Slovenia - PrvaLigaStadion Z'deželeData current as of September 03, 2026

Celje vs Koper: match statistics

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Celje vs Koper: form, goals and key statistics

Game details

Celje plays Koper in PrvaLiga (Slovenia). The game is scheduled for September 6, 2026. Venue: Stadion Z'dežele.

Recent form

Celje has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss over its last five games, averaging 2.00 points per game. Koper has 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with 1.60 points per game.

Scoring records

Celje scores 1.67 goals per game and allows 1.33. Koper scores 1.00 and allows 0.71. Games in this league average 2.56 goals.

BTTS and goal totals

Both teams score in 67% of Celje's games and 29% of Koper's. The Over 2.5 rates are 50% and 14%, compared with league averages of 50% for BTTS and 41% for Over 2.5.

xG and shots

Celje has the higher season xG average, 1.67 to 1.44 per game. Celje takes 13.0 shots per game, while Koper takes 11.6.

First-half and second-half trends

Celje leads at halftime in 17% of its games and scores 1.17 goals per game after halftime. Koper leads at halftime in 14% and scores 0.86 after halftime.

When the teams score

Celje's most productive scoring window is minutes 76-90+ (4 goals). For Koper, it is minutes 76-90+ (4 goals). These are past scoring patterns, not predicted goal times.

League scoring profile

PrvaLiga games average 2.56 goals. Both teams score in 50% of games, and 41% finish with at least three goals.

Head-to-head record

Before this game, 4 previous meetings were available. The record was 1 home win, 2 draws and 1 away win. Those games averaged 3.00 goals, with both teams scoring in 75% of them.

Before kickoff

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Pre-game profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This team profile combines season stats and recent form. In-game statistics appear after the final whistle.

1.67Goals scored / game1
CeljeKoper
1.33Goals allowed / game0.71
CeljeKoper
63%Average possession57%
CeljeKoper
4.17Shots on target / game2.86
CeljeKoper

Team statswho is more efficient?

Compare both teams' attacking and defensive records this season.

13Shots per game11.57
CeljeKoper
4.17Shots on target2.86
CeljeKoper
12.8%Shot conversion8.6%
CeljeKoper
63%Possession57%
CeljeKoper
1.67xG for1.44
CeljeKoper
1.37xG against1.31
CeljeKoper

Shooting quality

Celje: BalancedKoper: Balanced
CeljeKoper
Accuracy (shots on target)32%25%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.130.12
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.400.35

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five games and season record, overall, at home and away.

Celje is 25% better for: last-5 form.

2 pts / game - Celje · 1.6 pts / game - Koper

Celje
DWWLW
Season result split
50% W33% R17% P
Season (W-D-L)
3-2-1
1.83 pts / game · goal difference +2
Last 5 (W-D-L)
3-1-1
2.00 pts / game
Record at home (W-D-L)
1-2-0
Last 5 at home
1-2-0
DDW
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 1.6Goals conceded: 1.2xG: 1.69Opponent xG: 1.37BTTS: 60%Over 2.5: 40%
Koper
DLDWW
Season result split
43% W43% R14% P
Season (W-D-L)
3-3-1
1.71 pts / game · goal difference +2
Last 5 (W-D-L)
2-2-1
1.60 pts / game
Record away (W-D-L)
3-1-1
Last 5 away
3-1-1
WDLWW
Last 5 games - averages
Goals scored: 0.6Goals conceded: 0.6xG: 1.34Opponent xG: 1.20BTTS: 20%Over 2.5: 0%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Celje is 67% better for: goals scored per game.

1.67 goals / game - Celje · 1 goals / game - Koper

Koper is 87% better for: goals allowed per game.

1.33 goals / game - Celje · 0.71 goals / game - Koper

Celje scoring profile: strong

Celje scores in 100% of games (6 of 6 meczów), while Koper keeps a clean sheet in 57% (4 of 7 meczów).

Koper scoring profile: strong

Koper scores in 71% of games (5 of 7 meczów), while Celje keeps a clean sheet in 33% (2 of 6 meczów).

10Goals scored (season)7
CeljeKoper
8Goals conceded (season)5
CeljeKoper
3Average goals per game1.71
CeljeKoper
8Goals scored (last 5)3
CeljeKoper
6Goals conceded (last 5)3
CeljeKoper

How often they score at least...

100%1 goal71%
CeljeKoper
50%2 goals29%
CeljeKoper
17%3 goals0%
CeljeKoper
0%4 goals0%
CeljeKoper

How often they concede at least...

67%1 goal43%
CeljeKoper
33%2 goals29%
CeljeKoper
17%3 goals0%
CeljeKoper
17%4 goals0%
CeljeKoper

* Statistics include both teams' home and away games this season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often games involving these teams produce goals at both ends, compared with the league average.

Goal patterns

33%BTTS at half-time0%
CeljeKoper
0%BTTS in both halves0%
CeljeKoper
17%Scored in both halves14%
CeljeKoper

BTTS and goal count

50%Min. 3 goals and BTTS14%
CeljeKoper
0%Min. 3 goals without BTTS0%
CeljeKoper
60%BTTS - last 520%
CeljeKoper

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these games cross the goal lines?

See how often games involving these teams clear each goal line, for the full game and each half.

