Žilina vs Ružomberok betting preview: Visitors should struggle at Stadion MSK Zilina

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Competition: Slovakia Fortuna Liga
Date: Sat 09.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion MSK Zilina (11258 seats)

A key match in Fortuna Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 4th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Ružomberok have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 0-1-6 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.

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Žilina form and stats

Home games in the Fortuna Liga have been a walk in the park for Žilina so far, with 19 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Žilina lost their last game at Trenčín (placed 8th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Spartak Trnava.

Žilina are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (18 goals in 7 games). From these home matches, Žilina have conceded only 5 goals.

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Ružomberok form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Fortuna Liga. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Ružomberok's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Zlate Moravce game.

It's the second away game in a row for Ružomberok, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Pohronie (placed 12th) in the Fortuna Liga last time out. A 1-1 draw at Senica's stadium before that.

Ružomberok are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Ružomberok have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ružomberok - Žilina 2-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Žilina victories, 2 draws and 2 Ružomberok wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

RužomberokF. Twardzik
F. Twardzik
4 goals
ŽilinaM. Králik
M. Králik
3 goals

Žilina missing players

Ružomberok missing players

Žilina Ružomberok
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
14 7 0 Played P 1 7 14
9 6 0 Won W 1 4 5
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 4
26 18 0 Scored S 1 11 18
12 5 0 Conceded C 0 9 18
93% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 86% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 64%
57% 71% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 43%
21% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
21% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
43% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 64%
43% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 29% 21%
21% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 14%
 
5.1 5.7 0 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4 5.3
6.6 5.3 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 9 6.1 5.2
2.3 2.1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 2
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • Ružomberok have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ružomberok have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Ružomberok have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ružomberok haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Žilina have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Žilina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Žilina have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Žilina have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Žilina haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Žilina
All Slovakia Cup Club Friendlies Fortuna Liga
All Home Away Home vs top
29-09-19 FL DAC 1 - 0 Žilina
05-10-19 FL Žilina 1 - 0 Sereď
19-10-19 FL Žilina 1 - 1 Zemplín Michalovce
27-10-19 FL Spartak Trnava 0 - 1 Žilina
03-11-19 FL Trenčín 3 - 0 Žilina
09-11-19 FL Žilina 14:00 Ružomberok
23-11-19 FL Nitra 14:00 Žilina
01-12-19 FL Žilina 15:00 Slovan Bratislava
08-12-19 FL Senica 15:00 Žilina
15-02-20 FL Žilina 14:00 Zlate Moravce
Ružomberok
All Slovakia Cup Europa League Fortuna Liga
All Home Away Away on artificial turf Away vs top
06-10-19 FL Ružomberok 1 - 1 Slovan Bratislava
19-10-19 FL Nitra 1 - 2 Ružomberok
26-10-19 FL Ružomberok 2 - 2 Trenčín
30-10-19 SC Senica 17:30 Ružomberok
02-11-19 FL Pohronie 1 - 2 Ružomberok
09-11-19 FL Žilina 14:00 Ružomberok
23-11-19 FL Ružomberok 15:00 Senica
29-11-19 FL Spartak Trnava 18:00 Ružomberok
07-12-19 FL Ružomberok 14:00 Zlate Moravce
15-02-20 FL Sereď 14:00 Ružomberok

  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 14 11 2 1 37 11 7 6 1 0 19 2 7 5 1 1 18 9 26 35
2 Žilina 14 10 3 1 29 9 7 6 1 0 18 5 7 4 2 1 11 4 20 33
3 DAC 14 9 2 3 25 14 7 4 2 1 14 6 7 5 0 2 11 8 11 29
4 Ružomberok 14 5 5 4 18 18 7 1 3 3 7 9 7 4 2 1 11 9 0 20
5 Zlate Moravce 14 5 5 4 17 18 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 2 3 2 9 11 -1 20
6 Sereď 14 4 6 4 16 19 7 3 3 1 11 11 7 1 3 3 5 8 -3 18
7 Spartak Trnava 14 5 2 7 17 18 7 3 1 3 8 6 7 2 1 4 9 12 -1 17
8 Trenčín 14 3 5 6 23 27 7 1 3 3 11 16 7 2 2 3 12 11 -4 14
9 Zemplín Michalovce 14 3 5 6 15 19 7 2 2 3 8 9 7 1 3 3 7 10 -4 14
10 Senica 14 4 2 8 15 26 7 2 1 4 7 11 7 2 1 4 8 15 -11 14
11 Nitra 14 3 1 10 12 27 7 2 0 5 7 13 7 1 1 5 5 14 -15 10
12 Pohronie 14 1 4 9 13 31 7 0 2 5 6 18 7 1 2 4 7 13 -18 7

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