Zemplín Michalovce will be facing visitors Dukla Banská Bystrica at Mestský futbalový štadión in the Super Liga fixture on Friday.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Zemplín Michalovce v Dukla Banská Bystrica are shown on this page - along with the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
Zemplín Michalovce
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Zemplín Michalovce will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 1-3 Super Liga defeat last time out to Skalica.
In that game, Zemplín Michalovce had 50% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For their opponents, Skalica got 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Daniel Smékal (59') was the scorer for Skalica.
Their most recent results highlight the fact that not much more can be done by the Zemplín Michalovce rearguard. Zemplín Michalovce have been miserly, resulting in the total number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their previous six matches standing at 3.
Coming into this contest, Zemplín Michalovce are without a win at home for the past 2 league matches.
Dukla Banská Bystrica
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Dukla Banská Bystrica head into the match after a 0-1 Super Liga win in the defeat of ViOn Zlaté Moravce in their last game.
In that match, Dukla Banská Bystrica had 54% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Dukla Banská Bystrica was Jakub Považanec (56'). For their opponents, ViOn Zlaté Moravce got 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target.
A sequence of effective performances by the Dukla Banská Bystrica defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their previous 6 clashes combined. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 8. We will see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.
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Head to head
The previous league match between these clubs was Super Liga match day 5 on 13/04/2024 when it finished Dukla Banská Bystrica 0-1 Zemplín Michalovce.
That day, Dukla Banská Bystrica had 69% possession and 15 shots at goal with 2 on target.
For their opponents, Zemplín Michalovce got 15 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Gino van Kessel (84') was the scorer.
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Team News: Zemplín Michalovce
The Zemplín Michalovce manager Peter Struhár will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of before this match thanks to a fully injury-free squad available for selection.
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Team News: Dukla Banská Bystrica
With a fully healthy group ready to go, the Dukla Banská Bystrica boss Mário Auxt has no fitness worries at all before this game.
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Prediction
Our assessment is that Dukla Banská Bystrica have the firepower to find the net against this Zemplín Michalovce side, however it probably shouldn’t be enough to prevent defeat.
Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Zemplín Michalovce by the conclusion of the game. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
08:05 25/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Zemplín Michalovce
Formed: 1912
Stadium: Mestský futbalový štadión (4,440)
Captain: Igor Žofčák
Chairman: Ján Sabol
Manager: Peter Struhár
Competitions: Super Liga position 11