Fortuna Liga match preview: Nitra versus Zlaté Moravce

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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Nitra fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Zlaté Moravce.

Nitra and Zlaté Moravce should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Nitra form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Nitra have to build on here. All in all it has been a very rough period for Nitra who hasn’t won a game in their last ten attempts. Their previous win was against Taborsko. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

In their previous game, the manager M. Kuruc led his Nitra to a defeat in the Fortuna Liga match away at Senica. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here . 1-1 away at Spartak Trnava before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Nitra have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 2 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.

The Nitra fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 13 in 11 matches. Nitra have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Zlaté Moravce form and stats

There's been little loot from Zlaté Moravce's travels as they have only collected 0 points from 11 away games. Zlaté Moravce, who have the fewest points (0) away in Fortuna Liga, only has 0 wins to counter their 11 defeats and 0 draws. Zlaté Moravce have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 11 away matches played so far.

Zlaté Moravce play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Trenčín. Before that, Zlaté Moravce secured a home win against Podbrezová with the score 2-1.

We have checked recent matches where Zlaté Moravce have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 37 games were W5-D4-L28.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Zlaté Moravce's away games this season with only 4 goals from 11 matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Zlaté Moravce's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 29 goals in 11 travels.

Head 2 Head

Zlaté Moravce - Nitra 0-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Nitra won 5, Zlaté Moravce won 3 and 2 draws.

Top Goalscorers

T. Ďubek
5 goals
J. Švec
3 goals
D. Richtárech
2 goals

Nitra missing players

Zlaté Moravce missing players

Nitra Zlaté Moravce
Total Home Statistic Away Total
26 12 Played 13 26
32 15 Scored 5 25
38 17 Conceded 30 48
88% 83% Over 0.5 100% 100%
77% 75% Over 1.5 69% 77%
54% 58% Over 2.5 62% 62%
31% 33% Over 3.5 31% 31%
19% 17% Over 4.5 8% 12%
65% 58% Both teams to score 31% 46%
23% 25% Clean Sheet 8% 15%
23% 33% Failed To Score 62% 38%
 
6.1 7.5 Corners For (avg) 4.5 4.8
5.8 5.1 Corners Against (avg) 6.8 5.3
2.4 1.9 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 2.7
4 3 Red Cards (total) 1 1
Key stats this season:
  • Zlaté Moravce hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
  • Nitra is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Slovan Bratislava 22 18 4 0 53 18 11 7 4 0 31 13 11 11 0 0 22 5 35 58
2 Žilina 22 13 5 4 39 23 11 6 3 2 23 12 11 7 2 2 16 11 16 44
3 DAC 22 13 5 4 42 27 11 7 3 1 22 9 11 6 2 3 20 18 15 44
4 Ružomberok 22 9 9 4 34 20 11 7 2 2 21 6 11 2 7 2 13 14 14 36
5 Zemplín Michalovce 22 9 5 8 29 33 11 6 3 2 17 9 11 3 2 6 12 24 -4 32
6 Sereď 22 9 4 9 27 29 11 7 1 3 19 11 11 2 3 6 8 18 -2 31
7 Nitra 22 7 5 10 27 30 11 4 2 5 13 15 11 3 3 5 14 15 -3 26
8 Spartak Trnava 22 7 4 11 28 28 11 7 1 3 22 11 11 0 3 8 6 17 0 25
9 Trenčín 22 6 4 12 30 40 11 4 2 5 16 17 11 2 2 7 14 23 -10 22
10 Podbrezová 22 6 3 13 22 35 11 4 1 6 13 15 11 2 2 7 9 20 -13 21
11 Senica 22 3 6 13 20 43 11 2 4 5 11 14 11 1 2 8 9 29 -23 15
12 Zlaté Moravce 22 4 2 16 19 44 11 4 2 5 15 15 11 0 0 11 4 29 -25 14