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The New Saints FC vs MSK Zilina, Europe 2019-20 1ST QUALIFYING ROUND

UEFA Europa League · 2019-20
The New Saints FC
3 – 1
Full Time
MSK Zilina
Thu 27 Aug 2020 · 17:30 UTC Park Hall Stadium HT 45+7' · FT 45+8'
Blaine Hudson 0' Y
Ryan Brobbel 22' Y
Ryan Astles 32' Y
Y 45' Jan Minarik
Y 54' Branislav Sluka
Ryan Harrington 73' Y
Daniel Redmond 76' Y
Y 90' Miroslav Gono
Leo Smith 101' Y
R 108' Branislav Sluka

Overview

Match Preview

The New Saints FC vs MSK Zilina — Europe at Park Hall Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Manfredas Lukjancukas
  • Referee Vladimir Gerasimov
  • Referee Robertas Valikonis
  • Referee Vytis Snarskis
4 games this season 🟨 0.0/game ⚽ 3.0 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvarosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahce SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
The New Saints FC 1 games · Avg 4.0 goals MSK Zilina
Last 5 meetings
2020-08-27 The New Saints FC 3–1 MSK Zilina

Recent Form

The New Saints FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Aug MSK Zilina H 3–1 W
15 Aug PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad H 0–4 L
08 Aug PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad A 0–5 L
31 Jul FC København A 0–1 L
23 Jul FC København H 0–2 L
16 Jul KF Feronikeli A 1–0 W
MSK Zilina
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Aug The New Saints FC A 1–3 L

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for The New Saints FC to score. At the same time, MSK Zilina does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jan Minarik suffering a number of foals already.
  • 10' It looks surprising MSK Zilina does not make any changes. Daniel Redmond has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' The travelling MSK Zilina supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Patrik Ilko, as he is very good at scoring at Park Hall Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 25' It’s high time Pavol Stano made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 30' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 35' The New Saints FC is showing some good football. However, The New Saints FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 40' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. MSK Zilina needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering MSK Zilina that had 1 games and scored 1 goals.
  • 50' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 55' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 55 minutes.
  • 60' It looks like no one’s ball. The New Saints FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 65' MSK Zilina is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 70' MSK Zilina seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 75' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 80' Adrian Kapralik needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 85' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 90' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Vahan Bichakhchyan made 1 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • The final score is 3-1.

Lineups

The New Saints FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Scott Ruscoe

MSK Zilina Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pavol Stano

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.93 The New Saints FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.26 MSK Zilina xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct
The New Saints FC52% Draw24% MSK Zilina24%
Actual: The New Saints FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes61% 0% No39%
Avg goals/match: 3.19
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 61%
39%
± 3.5 39%
61%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

The New Saints FC or Draw
76%
Draw or MSK Zilina
48%
The New Saints FC or MSK Zilina
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
The New Saints FC38% Draw42% MSK Zilina20%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.9%
2 – 1
9.3%
2 – 0
7.6%
1 – 0
7.3%
1 – 2
6.1%
3 – 1
Actual
2 – 2
5.8%
0 – 0
5.7%
3 – 0
4.8%
0 – 1
4.5%
3 – 2
3.8%
0 – 2
3.3%

Asian Handicap — The New Saints FC

Handicap The New Saints FC covers Push MSK Zilina covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 16% 70%
-1.5 30% — 70%
-1 30% 21% 48%
-0.5 52% — 48%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 14% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

The New Saints FC keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
MSK Zilina keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.