It's advantage Maribor so far with their 1st position in the 1. SNL table, welcoming Celje who are placed 5th.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Maribor form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Ljudski vrt as Maribor has scored 24 goals to get 22 points from 11 games. The overall stats are 6-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). Maribor haven’t lost a game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Olimpija.The home team returns to Ljudski vrt after sharing the points with Olimpija (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the 1. SNL game ended 0-0. Before that, Maribor had a home game versus Gorica which ended with a victory 2-1.
There will be little rest for Maribor after this match as they are travelling to Aluminij for a Slovenian Cup game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Maribor are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 11 matches. From these home matches, Maribor have conceded only 9 goals.
Celje form and stats
As the visiting team Celje have produced an overall stat of 3-6-3 so far.Celje are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the 1. SNL against Triglav (placed 8th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Krsko that ended 1-1.
Celje are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Celje have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Celje - Maribor 0-5. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 5 - 3 - 2 (Maribor wins - draws - Celje wins).Top Goalscorers
  R. Požeg 12 goals |   L. Zahovič 11 goals |  D. Hotič 8 goals |
Maribor missing players
Celje missing players
| Maribor | Celje | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | Played | 11 | 23 |
| 91% | 91% | Over 0.5 | 91% | 96% |
| 87% | 91% | Over 1.5 | 82% | 83% |
| 74% | 73% | Over 2.5 | 64% | 48% |
| 39% | 27% | Over 3.5 | 55% | 35% |
| 30% | 18% | Over 4.5 | 18% | 13% |
| 52% | 64% | Both teams to score | 55% | 65% |
| 48% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 36% | 26% |
| 9% | 9% | Failed To Score | 18% | 13% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Maribor | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 59 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 41 | 53 |
| 2 | Olimpija | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 43 |
| 3 | Domžale | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | Aluminij | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 33 |
| 5 | Celje | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 33 |
| 6 | Mura | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Gorica | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -9 | 25 |
| 8 | Triglav | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 25 |
| 9 | Rudar Velenje | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 51 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 31 | -27 | 24 |
| 10 | Krško | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -23 | 16 |
