad

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Competition: Slovakia 2. Liga
Competition: Wed 09.December
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Štadión Pod Dubňom (11258 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Žilina II are in the 9th position while the guesting Poprad worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Žilina II has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in 2. Liga
  • Poprad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

It's no vacation for neither Žilina nor Poprad as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Žilina's stadium, Štadión Pod Dubňom, has a artifical turf surface. Poprad 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 Poprad when playing on artifical turf; 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses from three matches. They have scored 1 goal in these games and conceded 10.

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Žilina II form and stats

Overall 2. Liga stats at home this season for Žilina II are 3-2-2 (wins-draw-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. Žilina has recorded two wins in a row here at Štadión Pod Dubňom, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Žilina are returning here after visiting Partizan Bardejov in a 2. Liga game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting FK Kosice in a game that was won 2-1.

Žilina are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (19 goals in 7 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Žilina defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Poprad form and stats

Poprad have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 2. Liga, after 2-0-4 (6 played). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Poprad are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The Poprad goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Two travels in a row for Poprad, whose manager S. Ďuriš could celebrate last time after the 2. Liga win against FK Kosice. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Puchov at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The attacking power of Poprad when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Poprad have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Žilina victories, two draws and three Poprad wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Žilina IIT. Slebodnik
T. Slebodnik
5 goals
Žilina IIR. Holáň
R. Holáň
3 goals

Žilina II missing players

Poprad missing players

Žilina II Poprad
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 3 6 13
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 3
2 2 0 Drew D 0 0 0
6 2 0 Lost L 2 4 10
29 19 5 Scored S 3 5 14
28 11 0 Conceded C 6 12 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 77%
92% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 77%
62% 71% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 62%
46% 43% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 31%
77% 86% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 54%
8% 14% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 23%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.7 16.4 21 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8 6.5
5.7 6.9 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.2 3.3
39% 40% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 20% 33%
Key stats in 2. Liga this season:
  • All of Žilina II's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Poprad have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Poprad haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Žilina II has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in 2. Liga
  • Žilina II has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in 2. Liga
  • Žilina II has the most matches over the total-line (11) in 2. Liga
  • 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 scored more than double the goals of Poprad.
  • 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 14 11 2 1 44 18 7 5 1 1 28 12 7 6 1 0 16 6 26 35
2 Liptovsky Mikulas 14 10 1 3 32 15 8 6 0 2 14 6 6 4 1 1 18 9 17 31
3 Skalica 14 9 3 2 33 16 8 6 1 1 23 8 6 3 2 1 10 8 17 30
4 Podbrezova 14 8 2 4 29 12 7 4 1 2 15 7 7 4 1 2 14 5 17 26
5 FK Kosice 14 7 2 5 20 14 7 5 0 2 14 4 7 2 2 3 6 10 6 23
6 Puchov 14 7 1 6 17 19 7 5 0 2 8 4 7 2 1 4 9 15 -2 22
7 Petržalka akadémia 14 5 5 4 16 18 7 3 2 2 9 10 7 2 3 2 7 8 -2 20
8 Slavoj Trebisov 14 5 3 6 21 24 6 4 1 1 12 6 8 1 2 5 9 18 -3 18
9 Žilina II 13 5 2 6 29 28 7 3 2 2 19 11 6 2 0 4 10 17 1 17
10 Dubnica 14 4 5 5 14 14 8 2 3 3 7 7 6 2 2 2 7 7 0 17
11 Samorin 14 5 1 8 14 21 7 3 0 4 9 7 7 2 1 4 5 14 -7 16
12 Partizan Bardejov 14 3 5 6 11 17 6 1 4 1 5 7 8 2 1 5 6 10 -6 14
13 Komarno 14 4 2 8 9 22 6 2 2 2 4 3 8 2 0 6 5 19 -13 14
14 Poprad 13 3 0 10 14 34 7 1 0 6 9 22 6 2 0 4 5 12 -20 3
15 Slovan Bratislava II 14 1 0 13 8 39 6 1 0 5 6 15 8 0 0 8 2 24 -31 3