An important duel in the bottom section of the Fortuna Liga, with both Zemplín Michalovce and Senica experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 10th and the visitors in 9th place.
Senica could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Fortuna Liga game only four sleeps ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Zemplín Michalovce form and stats
Zemplín Michalovce, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Fortuna Liga, have collected 7 points from their Fortuna Liga home games so far after 2-1-3. The Michalovce manager J. Čepi Majoroš might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Michalovce's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Slovan Bratislava (placed 1st). A strong away win before that one, visiting Spartak Trnava and winning 2-1.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Michalovce have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost zero.
The Michalovce fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 6 matches. Michalovce have conceded 9 from these games.
Senica form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Senica playing as the away team in the Fortuna Liga this season.
There were no winners in Senica's previous match, a Fortuna Liga home game that ended 2-2 vs Sereď (placed 8th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zilina wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.
We have checked recent matches where Senica have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, one draw and two defeats.
Senica find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. For Senica, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Senica - Michalovce 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Michalovce four wins, two draws and Senica four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Malec 5 goals |   I. Žofčák 3 goals |  E. Addo 3 goals |
Zemplín Michalovce missing players
Senica missing players
| Zemplín Michalovce | Senica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 30 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 85% |
| 46% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 31% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 46% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 15% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 23% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 127 | 65 | 24 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 77 | 167 |
| 45 | 24 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 32 | 62 |
| 27% | 25% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 19% | 23% |
- Senica haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Zemplín Michalovce has the fewest scored goals (12) in Fortuna Liga
- Zemplín Michalovce has the fewest scored goals (6) at home in Fortuna Liga
- Zemplín Michalovce has the most conceded goals (30) in Fortuna Liga
- Zemplín Michalovce has the the worst goal difference (-18) in Fortuna Liga
- Zemplín Michalovce have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Zemplín Michalovce 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 29 |
| 2 | DAC | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 29 |
| 3 | Zilina | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 22 |
| 4 | Zlate Moravce | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Spartak Trnava | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 6 | Nitra | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 7 | Ružomberok | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 16 |
| 8 | Sereď | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Senica | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 12 |
| 10 | Zemplín Michalovce | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 11 | Trencin | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -10 | 11 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 10 |