Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Koper U19 7th with 40 points, Rudar U19 15th with 21, 19 apart. Koper U19 had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 7th overall. Against a league average of 1.86 goals per team per game, Koper U19 ran at 1.93 scored and 1.97 conceded, Rudar U19 at 1.17 and 2.55.
Koper U19 entered with three losses in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Koper U19 win, 2 for Rudar U19, 2 draws, at 5 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. The fixture leans high-scoring: 80% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 100%.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: Koper U19 led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 5-0.
Goal scorers
Koper U19: Gabriel Bogatinov (72'), Maj Bečaj (86'), 3 goals with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Possession: Koper U19 68% · Rudar U19 32% · Total shots: 26-6 · On target: 15-2 · Corners: 10-4