National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Šamorín or Púchov that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Šamorín form and stats
Šamorín participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.4-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Liga numbers at home for Šamorín so far this season.
The Šamorín regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Mestský štadión: A 2-4 defeat against Spartak Myjava. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Zilina II that ended 0-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Šamorín have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 4.
Šamorín are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Liga match at Raca awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Šamorín in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Šamorín defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Púchov form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Liga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Zilina II in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2.
It was a 2. Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Petrzalka akademia wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Púchov are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
After this away game Púchov return home for a 2. Liga game against Slavoj Trebisov. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Púchov has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Púchov have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Šamorín two wins, one draw and Púchov five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Csóka 7 goals |  P. Mráz 5 goals | L. Szabo 4 goals |
Šamorín missing players
Púchov missing players
| Šamorín | Púchov | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 23 | Scored | S | 26 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 32% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6.2 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 29% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 30% | ||
| 11.7 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.8 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FK Kosice | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Tatran Presov | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 33 |
| 3 | Komarno | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Spartak Myjava | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Šamorín | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava II | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 13 | -6 | 23 |
| 7 | Pohronie | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Zilina II | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Púchov | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Petrzalka akademia | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Slavoj Trebisov | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Povazska Bystrica | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Dubnica | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Futura Humenne | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Dolny Kubin | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -17 | 16 |
| 16 | Raca | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -11 | 15 |
