Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when DAC welcomes Senica

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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Competition: Tue 15.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: MOL Aréna (10352 seats)

The league table in Fortuna Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with DAC leading Senica by 19 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • DAC has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Fortuna Liga
  • DAC have scored more than double the goals of Senica.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

These teams have little in common geographically as Senica have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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DAC form and stats

DAC have performed here at MOL Aréna this season with 5 wins from 8 Fortuna Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

DAC shared the glory with Ruzomberok in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that game, the home loss against Zlate Moravce with the scoreline 1-3.

DAC are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew one and lost two.

Goals are plentiful at MOL Aréna in the league this season as DAC has scored 22 goals here in 8 home games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, DAC have conceded 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Senica form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Fortuna Liga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Senica delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Zlate Moravce (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Fortuna Liga game. Before that, Senica travelled to Nitra and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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

Senica have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Senica's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Senica - DAC 2-4 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven DAC victories, two draws and one Senica win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

DAC missing players

Senica missing players

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Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 8 17
11 5 1 Won W 0 3 4
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 5
3 1 0 Lost L 2 3 8
39 22 3 Scored S 3 8 17
20 8 1 Conceded C 7 13 31
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
82% 88% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 82%
65% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 59%
47% 62% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 38% 35%
35% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
65% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 47%
29% 38% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 24%
12% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.4 2.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
16.4 17 13 Shots (avg) S ( 16.3 12.1 12.2
7.7 8.8 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.1 4.6
30% 31% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 20% 22%
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • DAC has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Fortuna Liga
  • DAC has the most points from losing position (11) in Fortuna Liga
  • DAC has the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Fortuna Liga
  • DAC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • DAC have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • DAC have scored more than double the goals of Senica.
  • Senica haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Slovan Bratislava 16 12 2 2 39 9 8 7 0 1 21 2 8 5 2 1 18 7 30 38
2 DAC 17 11 3 3 39 20 8 5 2 1 22 8 9 6 1 2 17 12 19 36
3 Zilina 17 9 3 5 38 24 9 6 2 1 22 10 8 3 1 4 16 14 14 30
4 Zlate Moravce 17 6 6 5 30 20 8 4 3 1 19 8 9 2 3 4 11 12 10 24
5 Spartak Trnava 16 7 2 7 24 21 8 3 1 4 8 10 8 4 1 3 16 11 3 23
6 Ruzomberok 17 5 7 5 23 24 9 4 4 1 14 6 8 1 3 4 9 18 -1 22
7 Sered 17 4 7 6 19 29 8 3 3 2 13 12 9 1 4 4 6 17 -10 19
8 Nitra 16 5 4 7 17 29 8 2 3 3 9 13 8 3 1 4 8 16 -12 19
9 Senica 17 4 5 8 17 31 9 1 3 5 9 18 8 3 2 3 8 13 -14 17
10 Trencin 16 3 5 8 17 30 8 3 2 3 12 12 8 0 3 5 5 18 -13 14
11 Zemplin Michalovce 16 3 5 8 13 32 8 2 2 4 7 11 8 1 3 4 6 21 -19 14
12 Pohronie 16 1 9 6 20 27 8 1 4 3 14 16 8 0 5 3 6 11 -7 12