National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kovacova or Pohronie that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kovacova and Pohronie.
Kovacova form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Slovakia Cup for Kovacova, as the manager Kvačkaj led his troops to eliminate Slovan Dudince, and reach the 2nd Round. Kovacova was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Slovakia Cup.Kovacova's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Liptovska Stiavnica. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that match, a 4. liga: Center win away at Zarnovica.Kovacova are traveling soon after this match as the 4. liga: Center match at Lokomotiva Zvolen awaits in four days.
Pohronie form and stats
Pohronie's mission in Slovakia Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W1-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Liga.
Pohronie are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Slavoj Trebisov.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Zilina II in the 2. Liga.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 Pohronie 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 new game in only three days for Pohronie, the 2. Liga home match versus Dubnica. Busy days.
Pohronie find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Pohronie have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Blahút 4 goals | M. Klabník 1 goals | J. Čunta 1 goals |
Kovacova missing players
Pohronie missing players
| Kovacova | Pohronie | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Scored | S | 17 | 30 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 20% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 27% | ||
| 11.6 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Puchov | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Samorin | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | FK Kosice | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Tatran Presov | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Spartak Myjava | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Komarno | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Povazska Bystrica | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Slavoj Trebisov | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Slovan Bratislava II | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Dubnica | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Raca | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Futura Humenne | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Petrzalka akademia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 14 | Zilina II | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Pohronie | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Dolny Kubin | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -11 | 4 |
