Game week two of the Fortuna Liga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Spartak Trnava - Ružomberok preview:
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Spartak Trnava form and stats
It's back home for Spartak, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Zemplín Michalovce away with the result 2-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Ružomberok that was lost 0-2.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Spartak, as the Fortuna Liga home game vs Pohronie is only four days away.
Last season, Spartak Trnava's league statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Fortuna Liga. Over these 22 matches they scored 25 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season Spartak Trnava managed 6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 15 goals and 9 conceded.
Ružomberok form and stats
There were no winners in Ružomberok's previous match, a Fortuna Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Trencin (placed 6th). Prior to that result Ružomberok won their away game at Spartak Trnava. The scoreline was 2-0.
Ružomberok's last match (vs Trencin) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by A. Brenkus.
After this away game Ružomberok return home for a Fortuna Liga game against Sered. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Let's have a look at how Ružomberok performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 10 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 25 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 3 and lost 3 with 15/15 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Spartak Trnava victories, three draws and two Ružomberok wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Maslo 1 goals | A. Brenkus 1 goals |
Spartak Trnava missing players
Ružomberok missing players
| Spartak Trnava | Ružomberok | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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% | 100% |
| 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% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| Spartak Trnava | Last season | Ružomberok | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 29 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 11 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Scored | S | 18 | 31 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 90% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 62% | ||
| 41% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 34% | ||
| 17% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 21% | ||
| 7% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 52% | ||
| 34% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 38% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 31% | ||
| 5.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 346 | 189 | Total Shots | T S | 120 | 316 | ||
| 128 | 68 | Shots on Target | S O | 56 | 121 | ||
| 26% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Žilina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Pohronie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Trencin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Zlate Moravce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Zemplín Michalovce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 | Senica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 12 | Nitra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 68 |
| 2 | Žilina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 51 |
| 3 | DAC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 50 |
| 4 | Spartak Trnava | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 35 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 32 |
| 6 | Zemplín Michalovce | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 32 |