It's a fresh start in Fortuna Liga - the first fixture of the season. Read the full guide and see how Podbrezová and Slovan Bratislava did in their pre-season training matches!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League. That game was also an away game, at Dinamo Batumi. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Podbrezová form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Podbrezová as they were promoted from 2. Liga last season. Happy days that were secured through 24 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from 30 games. The team scored 51 goals at home last season and conceded 13. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Podbrezová, who have participated in eight training matches. Podbrezová have won 6 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 2 games.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
Last season was a triumph for Slovan Bratislava in the national league as they took home the Fortuna Liga trophy. The championship was secured after 16 wins, 5 draws and only 1 defeat. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 8, drew 2 and lost 1.
Bratislava have another game away from home in just four days, a Champions League fixture against Ferencvaros. A strenuous itinerary for the visiting team!
It's a day of discovery for Slovan Bratislava as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Slovan Bratislava have played five with the results W1-D2-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Slovan Bratislava has scored 6 goals and conceded 7 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Podbrezová one win, two draws and Slovan Bratislava seven victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Podbrezová missing players
Slovan Bratislava missing players
| Podbrezová | Slovan Bratislava | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Podbrezová | Last season | Slovan Bratislava | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Won | W | 11 | 22 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 86 | 51 | Scored | S | 31 | 71 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | ||
| 70% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 56% | ||
| 47% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 41% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | ||
| 47% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 3% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 16% | ||
| 7.4 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 17.8 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 13.6 | ||
| 8.2 | 9.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 10.4 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zemplin Michalovce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | DAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ruzomberok | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Skalica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Slovan Bratislava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Spartak Trnava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Trencin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Zilina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Zlate Moravce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Banska Bystrica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Podbrezová | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 86 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 61 | 74 |
| 2 | Banska Bystrica | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 62 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 38 | 69 |
| 3 | Skalica | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 29 | 62 |
| 4 | Komarno | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 22 | 59 |
| 5 | FK Kosice | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 73 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 35 | 56 |
| 6 | Futura Humenne | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 56 |
| 7 | Samorin | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 44 |
| 8 | Petrzalka akademia | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 41 |
| 9 | Zilina II | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -2 | 37 |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebisov | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 30 | -20 | 34 |
| 11 | Dubnica | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 51 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 34 | -18 | 31 |
| 12 | Puchov | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -13 | 29 |
| 13 | Rohoznik | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 58 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -28 | 29 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 61 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 37 | -25 | 26 |
| 15 | Partizan Bardejov | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 54 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -28 | 18 |
| 16 | Namestovo | 30 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 87 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 54 | -68 | 9 |
| Last season | 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 74 |
| 2 | Ruzomberok | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 63 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| 4 | DAC | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 46 |
| 5 | Sered | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 39 |
| 6 | Zilina | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 34 |