UEFA Champions League · 2026Wed, 26 Aug 2026, 19:00 UTC

NK Celje

1–1Full-time analysis

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

NK Celje and ŠK Slovan Bratislava drew 1–1.

Shots: 2017
Shots on target: 78
Possession: 62%38%

This match

Match statistics

Shots20 shots17 shotsNK Celje 20 shots, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 17 shots
Shots on target7 shots8 shotsNK Celje 7 shots, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 8 shots
Possession62%38%NK Celje 62%, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 38%
Corners5 corners8 cornersNK Celje 5 corners, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 8 corners
Fouls15 fouls12 foulsNK Celje 15 fouls, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 12 fouls
Yellow cards5 cards1 cardNK Celje 5 cards, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 1 card
Passes693 passes427 passesNK Celje 693 passes, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 427 passes
Pass accuracy88.3%81.7%NK Celje 88.3%, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 81.7%
Shots inside box13 shots11 shotsNK Celje 13 shots, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 11 shots
Blocked shots4 blocks6 blocksNK Celje 4 blocks, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 6 blocks
Goalkeeper saves6 saves5 savesNK Celje 6 saves, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 5 saves
Offsides4 offsides0 offsidesNK Celje 4 offsides, ŠK Slovan Bratislava 0 offsides

Full time

What the match recorded

Celje and Slovan Bratislava drew 1–1. Recorded in this match (Celje – Slovan Bratislava): shots 20–17, shots on target 7–8, possession 62%–38%, corners 5–8. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

The teams have contrasting possession records

weak

Celje have recorded the higher season possession share.

56.3% ●PossessionCelje · Slovan Bratislava46%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 10.3 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Celje	Slovan Bratislava	Baseline
Possession	56.3%	46%	49.3%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0NK Celje

2Draws

1ŠK Slovan Bratislava

19 Aug 2026ŠK Slovan Bratislava — NK Celje · UEFA Champions League1–1

30 Jul 2024ŠK Slovan Bratislava — NK Celje · UEFA Champions League5–0

24 Jul 2024NK Celje — ŠK Slovan Bratislava · UEFA Champions League1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: NK Celje favored in 0 of 7 directional metrics · ŠK Slovan Bratislava in 0 · 7 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

NK Celje3 matchesŠK Slovan Bratislava3 matches

1.33 goals/matchGoals scored3/31.33 goals/match

0.67 goals/matchGoals allowed3/30.67 goals/match

6.33 shots/match ▲Shots on target3/34.67 shots/match

56.3% ●Possession3/346%

5.67 corners/match ●Corners3/34.67 corners/match

14.7 fouls/matchFouls3/313 fouls/match

Style profile

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

NK Celje83.3

ŠK Slovan Bratislava16.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

NK Celje48.0

ŠK Slovan Bratislava31.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 89%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

NK Celje78.6

ŠK Slovan Bratislava78.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 89%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

NK Celje83.3

ŠK Slovan Bratislava55.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 83%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

NK Celje83.3

ŠK Slovan Bratislava38.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

NK Celje75.9

ŠK Slovan Bratislava40.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 92%

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

Rest before fixture · Both teams: 7 days
Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against, shots, cards.

Analysis cutoff: Wed, 26 Aug 2026, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4