The brand new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with optimism. It’s square one as Skalica host Ružomberok for the opening fixture at Mestský štadión. Read more!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game was also an away game, at Kauno Zalgiris. 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.
Skalica form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Skalica as they were promoted from 2. Liga last season. Happy days that were secured through 19 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses from 30 games. The team scored 28 goals at home last season and conceded 6. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
Skalica have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and eight practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Skalica scored 8 goals and let in 3 goals during these eight games.
Ružomberok form and stats
Let's have a look at how Ružomberok performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 20/11 goals scored/conceded.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Ružomberok have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Skalica victories, zero draws and two Ružomberok wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Skalica missing players
Ružomberok missing players
| Skalica | Ružomberok | ||||||
| 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 |
| Skalica | Last season | Ružomberok | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 16 | 32 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 49 | 28 | Scored | S | 29 | 58 | ||
| 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 78% | ||
| 73% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 69% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 34% | ||
| 7% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 19% | ||
| 33% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 47% | ||
| 57% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 50% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 25% | ||
| 7.8 | 9.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| 6.6 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Banska Bystrica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DAC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Podbrezova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 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 | Zemplin Michalovce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Zilina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Zlate Moravce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Podbrezova | 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 | 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 | Zilina | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 34 |