Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Luftëtari 1st with 51 points, Butrinti Sarandë 3rd with 36, 15 apart. On recent form Butrinti Sarandë sat only 8th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Against a league average of 1.51 goals per team per game, Luftëtari ran at 2.8 scored and 0.55 conceded, Butrinti Sarandë at 1.8 and 0.85.
Luftëtari had won six straight, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Luftëtari against 7/15 for Butrinti Sarandë.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Luftëtari, 0 draws and 2 for Butrinti Sarandë, at 4 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 80% of the meetings. 60% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Stadiumi Gjirokastra staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,400. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-1.