Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Butrinti Sarandë (2nd, 44 pts) held a 32-point advantage over Shkumbini Peqin (11th, 12 pts). On recent form Shkumbini Peqin sat only 20th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 11th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Shkumbini Peqin 1 scored and 1.9 conceded per game, Butrinti Sarandë 1.75 and 0.8, with the league averaging 1.49.
Five consecutive defeats weighed on Shkumbini Peqin. The last-five ledger: Shkumbini Peqin 0/15, Butrinti Sarandë 10/15.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Shkumbini Peqin have 1 win to Butrinti Sarandë's 3, with 2 draws, at 1.5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stadiumi Shkumbini staged the fixture, a ground that holds 9,000. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Butrinti Sarandë: Xhilardinjo Avduli (47'), Mario Merkuri (82')