National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Trenčín or Spartak Myjava that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Trenčín nor Spartak Myjava 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.
Trenčín form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Slovan Bratislava.4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Liga numbers at home for Trenčín so far this season.
The home team returns to Mestský futbalový štadión Na Sihoti after drawing with Liptovský Mikuláš on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Zimen made a successful contribution in the game against Liptovský Mikuláš, bringing on Sulaeman who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that, Trenčín drew at home versus Ruzomberok.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super Liga game versus DAC in only three days. This game is also played here at Mestský futbalový štadión Na Sihoti.
The Trenčín fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Trenčín have conceded only 7 goals.
Spartak Myjava form and stats
Spartak was sent out of Slovakia Cup in the 1st round last season.As the visiting team in 2. Liga matches, Spartak Myjava have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far.
Two travels in a row for Spartak Myjava, whose coach Kaplan could celebrate last time after the win against Šamorín. A stark raving crazy match with masses of goals last time out for Spartak Myjava, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this match be as gleeful? Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three games in a row for the away side? The answer is Olejník and that is quite the feat!
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tatran Presov at their stadium, the result 1-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Spartak Myjava manager Kaplan as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Petrzalka akademia.
Spartak have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. Spartak Myjava have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Trenčín eight wins, zero draws and Spartak Myjava two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Š. Pekár 6 goals | S. Olejník 6 goals |  K. Pires 3 goals |
Trenčín missing players
Spartak Myjava missing players
| Trenčín | Spartak Myjava | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 47 | 12 | Scored | S | 22 | 48 | ||
| 30 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.8 | ||
| 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.3 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 29% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 35 |
| 2 | DAC | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 32 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 4 | Podbrezova | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Ruzomberok | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Zilina | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Trenčín | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 8 | Banska Bystrica | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 9 | Zemplin Michalovce | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Zlate Moravce | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Skalica | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 16 |
| 12 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -15 | 9 |
| 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 |
