With their 18 point advantage in the league table, Koper fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Gorica.
- Koper haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Gorica have the most conceded goals (45) in 1. SNL
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Koper form and stats
Overall 1. SNL stats at home this season for Koper are 7-3-4 (wins-draw-losses).
Koper are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-6 away versus Olimpija. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Tabor Sežana.
Koper were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Koper have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won two times, drawn one and lost zero.
Koper are traveling soon after this match as the Slovenian Cup match at NS Drava awaits in four days.
Koper are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Koper have conceded 14 goals.
Gorica form and stats
There's been little loot from Gorica's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 14 away games in the 1. SNL. Gorica, who have the most conceded goals (45) in 1. SNL, only have 1 win to counter their 9 defeats and 4 draws.
Gorica go into this game after a win, the home game against Bravo that ended 3-2. A 0-1 loss hosting Olimpija before that.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager A. Jović when Žan Vipotnik scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 83rd minute. The end of the last match, against Bravo, was very satisfying as Žan Vipotnik scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Gorica are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gorica as they have only managed to score 8 times from 14 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Gorica have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Gorica - Koper 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Koper, four draws and three wins for Gorica. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Mulahusejnović 12 goals |  D. Vršič 6 goals |  Ž. Žužek 5 goals |
Koper missing players
Gorica missing players
| Koper | Gorica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 38 | 18 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 43 | 14 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 45 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 90% |
| 79% | 79% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 57% | 66% |
| 48% | 43% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 29% | 34% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 21% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 10% |
| 62% | 57% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 24% | 36% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 14% | 17% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 52% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9.6 | 10.9 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.1 |
| 4 | 4.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 33% | 28% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 16% | 21% |
- Gorica have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Gorica have the fewest clean sheets (5) in 1. SNL
- Gorica have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in 1. SNL
- Gorica have the fewest points (7) away in 1. SNL
- Gorica have the fewest points from losing position (2) in 1. SNL
- Gorica have the fewest scored goals in the second half (5) in 1. SNL
- Gorica have the most conceded goals (45) in 1. SNL
- Gorica have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in 1. SNL
- Gorica have the the worst goal difference (-25) in 1. SNL
- Koper have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Gorica have scored away.
- Koper 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 | Olimpija | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 57 |
| 2 | Maribor | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 50 |
| 3 | Mura | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 46 |
| 4 | Domzale | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 44 |
| 5 | Koper | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 29 | -5 | 40 |
| 6 | Bravo | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Tabor Sežana | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 36 |
| 8 | Aluminij | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 31 |
| 9 | Celje | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 28 |
| 10 | Gorica | 29 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -25 | 22 |