Balanced ball game between Sereď and Ružomberok expected

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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sat 21.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Štadión FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce (3787 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Fortuna Liga table so far. Here's the Sereď - Ružomberok latest:

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Fortuna Liga match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Senica, so at least Sereď are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Sereď form and stats

Sereď have collected 8 points from their Fortuna Liga home games so far after 2-2-1.

The home team returns to Štadión FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce after being equal after 90 minutes with Senica (placed 9th) on their last time out; the Fortuna Liga game ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Sereď lost 1-2 at home to Zlate Moravce.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sereď have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost one.

The Sereď manager P. Lérant has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. On the other hand, Sereď have conceded 6 goals.

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Ružomberok form and stats

Ružomberok have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Fortuna Liga, after 1-1-4 (6 played).

The manager J. Haspra was unhappy after their last game, a Fortuna Liga match played at their home ground Futbalový štadión MFK Ružomberok. Ružomberok suffered a 0-1 loss to Spartak Trnava (placed 5th). A 1-3 defeat away at Trencin before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ružomberok playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Ružomberok wins, one draw and one defeat.

Ružomberok are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Ružomberok are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 7 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Ružomberok - Sereď 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Sereď won one game, four matches ended with a draw and Ružomberok has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / six

Top Goalscorers

RužomberokL. Almási
L. Almási
5 goals
SereďD. Špehar
D. Špehar
4 goals
RužomberokJ. Maslo
J. Maslo
3 goals

Sereď missing players

Ružomberok missing players

Sereď Ružomberok
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 5 0 Played P 2 6 13
3 2 0 Won W 0 1 4
5 2 0 Drew D 1 1 4
4 1 0 Lost L 1 4 5
16 10 0 Scored S 2 7 17
22 6 0 Conceded C 4 16 21
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
92% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 77%
67% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 83% 69%
42% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 67% 46%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 15%
50% 80% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 83% 62%
25% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 23%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
120 60 0 Total Shots T S 21 60 144
56 29 0 Shots on Target S O 9 26 59
29% 34% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 27% 29%
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • All of Ružomberok's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Sereď's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ružomberok have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ružomberok have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Ružomberok have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ružomberok haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Sereď has the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Fortuna Liga
  • Sereď have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Sereď haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 13 9 2 2 32 8 6 5 0 1 17 1 7 4 2 1 15 7 24 29
2 DAC 12 9 2 1 34 15 7 5 2 0 21 5 5 4 0 1 13 10 19 29
3 Zilina 13 7 1 5 33 22 6 4 1 1 18 9 7 3 0 4 15 13 11 22
4 Zlate Moravce 13 5 4 4 25 16 7 4 2 1 19 8 6 1 2 3 6 8 9 19
5 Spartak Trnava 13 6 1 6 15 14 7 3 1 3 8 8 6 3 0 3 7 6 1 19
6 Nitra 13 5 3 5 16 24 6 2 2 2 8 11 7 3 1 3 8 13 -8 18
7 Ružomberok 13 4 4 5 17 21 7 3 3 1 10 5 6 1 1 4 7 16 -4 16
8 Sereď 12 3 5 4 16 22 5 2 2 1 10 6 7 1 3 3 6 16 -6 14
9 Senica 13 3 3 7 14 26 7 1 2 4 8 14 6 2 1 3 6 12 -12 12
10 Zemplín Michalovce 13 3 3 7 12 30 6 2 1 3 6 9 7 1 2 4 6 21 -18 12
11 Trencin 13 2 5 6 16 26 7 2 2 3 11 12 6 0 3 3 5 14 -10 11
12 Pohronie 13 1 7 5 14 20 6 1 2 3 9 11 7 0 5 2 5 9 -6 10