Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Koper & Celje face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovenian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Koper and Celje should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Koper form and stats
Last season their Slovenian Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.The story so far in the 1. SNL for Koper at their home stadium (ŠRC Bonifika) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Happy days for Koper in their previous game, a fixture away at Domzale that ended with a 1-0 victory. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Colley, having found the net in three consecutive matches.
Before that, Koper had a 1. SNL home game versus Celje which ended with a victory 3-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Koper handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, four draws and three defeats.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 1. SNL game versus Olimpija in only three days. This game is also played here at ŠRC Bonifika.
Koper have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at ŠRC Bonifika with 24 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Koper have conceded 20 goals.
Celje form and stats
Last season their Slovenian Cup adventure ended in the final.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Celje so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-11 (win-draw-lose).
Celje won their last game, 2-0 versus Bravo played at home.
A 1-3 defeat away at Koper before that.Celje 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, three draws and five defeats. From a total of ten matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Celje manager Rožman as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Aluminij.
Celje struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Koper wins - draws - Celje wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Barišič 13 goals |  L. Colley 9 goals | K. Parris 9 goals |
Koper missing players
Celje missing players
| Koper | Celje | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.9 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 11 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Maribor | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 47 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 60 |
| 2 | Koper | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 59 |
| 3 | Olimpija | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | Mura | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 50 |
| 5 | Bravo | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| 6 | Celje | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 26 | -5 | 38 |
| 7 | Domzale | 31 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -1 | 37 |
| 8 | Radomlje | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | -10 | 33 |
| 9 | Tabor Sezana | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 10 | Aluminij | 31 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 35 | -28 | 23 |
