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.
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.