National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pezinok or Vrakuňa that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Vrakuňa played their last game only four days ago, a 3. Liga - Zapad match. That game was also an away game, at Sered. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Pezinok form and stats
Last season, Pezinok's Slovakia Cup journey ended in the preliminary round.Pezinok are returning here after guesting Svaty Jur in a Slovakia Cup fixture and winning with a 5-0 scoreline.
Ahead of that match, Pezinok won a home game hosting Raca (3-0).There will be little rest for Pezinok after this match as they are travelling to Sl. Ivanka pri Dunaji for a 4. liga: Bratislava game in only four days.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Pezinok, who have participated in one training match. Pezinok have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Vrakuňa form and stats
Vrakuňa's mission in Slovakia Cup last season failed in the 1st round.Vrakuňa lost away at Sered (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sered was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Pezinok.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Vrakuňa manager as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Nove Mesto nad Vahom.
It's a day of discovery for Vrakuňa as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Vrakuňa have played one with the results W0-D0-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Vrakuňa has scored 1 goal and conceded 2 times.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Pezinok one win, zero draws and Vrakuňa one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Pezinok missing players
Vrakuňa missing players
| Pezinok | Vrakuňa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Scored | S | 27 | 51 | ||
| 48 | 11 | Conceded | C | 28 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 12% | ||
| 3.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 8.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.9 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.8 | ||
| 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| 12.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.8 | 19.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 8 | ||
