Struggling Senica will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Žilina in the upcoming league round. It’s 9th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Slovakia Cup. That game was also an away game, at Slovan Bratislava. 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.
Žilina play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Žilina when playing on grass are 17 wins, 6 draws and 9 defeats from 32 matches. They have scored 48 goals and conceded 36 times in these games.
Senica form and stats
Senica have collected 10 points from their Fortuna Liga home games so far after 3-1-4.
Senica drew their last game, 0-0 away at Zlate Moravce (placed 6th). 2-2 away at Ruzomberok before that.
The Senica fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Senica have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Žilina form and stats
As the visiting team in Fortuna Liga matches, Žilina have produced an overall stat of 3-3-2 so far.
J. Bernat was the last player to score for the away team. Žilina haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes. 208 minutes! That's how long the Žilina goalkeeper Dominik Holec and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Žilina, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Slovan Bratislava (placed 1st). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Slovan Bratislava in the Fortuna Liga.
Žilina find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Žilina are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Žilina - Senica 5-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Senica 3 wins, 1 draw and Žilina 6 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Castañeda 8 goals |  S. El Moudane 4 goals |
Senica missing players
Žilina missing players
| Senica | Žilina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 27 |
| 28 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 82% |
| 71% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 65% |
| 65% | 62% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 53% |
| 47% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 41% |
| 24% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 47% |
| 47% | 38% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 5.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 7.4 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 204 | 101 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 101 | 253 |
| 83 | 42 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 42 | 103 |
| 25% | 26% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 26% |
- Senica has the most matches over the total-line (11)
- Senica haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Žilina has the fewest conceded goals (7) away
- Žilina has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Žilina has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 29 | 42 |
| 2 | DAC | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | Žilina | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Ruzomberok | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 5 | Spartak Trnava | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Zlate Moravce | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 7 | Trencin | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | Zemplin Michalovce | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 20 |
| 9 | Senica | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 10 | Sered | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 18 |
| 11 | Nitra | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 14 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -18 | 11 |