Round two of the Fortuna Liga season and the contenders have digested the first match. Here's our Ružomberok - Podbrezová match guide:
Ružomberok have less rest than Podbrezová in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Riga, was also a home game here at Futbalový štadión MFK Ružomberok. The away team is better rested.
Ružomberok form and stats
In the previous season, Ružomberok's league stats were 11 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses, ending with 3rd spot in the Fortuna Liga. Over these 22 matches they scored 39 goals and let in 17. Appearing at home in the former season Ružomberok generated 6-4-1 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 6 conceded.
Ružomberok's previous match was also a home event, the loss 0-3 versus Riga (in Europa Conference League).
Before that match, a Fortuna Liga win away at Skalica.Ružomberok are traveling soon after this match as the Europa Conference League match at Riga awaits in four days.
Podbrezová form and stats
Let's have a look at how Podbrezová performed last season in the 2. Liga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 24 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 86 and conceded 25 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 12 - drew 2 and lost 1 with 35/12 goals scored/conceded.
Podbrezová are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the fixture against Slovan Bratislava (placed 9th).
Preceding that game was the away 2. Liga victory against Slovan Bratislava II with the score of 2-1.Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Ružomberok won six, Podbrezová triumphed in three and we saw one draw. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Madleňák 1 goals | ![]() M. Regáli 1 goals | ![]() B. Godál 1 goals |
Ružomberok missing players
Podbrezová missing players
| Ružomberok | Podbrezová | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% |
| 100% | 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 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Ružomberok | Last season | Podbrezová | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 12 | 24 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 58 | 29 | Scored | S | 35 | 86 | ||
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 78% | 69% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 69% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 93% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 70% | ||
| 34% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 47% | ||
| 19% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 27% | ||
| 47% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 47% | ||
| 50% | 56% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 50% | ||
| 25% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 3% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.4 | 17.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.9 | 8.2 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 9.2 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ružomberok | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Zemplin Michalovce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | DAC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Podbrezová | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Trencin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Žilina | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | Slovan Bratislava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Banska Bystrica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Skalica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 | Zlate Moravce | 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 | Slovan Bratislava | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 74 |
| 2 | Ružomberok | 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 | Žilina | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 34 |
| 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 |