1. SNL prediction and preview: Celje modest favorites to beat Koper

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Competition: Slovenia 1. SNL
Competition: Wed 16.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Z'dežele (13059 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion Z'dežele haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Celje languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Koper will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Celje have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It's no vacation for neither Celje nor Koper as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Celje form and stats

3-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the 1. SNL numbers at home for Celje so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Celje, who won 2-0 against Gorica (placed 10th). Heartbreak before that as Celje lost 0-1 at Tabor Sezana's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Celje handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and one defeat.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Mura are coming to town in four days.

Celje has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Celje have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Koper form and stats

Playing away, Koper have won 2 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the 1. SNL this season.

Koper might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Maribor proved too strong as Koper slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at ŠRC Bonifika. Before that, Koper travelled to Domzale and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Koper are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of two matches.

Koper has another fixture away, a 1. SNL game, against Tabor Sezana in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

The visiting Koper have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Koper have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Koper - Celje 3-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Celje three wins, five draws and Koper two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KoperN. Mulahusejnović
N. Mulahusejnović
9 goals
CeljeF. Dangubić
F. Dangubić
5 goals
KoperD. Vršič
D. Vršič
5 goals

Celje missing players

Koper missing players

Celje Koper
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 8 17
5 3 1 Won W 1 2 7
5 2 0 Drew D 2 4 6
7 3 1 Lost L 0 2 4
17 11 3 Scored S 5 10 24
18 9 3 Conceded C 3 9 18
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 94%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 82%
35% 38% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 47%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 12% 12%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 6%
35% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 71%
35% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 24%
41% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11.5 11.9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 5.3 8 9.7
3.1 3.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.6 4.2
33% 37% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 34% 33%
Key stats in 1. SNL this season:
  • All of Celje's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Celje have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Celje haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Maribor 17 10 4 3 34 20 8 5 3 0 19 9 9 5 1 3 15 11 14 34
2 Olimpija 17 9 4 4 23 14 9 7 1 1 15 5 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 31
3 Mura 16 8 5 3 19 9 8 4 2 2 9 4 8 4 3 1 10 5 10 29
4 Koper 17 7 6 4 24 18 9 5 2 2 14 9 8 2 4 2 10 9 6 27
5 Tabor Sezana 16 6 3 7 18 19 8 6 2 0 13 4 8 0 1 7 5 15 -1 21
6 Domzale 16 5 5 6 23 22 8 2 4 2 11 9 8 3 1 4 12 13 1 20
7 Celje 17 5 5 7 17 18 8 3 2 3 11 9 9 2 3 4 6 9 -1 20
8 Bravo 16 5 5 6 16 20 7 4 2 1 11 6 9 1 3 5 5 14 -4 20
9 Aluminij 17 3 5 9 12 28 9 2 4 3 8 10 8 1 1 6 4 18 -16 14
10 Gorica 17 2 4 11 12 30 9 2 1 6 6 16 8 0 3 5 6 14 -18 10