This has all the signs of another engrossing battle at Štadión Pod Dubňom in the Fortuna Liga. Žilina is in 8th place and welcome Banska Bystrica in 7th position. Read all about the match here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Žilina form and stats
The first Fortuna Liga game here at Štadión Pod Dubňom resulted in a draw. Last season Žilina's home game statistics were 0 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats from 5 games.
Žilina drew their last game, also a home match. DAC (placed 4th) was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Kopas felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against DAC as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 90th minute.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Trencin the opponent.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Žilina home games with this odds we find 10 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 7 matches were won by at least two goals.
Early season league goal statistics from Žilina's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Banska Bystrica form and stats
Things could have gone better for Banska Bystrica in their Fortuna Liga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
It's the second away game in a row for Banska Bystrica, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Spartak Trnava (placed 6th) last time out.
A 0-2 defeat away at Zemplin Michalovce before that.Banska Bystrica have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Polievka 1 goals |  D. Depetris 1 goals |
Žilina missing players
Banska Bystrica missing players
| Žilina | Banska Bystrica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 50% | 50% |
| 13.5 | 9 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 18.5 | 18.5 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Žilina | Last season | Banska Bystrica | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 33 | 17 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 9 | 21 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 43 | 25 | Scored | S | 25 | 62 | ||
| 54 | 26 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 93% | ||
| 88% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | ||
| 58% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 53% | ||
| 36% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 37% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 43% | ||
| 27% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 10% | ||
| 6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.1 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 14 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | 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 | Ruzomberok | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Zemplin Michalovce | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Podbrezova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | DAC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Slovan Bratislava | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Spartak Trnava | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Banska Bystrica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Žilina | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Skalica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Zlate Moravce | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Trencin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 | Slovan Bratislava | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 74 |
| 2 | Ruzomberok | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 63 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| 4 | DAC | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 46 |
| 5 | Sered | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 39 |
| 6 | Žilina | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 34 |
| 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 Košice | 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 |
