Trenčín hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 12th position in the Fortuna Liga table. Visiting Ružomberok holds 5th place with 16 pts.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
1-1-2 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Ružomberok when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those four matches are 5-9 (scored/conceded).
Trenčín form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Fortuna Liga this season. Trenčín, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Fortuna Liga, have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Štadión Pod Dubňom.
In their previous game, the manager S. Vreven led his Trenčín to a defeat in the Fortuna Liga match away at Spartak Trnava. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Štadión Pod Dubňom. In the match before that, Trenčín hosted Pohronie and drew the game 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Trenčín perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Trenčín as a small favourite), we find two games. Trenčín has won zero of these, drawn zero and lost two.
Trenčín are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Trenčín defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Ružomberok form and stats
Playing away, Ružomberok have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Fortuna Liga this season.
Ružomberok are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Fortuna Liga against Zilina (placed 3rd). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Senica.
M. Regáli came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Zilina last time out, making the manager J. Haspra feel like a tactical genius. Late drama in the previous game, when M. Regáli scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Zilina.
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.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Ružomberok have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Ružomberok's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 13 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Ružomberok - Trenčín 2-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Trenčín won two, Ružomberok won four and four draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Trenčín missing players
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| Trenčín | Ružomberok | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 13 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 45% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 60% | 45% |
| 18% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 64% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 113 | 84 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 50 | 128 |
| 55 | 40 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 22 | 54 |
| 24% | 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 27% | 30% |
- All of Ružomberok's away-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.
- Trenčín has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Fortuna Liga
- Trenčín has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Fortuna Liga
- Trenčín has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Fortuna Liga
- Trenčín has the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Fortuna Liga
- Trenčín have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Trenčín have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Trenčín haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | DAC | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 26 |
| 3 | Zilina | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Spartak Trnava | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Zlate Moravce | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Nitra | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 8 | Sereď | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | Senica | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Zemplin Michalovce | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | -17 | 9 |
| 11 | Pohronie | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Trenčín | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 8 |