Trenčín vs Žilina betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Mestský futbalový štadión Na Sihoti (11258 seats)

Fortuna Liga: The middle-of-the-table placements shows the journey Trenčín and Žilina have taken uptil now. Both sides are ready for the game; let's bake this cake!

Insights:
  • Žilina have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Fortuna Liga

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.

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Trenčín form and stats

Trenčín have played 8 Fortuna Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). Trenčín has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager P. Hlinka and the players.

Trenčín faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sereď (2-4). A goal frenzy last time out for Trenčín, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Sereď. Fun stuff to watch!

Preceding that match was a defeat to DAC (0-1).

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 Trenčín have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost two.

Trenčín have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mestský futbalový štadión Na Sihoti with 14 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Trenčín have conceded 11 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Žilina form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Fortuna Liga travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Žilina failed to get anything from their last game, a Fortuna Liga home match vs Spartak Trnava (placed 2nd) that ended with defeat 0-1.

A 2-2 draw at Senica's stadium before that.

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

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Žilina have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Žilina have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Žilina - Trenčín 1-3 was the score in these squads' last head-to-head match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Trenčín wins - draws - Žilina wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Trenčín missing players

Žilina missing players

Trenčín Žilina
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
5 2 1 Won W 0 2 6
5 3 1 Drew D 1 4 5
7 3 0 Lost L 1 2 6
26 14 4 Scored S 1 10 26
27 11 2 Conceded C 2 10 22
94% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 82%
59% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 59%
41% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 35%
24% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
59% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 59%
18% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 18%
29% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 12% 24%
 
6.4 5.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.2 6.8
4.8 5.2 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.2 5.3
1.9 1.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.8 1.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.3 11 9 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.4 13.7
4.1 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5 5.4
38% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 28%
 
9 9.1 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 10.5 10.1
3.9 3.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 3.9 4
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • Žilina have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Fortuna Liga
  • Žilina 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 Slovan Bratislava 17 14 2 1 42 12 8 7 1 0 23 5 9 7 1 1 19 7 30 44
2 Spartak Trnava 17 11 3 3 25 11 8 5 1 2 13 8 9 6 2 1 12 3 14 36
3 Ružomberok 17 9 6 2 30 12 8 4 3 1 12 4 9 5 3 1 18 8 18 33
4 DAC 17 9 3 5 24 19 9 5 2 2 14 11 8 4 1 3 10 8 5 30
5 Žilina 17 6 5 6 26 22 9 4 1 4 16 12 8 2 4 2 10 10 4 23
6 Sereď 17 6 4 7 22 24 9 5 1 3 15 10 8 1 3 4 7 14 -2 22
7 Trenčín 17 5 5 7 26 27 8 2 3 3 14 11 9 3 2 4 12 16 -1 20
8 Zemplin Michalovce 17 6 2 9 18 25 9 4 0 5 12 14 8 2 2 4 6 11 -7 20
9 Senica 17 4 6 7 17 25 9 3 3 3 9 12 8 1 3 4 8 13 -8 18
10 Zlaté Moravce 17 3 5 9 18 32 9 1 5 3 9 11 8 2 0 6 9 21 -14 14
11 Liptovský Mikuláš 17 4 2 11 19 36 8 4 0 4 12 12 9 0 2 7 7 24 -17 14
12 Pohronie 17 2 3 12 14 36 8 1 3 4 8 14 9 1 0 8 6 22 -22 9