Koper will hope to employ their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 18 points behind Olimpija.
- Koper have the fewest points from losing position (1) in 1. SNL
- Olimpija have the fewest conceded goals (22) 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
Koper have collected 18 points from their 1. SNL home games so far after 5-3-4. The Koper manager Željkovič might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Koper crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Radomlje here at ŠRC Bonifika.
2-2 away at Gorica before that.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Koper have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 3 and lost 3.
A decent goal production from Koper in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches.
Olimpija form and stats
Olimpija have an excellent away record in the 1. SNL so far with 7-1-3 from 11 games.
The supporters enjoyed Olimpija's previous match versus Gorica (placed 10th), a 4-3 win played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Gorica was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
Prior to that match, the Olimpija manager Ortega faced defeat when travelling to Maribor and losing 0-2.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olimpija playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 6 Olimpija wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Olimpija have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 24 goals from 11 away matches. Olimpija have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these two teams get together this season, as the results database show this recent game: Olimpija - Koper 2-1. Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Koper, one draw and five wins for Olimpija. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kotnik 10 goals |  S. Sešlar 8 goals | M. Kvesić 8 goals |
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| Koper | Olimpija | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | 45 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 22 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 87% |
| 78% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 70% |
| 43% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 45% | 43% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 26% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | 26% |
| 52% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 27% | 35% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 64% | 61% |
| 22% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| 4.7 | 3.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 12.2 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 26% | 31% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 40% | 35% |
| 12.7 | 10.8 | 10.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 10.3 | 10.5 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
- Koper have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in 1. SNL
- Koper have the fewest points from losing position (1) in 1. SNL
- Olimpija have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Olimpija have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Olimpija have the fewest conceded goals (22) in 1. SNL
- Olimpija have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in 1. SNL
- Olimpija have the most clean sheets (14) in 1. SNL
- Olimpija have the most clean sheets (7) away in 1. SNL
- Olimpija have the most points (22) away in 1. SNL
- Olimpija have the most scored goals (24) away in 1. SNL
- Olimpija have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in 1. SNL
- Olimpija have the the best goal difference (+23) in 1. SNL
| 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 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 54 |
| 2 | Celje | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 41 |
| 3 | Maribor | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | Koper | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 36 |
| 5 | Domzale | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
| 6 | Mura | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Bravo | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Radomlje | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -26 | 18 |
| 9 | Tabor Sežana | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -28 | 17 |
| 10 | Gorica | 23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -17 | 15 |
