Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Povazska Bystrica & Zlaté Moravce face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovakia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Povazska and Zlaté Moravce.
Povazska Bystrica form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far in the 2. Liga for Povazska Bystrica at their home stadium is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
No payout for Povazska Bystrica in their previous match, an away game at Tatran Presov that ended in defeat 0-1.
Before that, Povazska Bystrica had a 2. Liga home game versus Dolny Kubin which ended with a victory 1-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Pohronie are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Povazska are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Povazska Bystrica have conceded 12 from these games.
Zlaté Moravce form and stats
Zlaté Moravce's mission in Slovakia Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.Zlaté Moravce have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Super Liga, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
Moravce's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus DAC that finished 2-2. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Zlaté Moravce's duel with DAC. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Brenkus found the equalizer. As mentioned above, Zlaté Moravce drew the match against DAC. Manager Kocian brought on Brenkus to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Skalica.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super Liga trip to Liptovský Mikuláš.
The attacking power of Moravce when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Zlaté Moravce's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 10 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Zuziak 4 goals | L. Slávik 3 goals |  I. Niarchos 3 goals |
Povazska Bystrica missing players
Zlaté Moravce missing players
| Povazska Bystrica | Zlaté Moravce | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 67 | 26 | Scored | S | 22 | 38 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 37 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 80% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 76% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 21% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 7.6 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.7 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 47% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 26% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tatran Presov | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | FK Kosice | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Komarno | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Puchov | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Slovan Bratislava II | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 6 | Samorin | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Pohronie | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Spartak Myjava | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Slavoj Trebisov | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Povazska Bystrica | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | Dubnica | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Futura Humenne | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Zilina II | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Dolny Kubin | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 13 |
| 15 | Petrzalka akademia | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 12 |
| 16 | Raca | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 25 |
| 3 | DAC | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Podbrezova | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Ruzomberok | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Zilina | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Banska Bystrica | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 8 | Trencin | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Zemplin Michalovce | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 10 | Skalica | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 8 |
