Fortuna Liga match prediction: Little separates Nitra and Zemplín Michalovce in quality

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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Štadión pod Zoborom (11384 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Fortuna Liga, Nitra holding 11th place and Zemplín Michalovce lying 10th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Nitra form and stats

Three Fortuna Liga home games done for Nitra, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

Nitra are returning here after visiting Velke Lovce in a Slovakia Cup game and winning with a 7-0 scoreline. 2-2 away at Trencin before that.

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 Nitra have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 4 Lost 3.

Nitra has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Zemplín Michalovce form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Zemplín Michalovce playing as the away team in the Fortuna Liga this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Slavia TU Kosice in their previous outing. The Slovakia Cup match ended in a draw 1-1. It was a Fortuna Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Spartak Trnava wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Zemplín Michalovce in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Zemplín Michalovce, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Zemplín Michalovce are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. Zemplín Michalovce have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Nitra won 1 game, 3 matches ended with a draw and Zemplín Michalovce has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 3

Top Goalscorers

M. Ristovski
4 goals
M. Trusa
2 goals

Nitra missing players

Zemplín Michalovce missing players

Nitra Zemplín Michalovce
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Away vs low Away Total
7 3 0 Played 0 4 7
1 1 0 Won 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 1 2
5 2 0 Lost 0 3 4
6 4 0 Scored 0 2 6
13 5 0 Conceded 0 7 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 0% 75% 86%
57% 67% 0% Over 2.5 0% 50% 57%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 67% 0% BTTS 0% 50% 43%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 14%
57% 33% 0% Failed to Score 0% 50% 43%
 
2.4 2.3 0 Corners For (avg) 0 5.2 4.7
5.7 6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 6.2 5.1
2.7 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Nitra have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Nitra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nitra have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Nitra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zemplín Michalovce have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Zemplín Michalovce have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Zemplín Michalovce have yet to win a game away.
  • Zemplín Michalovce haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Nitra
All Slovakia Cup Tipsport Liga Club Friendlies Fortuna Liga
All Home Away
13-08-19 SC Velky Lapas 2 - 7 Nitra
17-08-19 FL Žilina 3 - 0 Nitra
25-08-19 FL Nitra 1 - 2 DAC
01-09-19 FL Trencin 2 - 2 Nitra
10-09-19 SC Velke Lovce 0 - 7 Nitra
14-09-19 FL Pohronie 12:00 Nitra
21-09-19 FL Nitra 17:00 Zemplín Michalovce
28-09-19 FL Slovan Bratislava 17:00 Nitra
05-10-19 FL Nitra 15:00 Senica
19-10-19 FL Nitra 15:00 Ružomberok
Zemplín Michalovce
All Slovakia Cup Club Friendlies Fortuna Liga
All Home Away
14-08-19 SC Krasnohorske Podhradie 0 - 6 Zemplín Michalovce
18-08-19 FL DAC 1 - 1 Zemplín Michalovce
24-08-19 FL Zemplín Michalovce 1 - 1 Sereď
31-08-19 FL Spartak Trnava 2 - 1 Zemplín Michalovce
10-09-19 SC Slavia TU Kosice 1 - 1 Zemplín Michalovce
14-09-19 FL Zemplín Michalovce 17:00 Trencin
21-09-19 FL Nitra 17:00 Zemplín Michalovce
28-09-19 FL Zemplín Michalovce 17:00 Ružomberok
05-10-19 FL Pohronie 15:00 Zemplín Michalovce
19-10-19 FL Žilina 15:00 Zemplín Michalovce

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Žilina 7 6 1 0 21 6 4 4 0 0 14 3 3 2 1 0 7 3 15 19
2 Slovan Bratislava 7 5 1 1 20 7 3 2 1 0 8 1 4 3 0 1 12 6 13 16
3 DAC 7 4 1 2 17 11 3 2 1 0 11 4 4 2 0 2 6 7 6 13
4 Spartak Trnava 7 4 1 2 12 9 4 3 0 1 7 3 3 1 1 1 5 6 3 13
5 Zlaté Moravce 7 4 1 2 10 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 4 5 1 13
6 Trenčín 7 3 2 2 13 10 3 1 2 0 5 4 4 2 0 2 8 6 3 11
7 Sereď 7 2 2 3 11 15 4 2 1 1 8 9 3 0 1 2 3 6 -4 8
8 Pohronie 7 1 3 3 8 17 3 0 1 2 3 9 4 1 2 1 5 8 -9 6
9 Ružomberok 7 1 2 4 8 12 4 1 0 3 3 5 3 0 2 1 5 7 -4 5
10 Zemplín Michalovce 7 1 2 4 6 11 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 1 3 2 7 -5 5
11 Nitra 7 1 1 5 6 13 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 0 1 3 2 8 -7 4
12 Senica 7 1 1 5 7 19 4 1 1 2 6 9 3 0 0 3 1 10 -12 4

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