The visiting Žilina side should be favourites in this visit to Zemplín Michalovce, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their 15 league games this season.
- Zemplín Michalovce has the fewest scored goals (12) in Fortuna Liga
- Žilina is in the best form (5-0-1)
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
This pitch has grass, which is not Žilina's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Žilina have performed like this: Played 38 matches resulting in 22 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 68-36 (scored/conceded).
Zemplín Michalovce form and stats
Zemplín Michalovce's struggle is real here at Futbalový štadión MFK Zemplín with only 7 points collected from 7 Fortuna Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4. With Zemplín Michalovce having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager J. Čepi Majoroš.
Stress levels are on the rise for Michalovce's attacking players as they have now played 295 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Taiwo was their last goal scorer.
The home team returns to Futbalový štadión MFK Zemplín after being equal after 90 minutes with Zlate Moravce (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Fortuna Liga game ended 0-0. Preceding that match was the home game against Senica that was lost 0-1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Michalovce here at Futbalový štadión MFK Zemplín in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). On the other hand, Michalovce have conceded 10 goals.
Žilina form and stats
3-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Žilina in their Fortuna Liga matches away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Žilina hope to make it five in this match.
The supporters enjoyed Žilina's previous game versus Pohronie (placed 12th), a Fortuna Liga 2-1 win played at home. Before that, Žilina secured a home win against Trenčín with the score 2-0.
The Žilina manager P. Stano has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Žilina have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Žilina - Michalovce 6-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Zemplín Michalovce won one, Žilina won six and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kurminowski 9 goals | V. Bichakhchyan 4 goals | J. Paur 4 goals |
Zemplín Michalovce missing players
Žilina missing players
| Zemplín Michalovce | Žilina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 15 | 37 |
| 31 | 10 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 23 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 40% | 14% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 27% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 57% | 53% |
| 20% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 29% | 27% |
| 40% | 29% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 73% |
| 20% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 29% | 20% |
| 47% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.3 | 9.7 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.4 | 12.3 |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.3 |
| 25% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 39% | 39% |
- All of Žilina's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- 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 fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Fortuna Liga
- Zemplín Michalovce has the most conceded goals (31) in Fortuna Liga
- Zemplín Michalovce has the the worst goal difference (-19) 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 at home.
- Žilina have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Žilina have scored more than double the goals of Zemplín Michalovce.
- Žilina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Žilina is in the best form (5-0-1)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 28 | 35 |
| 2 | DAC | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 22 | 35 |
| 3 | Žilina | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Zlate Moravce | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Spartak Trnava | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Nitra | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 18 |
| 8 | Sered | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -7 | 15 |
| 9 | Senica | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -14 | 15 |
| 10 | Trenčín | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 14 |
| 11 | Zemplín Michalovce | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | -19 | 13 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 11 |