Gorica receive Ilirija as obvious favourites: Big football preview

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Competition: Slovenia 2. SNL
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Športni Park (3100 seats)

A victory to the home team is predicted from this game if the league standings is anything to judge by. The Gorica regulars are hopeful that the mismatch between 1st and Ilirija's 13th position in the table will be revealed on the arena.

Insights:
  • Gorica have the fewest conceded goals (9) in 2. SNL
  • Ilirija have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in 2. SNL

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Gorica form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Športni Park as Gorica have scored 17 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the 2. SNL are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

It's back home for Gorica, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Fuzinar away with the result 2-1. Leban and Velikonja found the net in that victory.

Ahead of that match, Gorica lost 0-1 at home to NS Drava.

The Gorica fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively Gorica have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ilirija form and stats

There's been little loot from Ilirija's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the 2. SNL. Ilirija only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.

Ilirija won their last game, 2-0 versus Krsko played at home.

Before that, Ilirija secured a home win against Fuzinar with the score 4-2.

12 goals have been conceded by Ilirija in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head encounter ended Ilirija - Gorica 0-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Gorica two wins, zero draws and Ilirija zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. The matches between these sides have sometimes been from the last two encounters.

Top Goalscorers

GoricaE. Velikonja
E. Velikonja
9 goals
GoricaŽ. Leban
Ž. Leban
6 goals
IlirijaD. Djermanovič
D. Djermanovič
6 goals

Gorica missing players

Ilirija missing players

Gorica Ilirija
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 3 Played P 1 9 19
16 7 2 Won W 0 2 5
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 5
2 1 1 Lost L 1 5 9
35 17 5 Scored S 1 9 20
9 4 3 Conceded C 2 12 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
74% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 68%
42% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 56% 42%
11% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 21%
5% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
32% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 47%
63% 67% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 26%
5% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 37%
 
7.9 7.1 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 4.2
3.7 2.5 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 4 4.8
2.2 3 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.4 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 6
 
13.4 13.5 18 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.4 10
5.4 5.5 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.5
36% 39% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 24% 25%
 
5.8 5.1 3.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 9.6 11.2
2.2 1.5 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.9 4.6
Key stats in 2. SNL this season:
  • Gorica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Gorica have the fewest conceded goals (9) in 2. SNL
  • Gorica have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in 2. SNL
  • Gorica have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in 2. SNL
  • Gorica have the most clean sheets (12) in 2. SNL
  • Gorica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Gorica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ilirija have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ilirija have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in 2. 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 Gorica 19 16 1 2 35 9 9 7 1 1 17 4 10 9 0 1 18 5 26 49
2 Triglav 20 14 3 3 37 13 10 9 0 1 21 3 10 5 3 2 16 10 24 45
3 Nafta 20 10 6 4 48 21 10 5 4 1 22 8 10 5 2 3 26 13 27 36
4 Rogaska 20 11 2 7 32 24 10 6 1 3 16 8 10 5 1 4 16 16 8 35
5 Dob 19 8 4 7 33 29 9 3 2 4 16 19 10 5 2 3 17 10 4 28
6 Rudar Velenje 20 9 1 10 34 33 10 5 0 5 23 17 10 4 1 5 11 16 1 28
7 Krka 20 7 6 7 31 25 10 5 3 2 19 9 10 2 3 5 12 16 6 27
8 Fuzinar 20 7 5 8 30 33 10 6 1 3 22 13 10 1 4 5 8 20 -3 26
9 Primorje 19 6 7 6 27 25 10 3 4 3 18 13 9 3 3 3 9 12 2 25
10 Beltinci 19 6 7 6 23 25 9 2 5 2 12 13 10 4 2 4 11 12 -2 25
11 Bilje 19 5 7 7 27 31 10 4 3 3 18 14 9 1 4 4 9 17 -4 22
12 Dekani 20 4 8 8 24 25 10 3 3 4 13 10 10 1 5 4 11 15 -1 20
13 Ilirija 19 5 5 9 20 25 10 3 3 4 11 13 9 2 2 5 9 12 -5 20
14 Krsko 20 4 7 9 19 37 10 2 3 5 10 17 10 2 4 4 9 20 -18 19
15 NS Drava 20 4 3 13 21 59 10 1 2 7 9 29 10 3 1 6 12 30 -38 15
16 Brezice 20 2 6 12 14 41 10 1 4 5 5 13 10 1 2 7 9 28 -27 12