National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Baník Prievidza or Skalica that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super Liga. That game, against Zemplin Michalovce, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Skalica.
Baník Prievidza form and stats
Action has already taken place for Baník Prievidza in Slovakia Cup as they have defeated Tatran Uhrovec to reach the 2nd Round. Baník Prievidza was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Slovakia Cup.Prievidza are returning here after guesting Tatran Uhrovec in a Slovakia Cup match and winning with a 4-2 scoreline.
Skalica form and stats
They also participated in Slovakia Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The Super Liga season is young and Skalica have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
There might be some fixture complaints from Skalica as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-3 against Zemplin Michalovce.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Podbrezova.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Skalica given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 4 matches with 4 wins as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 4 of these games by at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Skalica are hosting Spartak Trnava in the Super Liga only three days away.
Skalica are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Vlasko 2 goals | O. Rudzan 1 goals | M. Nagy 1 goals |
Baník Prievidza missing players
Skalica missing players
| Baník Prievidza | Skalica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 1 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Scored | S | 21 | 39 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 20 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 44% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.9 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7.5 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| 12.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 15 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | DAC | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Podbrezova | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Zilina | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Trenčín | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Zemplin Michalovce | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Skalica | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 10 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Banska Bystrica | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 3 |
