Only a win will satisfy the Žilina supporters in this Štadión Pod Dubňom clash with Senica, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Fortuna Liga table.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Senica have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 2-0-2 (win-draw-loss) from four matches.
It's quite the trip for Senica when visiting Žilina as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Žilina form and stats
Žilina have played 5 Fortuna Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Žilina after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Before that, Žilina had a home game versus Spartak Trnava which ended with a victory 2-1.
Heartbreak for Žilina in their last match as Ruzomberok's M. Regali scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Žilina are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (15 goals in 5 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Senica form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Senica playing as the away team in the Fortuna Liga this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Senica are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Ruzomberok.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Senica have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Senica have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Senica - Žilina 0-4. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Žilina eight wins, zero draws and Senica two victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kurminowski 6 goals |   T. Malec 4 goals | P. Iľko 3 goals |
Žilina missing players
Senica missing players
| Žilina | Senica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 27 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 36% | 40% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 82% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 132 | 62 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 56 | 137 |
| 73 | 41 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 21 | 47 |
| 37% | 37% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 23% |
- All of Žilina's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Senica haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Žilina have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Žilina have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Žilina have scored more than double the goals of Senica.
- Žilina 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 | DAC | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 26 |
| 3 | Žilina | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Spartak Trnava | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Ruzomberok | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 16 |
| 6 | Zlaté Moravce | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Nitra | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 8 | Sered | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | Senica | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 10 | Zemplin Michalovce | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | -17 | 9 |
| 11 | Pohronie | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | Trencin | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 8 |