It's advantage Maribor so far with their 3rd position in the 1. SNL table, welcoming Aluminij who are placed 4th.
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.
Maribor form and stats
6 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Maribor have to build on here at Ljudski vrt in the 1. SNL.
Happy days for Maribor in their previous game, a 1. SNL match away at Domzale (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Bravo (1-2).
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Maribor home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in two wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Maribor in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. Maribor are not conceding a lot of goals here at Ljudski vrt in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 13 matches.
Aluminij form and stats
As the visiting team in 1. SNL matches, Aluminij have produced an overall stat of 5-4-4 so far.
Aluminij's previous game was their home loss versus Mura (0-4). A loss against Mura was the result prior to that, in a 1. SNL home game.
Aluminij lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Aluminij played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, two were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
Aluminij are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Aluminij have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Aluminij - Maribor 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Maribor, two draws and zero wins for Aluminij. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Kronaveter 13 goals |   N. Leko 9 goals | M. Klepač 8 goals |
Maribor missing players
Aluminij missing players
| Maribor | Aluminij | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 43 | 23 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 45 |
| 27 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 88% | 77% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 85% | 88% |
| 77% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 73% |
| 50% | 54% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 46% |
| 27% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 23% | 27% |
| 19% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 58% | 46% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 54% | 54% |
| 35% | 46% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 31% | 35% |
| 19% | 31% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 31% | 23% |
| 6.3 | 7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 436 | 238 | 52 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 134 | 297 |
| 167 | 93 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 55 | 129 |
| 26% | 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 27% | 34% |
- Maribor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Maribor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 53 |
| 2 | Celje | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 30 | 48 |
| 3 | Maribor | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 46 |
| 4 | Aluminij | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 45 |
| 5 | Mura | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 41 |
| 6 | Bravo | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -11 | 31 |
| 7 | Tabor Sežana | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | -11 | 29 |
| 8 | Triglav | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 60 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -28 | 27 |
| 9 | Domzale | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 27 | -14 | 26 |
| 10 | Rudar Velenje | 26 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 34 | -35 | 10 |