About Match
8 points for Ljutomer (7th), 10 for Smartno (3rd): a 2-point gap. Ljutomer rank just 18th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Per game in the league, Ljutomer score 1.67 and conceding 1.33, Smartno 2.67 and 2.17, against a competition average of 1.86 goals per team per game. A win here leaves Ljutomer on 11 points and up to 6th, overtaking Smartno, other results permitting.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 3 Ljutomer wins, 5 for Smartno, 0 draws, at 5.5 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 63% of the meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%. Where history says 5.5 goals per meeting, the last five say 6.6.