Home advantage could prove decisive in Maribor - Domžale battle

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Competition: Slovenia 1. SNL
Competition: Tue 20.April
Match begins: 15:15 (UTC)
Venue: Ljudski vrt (12702 seats)

It's advantage Maribor so far with their 2nd position in the 1. SNL table, welcoming Domžale who are placed 4th.

Insights:
  • Maribor have the most scored goals (52) in 1. SNL
  • Domžale have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in 1. SNL

It's no vacation for neither Maribor nor Domžale as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Maribor form and stats

Overall 1. SNL stats at home this season for Maribor, who have the most scored goals (52) in 1. SNL, are 7-6-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Maribor haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 196 minutes ago. J. Mlakar scored that one. Maribor are confident in defense, having played 198 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Maribor travelled for their previous game, a trip to Aluminij that ended 0-0. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Koper.

Marcos Tavares felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Aluminij as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 87th minute.

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 Maribor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost two.

Maribor are traveling soon after this match as the 1. SNL match at Bravo awaits in four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 14 games), Maribor's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Maribor have conceded 17 goals.

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Domžale form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. SNL travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Prior to that result Domžale won their away game at Beltinci in the Slovenian Cup. The scoreline was 3-0.

The draw against Bravo came from a losing position. The Domžale manager D. Djuranović brought on Matej Podlogar as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

Domžale are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of four matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Domžale are hosting Celje in the 1. SNL only four days away.

Domžale have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 19 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Domžale have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Domžale - Maribor 3-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Maribor, two draws and one win for Domžale. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

DomžaleD. Kolobaric
D. Kolobaric
10 goals
MariborJ. Mlakar
J. Mlakar
8 goals

Maribor missing players

Domžale missing players

Maribor Domžale
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 14 28
13 7 2 Won W 0 5 10
11 6 2 Drew D 2 4 11
4 1 0 Lost L 1 5 7
52 29 10 Scored S 3 19 39
32 17 5 Conceded C 4 17 32
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 93% 93%
86% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 79%
54% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 39%
39% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 21% 21%
14% 21% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 14% 11%
64% 79% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 64%
25% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 21%
18% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.4 13.5 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.6 12.7
5.4 6.1 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.9 5.4
34% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 28% 26%
Key stats in 1. SNL this season:
  • Domžale have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in 1. SNL
  • Maribor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Maribor have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in 1. SNL
  • Maribor have the most points from losing position (18) in 1. SNL
  • Maribor have the most scored goals (29) at home in 1. SNL
  • Maribor have the most scored goals (52) in 1. SNL
  • Maribor have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in 1. SNL
  • Maribor have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in 1. SNL
  • Maribor have the the best goal difference (+20) in 1. SNL
  • Maribor haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Maribor is in the best form (2-4-0)

  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 27 14 9 4 35 17 14 10 3 1 21 6 13 4 6 3 14 11 18 51
2 Maribor 28 13 11 4 52 32 14 7 6 1 29 17 14 6 5 3 23 15 20 50
3 Mura 28 12 10 6 31 18 14 6 6 2 15 6 14 6 4 4 16 12 13 46
4 Domžale 28 10 11 7 39 32 14 5 7 2 20 15 14 5 4 5 19 17 7 41
5 Koper 27 10 7 10 35 37 13 6 3 4 17 14 14 4 4 6 18 23 -2 37
6 Bravo 28 8 12 8 29 29 14 6 5 3 19 11 14 2 7 5 10 18 0 36
7 Tabor Sezana 27 9 6 12 31 36 14 7 4 3 18 16 13 2 2 9 13 20 -5 33
8 Celje 28 7 7 14 24 33 14 4 2 8 16 21 14 3 5 6 8 12 -9 28
9 Aluminij 28 6 10 12 19 36 14 4 6 4 10 11 14 2 4 8 9 25 -17 28
10 Gorica 27 4 7 16 17 42 13 3 3 7 9 21 14 1 4 9 8 21 -25 19