Spartak Trnava will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind Ružomberok.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Spartak Trnava form and stats
4 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Spartak Trnava have to build on here at Stadion Antona Malatinskeho in the Fortuna Liga.
The fans are hoping that Spartak Trnava will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Fortuna Liga game against Trencin (placed 6th). Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Pohronie.
Spartak Trnava has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. On the other hand, Spartak Trnava have conceded 8 goals.
Ružomberok form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Fortuna Liga. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Ružomberok's record of five away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Zlate Moravce game.
There were no winners in Ružomberok's previous match, a Fortuna Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Senica (placed 9th). Preceding that game was the away victory against Zilina with the score of 2-1.
Ružomberok's last match (vs Senica) 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 and a point thanks to a 82nd minute equalizer by F. Twardzik.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Ružomberok in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Ružomberok, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Ružomberok are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. As opposed to that, Ružomberok have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Spartak Trnava and Ružomberok have met before this season: Ružomberok - Spartak Trnava 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 4 - 3 (Spartak Trnava wins - draws - Ružomberok wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 9 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Mitrea 6 goals |  A. Sobczyk 5 goals |   F. Twardzik 5 goals |
Spartak Trnava missing players
Ružomberok missing players
| Spartak Trnava | Ružomberok | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 21 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 50% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 7 | 8 | 13.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 1.5 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 204 | 113 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 75 | 183 |
| 80 | 41 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 37 | 76 |
| 25% | 27% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 35% | 29% |
- Ružomberok have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ružomberok have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ružomberok have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ružomberok haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Spartak Trnava have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 29 | 41 |
| 2 | DAC | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 3 | Zilina | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Ružomberok | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Zlate Moravce | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 21 |
| 6 | Trencin | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Spartak Trnava | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 8 | Sered | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 18 |
| 9 | Senica | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Zemplin Michalovce | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Nitra | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -14 | 14 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 8 |