Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Bylis Ballsh (2nd, 71 pts) and Apolonia Fier (5th, 46 pts). Apolonia Fier had been under-performing their position — 11th on five-round form against 5th in the table. Per game in the league, Apolonia Fier were scoring 1.33 and conceding 0.94, Bylis Ballsh 1.67 and 0.94, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Bylis Ballsh entered with three wins in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Apolonia Fier win, 3 for Bylis Ballsh, 1 draw, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
Stadiumi Loni Papuçiu in Fieri staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,800. Apolonia Fier led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 4-1 full-time score.