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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Date: Sat 23.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion pod Zoborom (11340 seats)

Struggling Nitra will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Žilina in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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!

This pitch has grass, which is not Žilina's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Žilina have performed like this: Played 31 matches resulting in 18 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats with the goal stats 51-34 (scored/conceded).

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Nitra form and stats

With 2 Fortuna Liga wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Nitra, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Fortuna Liga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 223 minutes.

Nitra are returning here after visiting Sered in a Fortuna Liga game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Nitra won a home game hosting Spartak Trnava (1-0).

Nitra has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Nitra have conceded 13 from these games.

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Žilina form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Fortuna Liga, on their Fortuna Liga travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Žilina failed to get anything from their last game, a Fortuna Liga home match vs Ružomberok (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 0-3 defeat away at Trenčín before that.

Žilina find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Žilina have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Žilina - Nitra 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 2 wins for Nitra, 1 draw and 7 wins for Žilina. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

NitraM. Ristovski
M. Ristovski
7 goals

Nitra missing players

Žilina missing players

Nitra Žilina
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 7 15
4 2 0 Won W 1 3 9
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
10 5 2 Lost L 0 2 3
13 7 2 Scored S 3 8 27
27 13 4 Conceded C 0 7 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
67% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 73%
53% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 60%
27% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 20%
20% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 20%
33% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 29% 47%
20% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 40%
47% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 20%
 
3 3.6 4 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.4 5.1
6 6 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 8 6.3
2.2 2.6 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.3
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 2
Key stats this season:
  • Nitra have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nitra have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nitra haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Žilina have scored more than double the goals of Nitra.

Nitra
All Slovakia Cup Tipsport Liga Fortuna Liga
All Home Away Home vs top
19-10-19 FL Nitra 1 - 2 Ružomberok
26-10-19 FL Zlaté Moravce 1 - 0 Nitra
30-10-19 SC Nitra 3 - 2 Liptovsky Mikulas
02-11-19 FL Nitra 1 - 0 Spartak Trnava
09-11-19 FL Sered 0 - 1 Nitra
23-11-19 FL Nitra 14:00 Žilina
30-11-19 FL DAC 13:30 Nitra
07-12-19 FL Nitra 14:00 Trenčín
15-02-20 FL Nitra 14:00 Pohronie
22-02-20 FL Zemplín Michalovce 14:00 Nitra
Žilina
All Slovakia Cup Club Friendlies Fortuna Liga
All Home Away Away on grass Away vs low
05-10-19 FL Žilina 1 - 0 Sered
19-10-19 FL Žilina 1 - 1 Zemplín Michalovce
27-10-19 FL Spartak Trnava 0 - 1 Žilina
03-11-19 FL Trenčín 3 - 0 Žilina
09-11-19 FL Žilina 1 - 2 Ružomberok
23-11-19 FL Nitra 14:00 Žilina
01-12-19 FL Žilina 15:00 Slovan Bratislava
08-12-19 FL Senica 15:00 Žilina
15-02-20 FL Žilina 14:00 Zlaté Moravce
22-02-20 FL Pohronie 14:00 Žilina

  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 15 12 2 1 38 11 7 6 1 0 19 2 8 6 1 1 19 9 27 38
2 DAC 15 10 2 3 28 15 8 5 2 1 17 7 7 5 0 2 11 8 13 32
3 Žilina 15 9 3 3 27 14 8 6 1 1 19 7 7 3 2 2 8 7 13 30
4 Ružomberok 15 6 5 4 20 19 7 1 3 3 7 9 8 5 2 1 13 10 1 23
5 Spartak Trnava 15 6 2 7 20 20 8 4 1 3 11 8 7 2 1 4 9 12 0 20
6 Zlaté Moravce 15 5 5 5 17 19 8 3 2 3 8 8 7 2 3 2 9 11 -2 20
7 Sered 15 4 6 5 16 20 8 3 3 2 11 12 7 1 3 3 5 8 -4 18
8 Trenčín 15 4 5 6 27 27 7 2 3 2 14 13 8 2 2 4 13 14 0 17
9 Senica 15 5 2 8 19 26 8 3 1 4 11 11 7 2 1 4 8 15 -7 17
10 Zemplín Michalovce 15 3 5 7 15 23 7 2 2 3 8 9 8 1 3 4 7 14 -8 14
11 Nitra 15 4 1 10 13 27 7 2 0 5 7 13 8 2 1 5 6 14 -14 13
12 Pohronie 15 1 4 10 15 34 7 0 2 5 6 18 8 1 2 5 9 16 -19 7

Table
  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 15 12 2 1 38 11 7 6 1 0 19 2 8 6 1 1 19 9 27 38
2 DAC 15 10 2 3 28 15 8 5 2 1 17 7 7 5 0 2 11 8 13 32
3 Žilina 15 9 3 3 27 14 8 6 1 1 19 7 7 3 2 2 8 7 13 30
4 Ružomberok 15 6 5 4 20 19 7 1 3 3 7 9 8 5 2 1 13 10 1 23
5 Spartak Trnava 15 6 2 7 20 20 8 4 1 3 11 8 7 2 1 4 9 12 0 20
6 Zlaté Moravce 15 5 5 5 17 19 8 3 2 3 8 8 7 2 3 2 9 11 -2 20
7 Sered 15 4 6 5 16 20 8 3 3 2 11 12 7 1 3 3 5 8 -4 18
8 Trenčín 15 4 5 6 27 27 7 2 3 2 14 13 8 2 2 4 13 14 0 17
9 Senica 15 5 2 8 19 26 8 3 1 4 11 11 7 2 1 4 8 15 -7 17
10 Zemplín Michalovce 15 3 5 7 15 23 7 2 2 3 8 9 8 1 3 4 7 14 -8 14
11 Nitra 15 4 1 10 13 27 7 2 0 5 7 13 8 2 1 5 6 14 -14 13
12 Pohronie 15 1 4 10 15 34 7 0 2 5 6 18 8 1 2 5 9 16 -19 7

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