Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Celje & Koper face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovenian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Koper played their last game only four days ago, a 1. SNL match.
Celje form and stats
Celje participated in Slovenian Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Radomlje.5 victories, 2 draws and 9 defeats. That’s what Celje have to build on here at Stadion Z'dežele in the 1. SNL.
It's back home for Celje, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Tabor Sezana away with the result 1-0. Matic Vrbanec found the net in that victory. A 1. SNL defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Bravo.
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 Celje have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost three.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Olimpija are coming to town in three days.
The Celje fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 16 matches. Celje have conceded 23 in these home matches.
Koper form and stats
Last season their Slovenian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Aluminij.Koper have only collected 16 points from their away games in the 1. SNL, after 4-4-8 (16 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Slovenian Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Koper's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Koper's previous game was their home loss versus Aluminij (0-3). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Mura's place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Koper playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were four Koper wins, three draws and two defeats.
Koper has another fixture away, a 1. SNL game, against Domžale in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visiting Koper have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 16 games. In the opposite end, Koper have conceded 31 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Celje, five draws and two wins for Koper. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  N. Mulahusejnović 13 goals |  F. Dangubić 9 goals |  D. Vršič 6 goals |
Celje missing players
Koper missing players
| Celje | Koper | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 21 | 30 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Conceded | C | 25 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 26% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 34% | ||
| 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 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 59 |
| 2 | Maribor | 33 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 57 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 57 |
| 3 | Mura | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 44 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 56 |
| 4 | Domžale | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 51 |
| 5 | Koper | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -9 | 42 |
| 6 | Bravo | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 41 |
| 7 | Tabor Sezana | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 40 |
| 8 | Aluminij | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -13 | 38 |
| 9 | Celje | 33 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 34 |
| 10 | Gorica | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 53 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -30 | 26 |