Match details. 2. Liga, Regular Season - 9. Kick-off is Sun 4 Oct, 14:00 Lagos time.
What's at stake. NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica are 11th on 10 points after 8 games, 2 points behind Dekani, 1 point clear of Primorje. A win would take them above Dekani. NK Rudar Velenje are 6th on 15 points after 8 games, 1 point behind Slovan Ljubljana, 1 point clear of Dren Vrhnika. A win would take them above Slovan Ljubljana.
Form. NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica have won five, drawn one and lost four of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L L W L W. NK Rudar Velenje have won five, drawn one and lost four of their last ten, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W W W L W.
The numbers. NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica score 1.4 and concede 1.3 a game over their last ten, with four clean sheets and four games without a goal. NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica average 9.6 shots (3.9 on target), 3.1 corners and 2.8 cards a game. NK Rudar Velenje score 1.2 and concede 2.6 a game in their last five away, with no clean sheets and three games without a goal. NK Rudar Velenje average 13.2 shots (5.5 on target), 6.3 corners and 2.0 cards a game.
Head to head. In the last eight meetings NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica have won three, drawn four and lost one. Six of the eight went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in six. In the last four, NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica won two and two were drawn. The last time they met, on 21 Nov 2025, it finished NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica 0-0 NK Rudar Velenje.
Where it pulls both ways. NK Rudar Velenje are the form side, but the meetings favour NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica: in the last eight meetings, NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica won three, NK Rudar Velenje won one and four were drawn.
The read. No side to back. An open game. Form and the meetings point different ways, so I back neither side. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 53%. Six of the last eight meetings went over 2.5.
The bets. Best bet: Over 1.5 Goals at 1.20, 77% on the records (NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica: over 1.5 goals in 6 of 10; NK Rudar Velenje: over 1.5 goals in 5 of 5 away). Leave: NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); NK Rudar Velenje or Over 2.5 Goals (no result call); Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: NK Bistrica Slovenska Bistrica 2-1 NK Rudar Velenje (10% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).