Match week two of the Fortuna Liga campaign and the sides have adjusted from insights gained in the first match. Here's the Liptovský Mikuláš - Zemplín Michalovce match guide:
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Liptovský Mikuláš form and stats
The season before, Liptovský Mikuláš's league results were 5 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses, leading to 10th place in the Fortuna Liga. From these 22 matches they scored 27 goals and gave away 43. Playing as the host team in the former season Liptovský Mikuláš delivered 5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 16 goals and 15 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager Kostelník led his Liptovský to a defeat away at DAC. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Futbalový štadion NTC Poprad.
Prior to that, an away loss at DAC.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Liptovský Mikuláš have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Zemplín Michalovce form and stats
Let's have a look at how Zemplín Michalovce performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 2 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 20 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 2 and lost 6 with 8/15 goals scored/conceded.
Zemplín Michalovce go into this game after a win, the home game against Banska Bystrica that ended 2-0.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Trenčín that ended 2-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Michalovce playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Zemplín Michalovce wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Liptovský Mikuláš won five games, one match ended with a tie and Zemplín Michalovce managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  A. Kačerík 1 goals |   I. Žofčák 1 goals | M. Marcin 1 goals |
Liptovský Mikuláš missing players
Zemplín Michalovce missing players
| Liptovský Mikuláš | Zemplín Michalovce | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 16 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Liptovský Mikuláš | Last season | Zemplín Michalovce | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 16 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Scored | S | 15 | 32 | ||
| 61 | 22 | Conceded | C | 24 | 42 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 62% | ||
| 67% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 44% | 47% | ||
| 42% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 18% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 61% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 50% | ||
| 15% | 19% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 27% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 9.5 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ruzomberok | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Zemplín Michalovce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | DAC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Podbrezova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Trenčín | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Zilina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Slovan Bratislava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Banska Bystrica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Skalica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Zlate Moravce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Trenčín | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 48 |
| 2 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 40 |
| 3 | Zemplín Michalovce | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | Senica | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 34 |
| 5 | Zlate Moravce | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 30 |
| 6 | Pohronie | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
