Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Žilina II welcomes Púchov

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Competition: Slovakia 2. Liga
Competition: Sat 10.October
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Štadión Pod Dubňom (11258 seats)

Žilina II hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 5 points and a 13th position in the 2. Liga table. Visiting Púchov holds 6th place with 16 pts.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 2. Liga game only three days ago.

It should be mentioned that Púchov play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Púchov on artifical turf are 2 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats from two games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 4-1. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Žilina II form and stats

1-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Liga numbers at home for Žilina II so far this season.

Žilina lost their last game at Liptovský Mikuláš (placed 2nd) after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Slavoj Trebišov that ended 2-2.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Žilina home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in two wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.

There will be little rest for Žilina after this match as they are travelling to Slovan Bratislava II for a 2. Liga game in only four days.

Žilina can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 12 times. Žilina have conceded 9 from these games.

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Púchov form and stats

As the visiting team in 2. Liga matches, Púchov have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.

198 minutes! That's how long the Púchov goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Púchov had fun at their own home (Štadión Pod Dubňom) last time out, beating Komárno 1-0. Before that, Púchov secured a home win against Podbrezova with the score 1-0.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Púchov played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.

The visiting Púchov have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. As for defending, Púchov rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Žilina IIR. Holáň
R. Holáň
3 goals
ŽilinaT. Slebodnik
T. Slebodnik
2 goals

Žilina II missing players

Púchov missing players

Žilina II Púchov
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 2 5 10
1 1 1 Won W 1 1 5
2 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
6 2 0 Lost L 1 3 4
16 12 7 Scored S 4 6 13
24 9 2 Conceded C 3 9 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
89% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 40%
67% 80% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 20%
44% 40% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 20% 10%
67% 80% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 30%
11% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 50%
22% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 3.6 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
127 92 44 Total Shots T S 24 53 103
47 35 17 Shots on Target S O 11 22 44
34% 34% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 27% 30%
Key stats in 2. Liga this season:
  • All of Púchov's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Žilina II's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Púchov haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Žilina II has the most dropped points from leading position (13) 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 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 10 8 1 1 36 16 5 3 1 1 22 11 5 5 0 0 14 5 20 25
2 Liptovský Mikuláš 11 8 1 2 24 11 6 5 0 1 11 3 5 3 1 1 13 8 13 25
3 Skalica 10 7 1 2 24 13 6 4 1 1 15 6 4 3 0 1 9 7 11 22
4 FK Košice 10 6 2 2 17 6 5 4 0 1 13 3 5 2 2 1 4 3 11 20
5 Podbrezova 10 6 1 3 22 10 6 4 0 2 14 6 4 2 1 1 8 4 12 19
6 Púchov 10 5 1 4 13 12 5 4 0 1 7 3 5 1 1 3 6 9 1 16
7 Slavoj Trebišov 10 4 3 3 13 16 4 3 1 0 5 1 6 1 2 3 8 15 -3 15
8 Šamorín 10 4 1 5 12 15 5 3 0 2 9 4 5 1 1 3 3 11 -3 13
9 Komárno 10 4 1 5 8 14 4 2 1 1 4 2 6 2 0 4 4 12 -6 13
10 Partizán Bardejov 10 3 3 4 8 10 4 1 3 0 3 2 6 2 0 4 5 8 -2 12
11 Petržalka akadémia 10 3 3 4 9 15 5 2 1 2 6 9 5 1 2 2 3 6 -6 12
12 Dubnica 10 2 4 4 9 13 6 2 2 2 7 6 4 0 2 2 2 7 -4 10
13 Žilina II 9 1 2 6 16 24 5 1 2 2 12 9 4 0 0 4 4 15 -8 5
14 Poprad 9 1 0 8 11 25 5 1 0 4 8 13 4 0 0 4 3 12 -14 3
15 Slovan Bratislava II 9 0 0 9 4 26 3 0 0 3 3 9 6 0 0 6 1 17 -22 0