Fortuna Liga: Ružomberok host Žilina in what promises to be an exciting football match. Here's all the news, stats and facts!
- Ružomberok have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Žilina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Ružomberok's stadium, Futbalový štadión MFK Ružomberok, has a grass surface. Žilina have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Žilina when playing on grass; 12 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses from 37 matches. They have scored 57 goals in these games and conceded 52.
Ružomberok form and stats
Ružomberok have played 9 Fortuna Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Ružomberok travelled for their previous game, a trip to DAC that ended 0-0.
Preceding that game was the away draw at DAC that finished 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Ružomberok perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ružomberok as a small favourite), we find five games. Ružomberok has won two of these, drawn three and lost zero.
Ružomberok are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ružomberok have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Žilina form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Fortuna Liga travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
Žilina's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Slovan Bratislava that finished 1-1.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Slovan Bratislava.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Žilina in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Žilina, one draw and three defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Žilina have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Žilina in these games.
Head 2 Head
Žilina - Ružomberok 0-2 was the output when these participants previously did battle, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Ružomberok wins - draws - Žilina wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Regáli 7 goals | M. Kochan 5 goals |
Ružomberok missing players
Žilina missing players
| Ružomberok | Žilina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 31 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 30 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 79% | 67% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 56% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 84% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 58% |
| 26% | 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 37% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 42% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 63% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 16% |
| 26% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.1 | 6.6 |
| 5.3 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 11.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.4 | 13.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 |
| 36% | 34% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 27% | 28% |
| 8.8 | 7.8 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
- Ružomberok have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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 | Slovan Bratislava | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 30 | 46 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 42 |
| 3 | Ružomberok | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 35 |
| 4 | DAC | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 | Žilina | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Senica | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 7 | Sereď | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 | Zemplín Michalovce | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 23 |
| 9 | Trenčín | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -4 | 20 |
| 10 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -17 | 16 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 15 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -23 | 10 |
