A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Celje fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and Rudar Velenje's 10th place in the table will show on the pitch.
Celje form and stats
Celje, who have the most scored goals (53) in 1. SNL, are steadily winning 1. SNL games and points here at Stadion Z'dežele. 8 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 13 games.
Celje are confident in defense, having played 195 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Celje in their previous game, a 1. SNL match away at Triglav (placed 8th) that ended with a 5-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Celje won a home game hosting Maribor (2-0).
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Celje played a great game against Triglav and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Dario Vizinger was absolutely essential when Celje beat Triglav 5-0, scoring three goals.
A decent goal production from Celje in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Celje have conceded only 11 goals.
Rudar Velenje form and stats
There's been little loot from Rudar Velenje's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 13 away games in the 1. SNL. Rudar Velenje, who have the most conceded goals (32) away in 1. SNL, only have 0 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Rudar Velenje, who have now gone 25 games without a victory. The Domzale game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 13 away games in a row.
Velenje failed to get anything from their last game, a 1. SNL home match vs Tabor Sezana (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1. A 1-1 draw at Mura's stadium before that.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Velenje as the away team, we found five results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and five defeats. The outsiders lost four of these games by at least two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rudar Velenje as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. Velenje have conceded 32 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Rudar Velenje - Celje 3-3 entered in the official records. Celje-Rudar Velenje H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Celje five wins, Rudar Velenje four wins, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Vizinger 18 goals | I. Božić 9 goals |
Celje missing players
Rudar Velenje missing players
| Celje | Rudar Velenje | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 25 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 53 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| 25 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 32 | 56 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 76% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 92% | 92% |
| 60% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 60% |
| 48% | 38% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 32% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 23% | 24% |
| 44% | 46% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 54% | 68% |
| 44% | 54% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 32% |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 273 | 129 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 111 | 231 |
| 134 | 66 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 40 | 88 |
| 40% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 22% | 26% |
- Celje has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
- Celje has the most clean sheets (11)
- Celje has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- Celje has the most points (28) at home
- Celje has the most scored goals (53)
- Celje has the most scored goals in the second half (28)
- Celje has the the best goal difference (+28)
- Celje have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Celje have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Celje have scored more than double the goals of Rudar Velenje.
- Celje is in the best form (4-2-0)
- Rudar Velenje has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Rudar Velenje has the fewest points (4) away
- Rudar Velenje has the fewest scored goals (23)
- Rudar Velenje has the fewest scored goals in the first half (11)
- Rudar Velenje has the fewest scored goals in the second half (12)
- Rudar Velenje has the most conceded goals (32) away
- Rudar Velenje has the most conceded goals in the first half (30)
- Rudar Velenje has the the worst goal difference (-23) away
- Rudar Velenje has the the worst goal difference (-33)
- Rudar Velenje have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rudar Velenje have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Rudar Velenje have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rudar Velenje have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Rudar Velenje have yet to win a game.
- Rudar Velenje haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rudar Velenje is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olimpija | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 50 |
| 2 | Celje | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 28 | 45 |
| 3 | Aluminij | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 45 |
| 4 | Maribor | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 43 |
| 5 | Mura | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Tabor Sezana | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 29 |
| 7 | Bravo | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 28 |
| 8 | Triglav | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 59 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 31 | -27 | 27 |
| 9 | Domzale | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -13 | 26 |
| 10 | Rudar Velenje | 25 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 32 | -33 | 10 |