Nitra will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Sereď.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Fortuna Liga.
Nitra form and stats
Nitra have collected 4 points from their Fortuna Liga home games so far after 1-1-1.
Nitra faced defeat in their previous match, away at Trencin (2-3). Before that match, a Slovakia Cup win away at Lokomotiva Zvolen.
This is expected to be a close game, with Nitra perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Nitra as a small favourite), we find eight games. Nitra has won zero of these, drawn four and lost four.
There will be little rest for Nitra after this match as they are travelling to Pribelce for a Slovakia Cup game in only three days.
The Nitra fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Nitra are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
Sereď form and stats
Playing away, Sereď, who have the most clean sheets (2) away in Fortuna Liga, have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Fortuna Liga this season.
Sereď delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Trencin (placed 8th) in their previous match; a Fortuna Liga game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pohronie that ended 2-2.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sereď playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Sereď win, two draws and two defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sereď have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. For Sereď, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Nitra won six, Sereď won four and zero draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Nitra missing players
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| Nitra | Sereď | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 17 | 7 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 86% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 86% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 57% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | 24 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 34 | 72 |
| 26 | 11 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 17 | 35 |
| 31% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 24% | 34% |
- All of Nitra's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Nitra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sereď has the most clean sheets (2) away in Fortuna Liga
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | DAC | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 21 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 13 |
| 3 | Sereď | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Žilina | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Spartak Trnava | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Nitra | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 7 | Ružomberok | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Trencin | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 9 | Pohronie | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Zlaté Moravce | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Senica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 12 | Zemplín Michalovce | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 18 | -17 | 4 |