📏 Form Guide

Železiarne Podbrezová

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Železiarne Podbrezová will be looking to improve on their last outing here after a 3-1 Super Liga defeat last time out to DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.

In that game, Železiarne Podbrezová had 63% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. DAC Dunajská Streda had 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Moussa Koné (1', 16') and Matej Trusa (8') scored for DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Železiarne Podbrezová have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Železiarne Podbrezová have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 12 goals along the way. That sort of pattern won’t necessarily follow through here, of course.

Their previous form shows that Železiarne Podbrezová:

• are winless against Spartak Trnava when playing them at home in the last 2 league matches.
• have not won against Spartak Trnava in their previous 4 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Spartak Trnava

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of MFK Ružomberok in Super Liga action, Spartak Trnava will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Spartak Trnava had 48% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Spartak Trnava was Philip Azango (58'). On the other side, MFK Ružomberok got 11 shots on goal with 4 on target.

A tendency of at least one side getting a clean sheet in games involving Spartak Trnava has become noticeable in recent matches. Checking on their last 6 meetings reveals that it has happened 5 times. During those clashes, their opponents have hit a goal aggregate of 4 and Spartak Trnava have scored 9.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 31/07/2022 shows that Železiarne Podbrezová have won 1 of them & Spartak Trnava 4, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 6 of them from Železiari and 15 being from Bíli andeli. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The previous league contest featuring these clubs was Super Liga match day 15 on 26/11/2023 when it ended Železiarne Podbrezová 1-2 Spartak Trnava.

On that occasion, Železiarne Podbrezová managed 58% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer was Patrik Blahút (16').

At the other end, Spartak Trnava had 4 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Michal Ďuriš (52') and Filip Bainović (75') scored.

📋 Team News: Železiarne Podbrezová

The Železiarne Podbrezová manager Roman Skuhravy will be grateful not to have any fitness worries at all before this game thanks to a completely healthy group available to choose from.

🗞️ Team News: Spartak Trnava

Spartak Trnava manager Michal Gašparík has some current player fitness concerns. Lubos Kamenar (Shoulder injury), Marco Djuricin (heart problems) and Miha Kompan Breznik (unknown injury) will not be playing here.

💡 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Železiarne Podbrezová might have a difficult job to break down this Spartak Trnava outfit who should win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We therefore see a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 0-1 winning score for Spartak Trnava when the full-time whistle blows.

Let’s see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 15:10 14/04/2024