Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Nitra - Žilina!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
It should be mentioned that Žilina play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Žilina on grass are 21 victories, 6 draws and 11 defeats from 38 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 66-39. You can compare this with overall results below.
Nitra form and stats
Nitra have played 5 Fortuna Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Nitra against Slovan Bratislava the last match, as A. Mustafić were on target. Nobody expected Nitra to beat Slovan Bratislava in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Before that, Nitra drew at home versus Zemplin Michalovce.
The Nitra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nitra defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Žilina form and stats
There's been little loot from Žilina's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Fortuna Liga. Žilina only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws. It's all red in the travel logs of Žilina, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Žilina go into this game after a win, the home game against Senica that ended 3-1. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Ruzomberok's place.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Žilina are regular goalscorers on their travels. The Žilina manager P. Stano has some worries about the defense as 13 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Žilina - Nitra 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Nitra wins - draws - Žilina wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Faško 7 goals |  D. Kurminowski 7 goals | V. Bichakhchyan 3 goals |
Nitra missing players
Žilina missing players
| Nitra | Žilina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 30 |
| 21 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 22 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 42% | 40% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 25% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 25% | 20% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | 50 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 70 | 145 |
| 44 | 20 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 32 | 80 |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 38% |
- All of Nitra's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Žilina's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Nitra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nitra haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Žilina 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 | DAC | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 26 |
| 3 | Žilina | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Nitra | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 5 | Zlate Moravce | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Spartak Trnava | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Ruzomberok | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Sered | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | Zemplin Michalovce | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 12 |
| 10 | Trencin | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Senica | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 9 |