The Super Liga game at Štadión pod Dubňom on Saturday will see hosts MŠK Žilina ready themselves for the visit of Spartak Trnava.
View all of the MŠK Žilina v Spartak Trnava predictions, poll and stats below - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
MŠK Žilina
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MŠK Žilina will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-2 Super Liga victory versus Železiarne Podbrezová.
In that game, MŠK Žilina managed 48% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For their opponents, Železiarne Podbrezová had 26 attempts at goal with 10 on target.
It’s been all too rare in recent games that MŠK Žilina have shown defensive steel. The facts show that MŠK Žilina have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, letting in 9 goals during that time. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on in this game.
Going into this one, MŠK Žilina have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.
Spartak Trnava
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Slovan Bratislava in Super Liga action, Spartak Trnava and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that game, Spartak Trnava managed 41% possession and 12 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Spartak Trnava was Michal Ďuriš (14'). Slovan Bratislava got 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Tigran Barseghyan (47') and Matúš Vojtko (83') scored for Slovan Bratislava.
In their previous 6 outings, Spartak Trnava have amassed the sum of 10 goals. Spartak Trnava have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. During that period, they have seen 4 goals go against them.
Going into this contest, Spartak Trnava have not beaten MŠK Žilina when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
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Head to head
A review of their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 22/10/2022 shows us that MŠK Žilina have won 2 of these and Spartak Trnava 3, with the number of draws standing at 1.
A combined sum of 15 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 7 from Šošoni and 8 belonging to Bíli andeli. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.
The last league game between these clubs was Super Liga match day 3 on 31/03/2024 when it finished Spartak Trnava 1-0 MŠK Žilina.
That time, Spartak Trnava had 35% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer was Philip Azango (24').
For their opponents, MŠK Žilina had 13 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.
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Team News: MŠK Žilina
The MŠK Žilina boss Jaroslav Hynek doesn’t have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game thanks to a completely healthy group ready to go.
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Team News: Spartak Trnava
Spartak Trnava manager Michal Gašparík has some current player fitness concerns. Jaheem Burke (unknown injury), Miha Kompan Breznik (unknown injury), Lubos Kamenar (Shoulder injury) and Marco Djuricin (heart problems) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
We believe that MŠK Žilina will do well to put one past this Spartak Trnava team who we think will likely get a goal themselves and run out victorious.
We’ve gone for a good battle with a 0-1 victory for Spartak Trnava at the end of this one.
Let’s see.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
21:09 26/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
MŠK Žilina
Formed: 1908
Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom (10,897)
Chairman: Jozef Antošík
Manager: Jaroslav Hynek
Competitions: Super Liga position 3