National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Celje or Mura that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Celje form and stats
Last season their Slovenian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Celje have been outstanding at home so far in the 1. SNL with 6 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses.
It's back home for Celje, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Gorica away with the result 2-0. Kouter and Ikwuemesi found the net in that victory.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a 1. SNL home game that ended 3-3 versus Maribor.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 Celje have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Celje, as the 1. SNL home game vs Koper is only four days away.
Goals decide football matches and Celje are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Mura form and stats
Mura was sent out of Slovenian Cup in the quarter-finals last season.2-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Mura in their 1. SNL matches away.
Two away games in a row for Mura, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 versus Maribor. Mura lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Bravo.We have checked recent matches where Mura have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
After this away game Mura return home for a 1. SNL game against Gorica. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Mura are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. Mura struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Mura have won or drawn the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Celje.The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Daku 11 goals |  C. Ikwuemesi 6 goals | M. Klepač 5 goals |
Celje missing players
Mura missing players
| Celje | Mura | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 52 | 34 | Scored | S | 22 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.2 | ||
| 30% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 27% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 12 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 40 |
| 2 | Celje | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 29 |
| 3 | Koper | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 4 | Mura | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Domzale | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Maribor | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Bravo | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Radomlje | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 12 |
| 9 | Gorica | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 11 |
| 10 | Tabor Sezana | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -16 | 11 |
