It's finally time for the Fortuna Liga season opener for these participants, whom at last are competing for points again. Will Zemplín Michalovce or Banska Bystrica get that important first victory?
Zemplín Michalovce form and stats
The season before, Zemplín Michalovce's league results were 7 wins, 2 draws and 13 losses, results that produced 9th position in the Fortuna Liga. Over these 22 matches they scored 20 goals and gave away 31. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Zemplín Michalovce delivered 4-0-7 (win-draw-lost) with 12 goals and 16 conceded.
Zemplín Michalovce have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Michalovce scored 5 goals and let in 4 goals during these four games.
Banska Bystrica form and stats
A job perfectly done for Banska Bystrica last season as they secured promotion from 2. Liga. With a grand total of 21 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 9 were in away matches.
Just as the home team, Bystrica have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 Banska Bystrica wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings featuring these teams: Zemplín Michalovce won two, Banska Bystrica triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Zemplín Michalovce missing players
Banska Bystrica missing players
| Zemplín Michalovce | Banska Bystrica | ||||||
| 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 |
| Zemplín Michalovce | Last season | Banska Bystrica | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 32 | 16 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 62 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 62% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 53% | ||
| 16% | 6% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 37% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 50% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 43% | ||
| 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 10% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 14 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 9.6 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 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 | Ruzomberok | 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 | Zemplín 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 | Trencin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 48 |
| 2 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 40 |
| 3 | Zemplín Michalovce | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 40 |
| 4 | Senica | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 34 |
| 5 | Zlate Moravce | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 30 |
| 6 | Pohronie | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 18 |
| 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 |