Spartak Trnava will face off against guests MFK Ružomberok at Štadión Antona Malatinského in the Super Liga clash on Saturday.
Our Spartak Trnava v MFK Ružomberok predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
Spartak Trnava
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Spartak Trnava will be wanting a better result here following the 2-0 Super Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of MŠK Žilina.
In that match, Spartak Trnava had 45% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. For their opponents, MŠK Žilina got 10 shots on goal with 2 on target.
Michal Gašparík's Spartak Trnava have found the net a sum total of 7 times in their past six outings. At the other end, the number of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures is 6.
Going into this one, Spartak Trnava have left without a victory over MFK Ružomberok in their previous 9 league games.
MFK Ružomberok
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MFK Ružomberok will go into the clash after a 3-2 Super Liga win in the defeat of Železiarne Podbrezová in their previous outing.
The only player to score from MFK Ružomberok was Šimon Gabriel (26').
A succession of accomplished displays by the MFK Ružomberok defence has resulted in the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their last 6 clashes in total. During the same period of time, their forwards have scored 8. We will see if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.
Leading up to this clash, MFK Ružomberok:
- have not lost to Spartak Trnava when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.
- have not been beaten in their last 8 away league matches. Impressive, to say the least.
- are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.
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Head to head
Looking at past results between these clubs going back to 24/04/2022 shows that these encounters have not been good ones for Spartak Trnava. They’ve not been able to get any wins at all while MFK Ružomberok have been too good for them, beating them in 67% of those ties.
In all, 15 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from Bíli andeli and 10 netted by Ruža. That’s an average goals per game of 2.5.
The last league meeting featuring the two was Super Liga match day 4 on 06/04/2024 and the score finished MFK Ružomberok 2-1 Spartak Trnava.
On that occasion, MFK Ružomberok had 52% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target.
On the other side, Spartak Trnava got 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Philip Azango (58') was the scorer.
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Team News: Spartak Trnava
Jaheem Burke (unknown injury), Miha Kompan Breznik (unknown injury), Lubos Kamenar (Shoulder injury) and Marco Djuricin (heart problems) will be missing for Spartak Trnava manager Michal Gašparík.
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Team News: MFK Ružomberok
Owing to a completely healthy group available for selection, the MFK Ružomberok boss Ondřej Smetana doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this match.
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Prediction
Spartak Trnava will, in all likelihood, dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
Conversely, MFK Ružomberok could well struggle to get shooting opportunities although we do see them hitting back at some stage.
We reckon that it will be a fairly comfortable 3-1 margin for Spartak Trnava by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
06:04 01/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Spartak Trnava
Formed: 1923
Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského (19,200)
Captain: Dobrivoj Rusov
Chairman: Peter Macho
Manager: Michal Gašparík
Competitions: Super Liga position 2, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)