1st half

67%Min. 1 goal before half-time57%
CeljeKoper
33%Min. 2 goals before half-time14%
CeljeKoper
17%Min. 3 goals before half-time0%
CeljeKoper

2nd half

100%Min. 1 goal after half-time86%
CeljeKoper
50%Min. 2 goals after half-time14%
CeljeKoper
33%Min. 3 goals after half-time0%
CeljeKoper

Game halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Celje is 16% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1 pts / game - Celje · 0.86 pts / game - Koper

Celje - half-time state
17% leading50% draw33% trailing
Koper - half-time state
14% leading43% draw43% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1Points per game (1st half)0.86
CeljeKoper
0.5Goals scored (1st half)0.14
CeljeKoper
0.67Goals conceded (1st half)0.57
CeljeKoper
1.17Average goals (1st half)0.71
CeljeKoper
33%Clean sheet before half-time57%
CeljeKoper
67%No goal before half-time86%
CeljeKoper

After half-time (2nd half)

2.5Points per game (2nd half)2.29
CeljeKoper
1.17Goals scored (2nd half)0.86
CeljeKoper
0.67Goals conceded (2nd half)0.14
CeljeKoper
1.83Average goals (2nd half)1
CeljeKoper
67%Clean sheet after half-time86%
CeljeKoper
17%No goal after half-time29%
CeljeKoper

Celje - second-half results

83% W0% R17% P
6
Half-time points
3
Half-time goals
-1
Goal difference (1st half)
15
Second-half points
+3
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.00
PPG before half-time
Lead holding294%

Leads at halftime in 17% of games and wins 50%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime0.0

Defense stays consistent across the full game.

Koper - second-half results

71% W14% R14% P
6
Half-time points
1
Half-time goals
-3
Goal difference (1st half)
16
Second-half points
+5
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.86
PPG before half-time
Lead holding307%

Leads at halftime in 14% of games and wins 43%. Also wins some games without leading at halftime.

Defense after halftime-0.4

Defense stays consistent across the full game.

Celje - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game1.202.40
Goals scored / game0.61.0
Goals allowed / game0.60.6
Average goals per game1.21.6
1 goal60%100%
2 goals40%40%
3 goals20%20%
Clean sheet40%80%
No goal60%20%
Goal difference0+2
Half-time: 20% leading - 60% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 80% won - 0% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 40% - Half-time goals total: 3
Koper - last 5 games by half
1st half2nd half
Points per game0.602.00
Goals scored / game0.00.6
Goals allowed / game0.40.2
Average goals per game0.40.8
1 goal40%80%
2 goals0%0%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet60%80%
No goal100%40%
Goal difference-2+2
Half-time: 0% leading - 60% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 20% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 0

* Table colors show frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate and red is rare. They are not team ratings.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

The parts of a game in which both teams score and allow the most goals.

Celje
ScoredConceded
1
1
0-15
2
1
16-30
0
2
31-45
1
3
46-60
2
0
61-75
4
1
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (4 goals). Concedes most in 46-60 (3). Late-goal balance (76-90): +3 - wins late phases.

Koper
ScoredConceded
0
2
0-15
1
2
16-30
0
0
31-45
1
0
46-60
1
1
61-75
4
0
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (4 goals). Concedes most in 0-15 (2). Late-goal balance (76-90): +4 - wins late phases.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends from completed games this season.

Game profile

2.35
Estimated goals
attack vs. opponent defense
1.2 : 1.2
Estimated goal split
home : away
92%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
48%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
+27%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
71%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
0%
0:0 risk
practically zero
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs. defense for both teams

Celje

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.30
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.04
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+0.0 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
0.00
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
+0.04
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
133%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
103%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
+0.17
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.7
Late goals
40% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 10% come in the first quarter-hour.
40%

Koper

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.13
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.16
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-1.9 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.44
Defensive efficiency
Does the defense or goalkeeper outperform the chances allowed? A positive value means the team allows fewer goals than its xGA suggests.
+0.60
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
78%
Defense vs. league
Goals allowed compared with the league average. An 80% score means 20% fewer goals allowed.
56%
Form trend
Compares points from the last five games with the full-season average.
-0.11
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.7
Late goals
57% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 0% come in the first quarter-hour.
57%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range use public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical game profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed games from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (PrvaLiga).

Teams vs league

CeljeLigaKoper
Average goals per game 3.002.56 1.71
Both teams scored 67%50% 29%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 50%41% 14%
Clean sheets 33%29% 57%
Goal before half-time 67%74% 57%
Goal after half-time 100%85% 86%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.56
Average goals per game
50%
Both teams scored
41%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
29%
Clean sheets
1.26
Home goals / game
1.29
Away goals / game
+-2%
Home attack advantage
+-2%
Home defensive advantage
+-6%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
74%
1 goal
21%
2 goals
15%
3 goals
3%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
85%
1 goal
38%
2 goals
18%
3 goals
3%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Record from Celje's perspective: 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss against Koper. Games average 3.00 goals, and both teams scored in 75% of them.

FAQ

When do Celje and Koper play?

Celje face Koper on September 6, 2026 in PrvaLiga at Stadion Z'dežele. The exact kick-off time in your timezone is shown at the top of the match page.

What is the head-to-head record between Celje and Koper?

In the last 4 head-to-head matches Celje won 1, Koper won 1 and 2 ended level. These games averaged 3.00 goals, with both teams scoring in 75% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Celje vs Koper?

Celje score 1.67 goals per game on average and Koper 1.00. The PrvaLiga average is 2.56 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 41% of games. Both teams score in 67% of Celje's matches and 29% of Koper's.

What form are Celje and Koper in?

Over the last 5 games Celje have a 3-1-1 record (2.00 points per game) and Koper 2-2-1 (1.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Celje vs Koper?

Here you can check the pre-match numbers for Celje vs Koper: form, H2H, goals and Over/Under. The pick itself, value and reasoning are published in the NoFluffPicks app.