UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 - Play-off round Play-off round Wed, Aug 19 · 20:00 Štadión Tehelné pole, Bratislava
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Away travel255 kmRest days8 · 8Matches / 14d1 · 1
Real contextStrength only
Slovan Bratislava—%
Draw—%
Celje—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Bratislava)

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Referee · GermanyFelix Zwayer
  • Cards per match 4.8
  • Penalties per match 0.31
  • Matches 134

Team strength

Slovan BratislavaCelje
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
20 Current StrengthIn forecast 18
18 AttackIn forecast 17
22 DefenceIn forecast 19
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Slovan Bratislava

Attack—
Defense risk—

Celje

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Slovan BratislavaCelje
— Goals scoredVia Att/Def —
— Goals concededVia Att/Def —
— xGVia Att/Def —
— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
— Goals minus xGContext —
— Scored inContext —
— Clean sheetsContext —
— ShotsContext —
— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
— On target shareContext —
— Shots in the boxContext —
— Box shareContext —
— ConversionContext —
— OffsidesContext —
— Shots allowedContext —
— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
— Goalkeeper savesContext —
— Save rateContext —
— PossessionIn forecast —
— PassesContext —
— Accurate passesContext —
— Pass accuracyContext —
— Team ratingContext —
— FoulsContext —
— Fouls sufferedContext —
— Yellow cardsContext —
— Red cardsContext —
This league season, per match
1.20 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
1.10 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.70
0.84 xGVia Att/Def 1.58
1.47 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.62
+0.36 Goals minus xGContext -0.08
80% Scored inContext 70%
30% Clean sheetsContext 30%
9.67 ShotsContext 11.00
4.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.00
36% On target shareContext 38%
6.67 Shots in the boxContext 7.17
68% Box shareContext 66%
9% ConversionContext 12%
2.00 OffsidesContext 1.33
15.83 Shots allowedContext 17.00
5.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 7.17
4.60 BlocksContext 3.57
4.17 Goalkeeper savesContext 5.17
76% Save rateContext 72%
48% PossessionIn forecast 57%
424 PassesContext 439
349 Accurate passesContext 374
82% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.81 Team ratingContext 6.87
11.71 FoulsContext 13.29
11.86 Fouls sufferedContext 13.71
2.40 Yellow cardsContext 2.40
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.10
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Slovan Bratislava
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Celje
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel255 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Slovan Bratislava Celje
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match8UEFA Champions League 2026-2027, 11 Aug8UEFA Champions League 2026-2027, 11 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km255 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways0 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 30 / 1 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Slovan Bratislava Confirmed XI
4-3-3
71D. Takáč(G)
57Sandro Cruz 15S. Marković 12K. Bajrič 28C. Blackman
20A. Mustafić 3P. Pokorný 70C. Martinez
21Suleiman Camara 13R. Čerepkai 11T. Barseghyan
Celje Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1Ž. Leban(G)
11M. Avdyli 6A. Tutyškinas 4D. Hrka 2P. Širvys
19M. Zabukovnik 13P. Daniel
8M. Kvesić 10S. Sešlar 77M. Ivanšek
47A. Kučys

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Slovan Bratislava Absences are shown before kick-off
Celje Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Slovan Bratislava · Home No home games yet this season.
Celje · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 2 of 2 meetings

1 Slovan Bratislava wins1 draws0 Celje wins
Goals per game3.00 – 0.50 Over 2.550% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 0%
  • 30 Jul 2024Slovan Bratislava5–0Celje
  • 24 Jul 2024Celje1–1Slovan Bratislava

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Felix Zwayer Germany · 134 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.69league 1.67
Red cards0.15league 0.00
Cards 5+54%league 0%
Fouls21.8league 24.3
Penalties0.31league 0.00
Home wins45%league 0%
Slovan Bratislava

No previous matches with this referee.

Celje1 with this referee
Record0-0-1 Cards · opp.1.0 · 5.0 Pens for · against1 · 1
  • L10 Apr 25H · Fiorentina1–21

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Slovan Bratislava
No complete event data.
Celje
No complete event data.
Slovan Bratislava10 games · scored 12 · conceded 11
1 0-15
1 2 16-30
2 5 31-45
3 2 46-60
1 1 61-75
4 1 76-90
Celje9 games · scored 14 · conceded 16
1 2 0-15
4 1 16-30
4 3 31-45
1 5 46-60
1 3 61-75
3 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.