National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Šamorín or Žilina that keep their silverware dream alive.
Žilina play their home games on artifical turf, while this game occurs on grass. Relevant statistics for Žilina when featuring on grass are 9 wins, 11 draws and 18 defeats from 38 matches. They have created {53 goals} and conceded 66 times in these games.
It's no vacation for neither Šamorín nor Žilina as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Šamorín form and stats
Šamorín participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.The story so far in the 2. Liga for Šamorín at their home stadium (Mestský štadión) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Šamorín club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Mestský štadión: A 0-2 defeat against Dubnica.
Before that one, a nice away win at Nove Zamky. A Slovakia Cup match.
There will be little rest for Šamorín after this match as they are travelling to Púchov for a 2. Liga game in only three days.
Šamorín have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Žilina form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Žilina so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Žilina play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Banska Bystrica.
Prior to that match, the Žilina manager Hynek faced defeat when travelling to DAC and losing 2-5.A quick return to home after this game, as Žilina are hosting Spartak Trnava in the Super Liga only three days away.
Žilina have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. Žilina's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Csóka 6 goals |  D. Duris 5 goals | L. Szabo 4 goals |
Šamorín missing players
Žilina missing players
| Šamorín | Žilina | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 22 | 40 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 23 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12.6 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 11 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 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 Prešov | 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 | Púchov | 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 | Šamorín | 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 Trebišov | 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 | Podbrezová | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Žilina | 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 | Trenčín | 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 | Zlate Moravce | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 12 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -13 | 8 |
