Pre-match info: 8 points stand between the sides up until now, Povazska Bystrica having performed best. Can Pohronie take the guests by surprise?
- All of Pohronie's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Povazska Bystrica have the most points from losing position (12) in 2. Liga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Pohronie form and stats
When playing at home in the 2. Liga, Pohronie have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games. When Pohronie hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Tatran Presov, Komarno, Puchov and Spartak Myjava), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
The Pohronie goalkeeper Ivan Rehak is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the 2. Liga.
Pohronie's last game was hosting Spartak Myjava (placed 4th) and winning 2-0.
In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Slovan Bratislava II.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 Pohronie 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 2 and lost 3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Slovakia Cup game versus Banska Bystrica in only four days. This game is also played here at Futbalový štadión Žiar nad Hronom.
The Pohronie fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. Pohronie have conceded 10 from these games.
Povazska Bystrica form and stats
1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Povazska Bystrica in their 2. Liga matches away.
Povazska go into this game after a win, the home game against Zilina II that ended 2-1. Those three points felt good as this club had gone five league rounds without winning.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Tatran Presov.We have checked recent matches where Povazska Bystrica have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
The attacking power of Povazska Bystrica when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior two meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Pohronie, one draw and zero wins for Povazska Bystrica. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Matejcik with 2 goals scored against Pohronie in these 2 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Slávik 8 goals |  A. Horvat 4 goals | S. Urgela 3 goals |
Pohronie missing players
Povazska Bystrica missing players
| Pohronie | Povazska Bystrica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 83% |
| 36% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 42% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 18% | 17% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 17% |
| 6 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.5 | 9 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.8 | 8.4 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 34% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 51% |
| 9.7 | 8.3 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.8 | 8.5 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
- All of Pohronie's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Pohronie have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Povazska Bystrica have scored away.
- Pohronie haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Povazska Bystrica have the most points from losing position (12) in 2. Liga
- Povazska Bystrica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Komarno | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 34 |
| 2 | Puchov | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 25 |
| 3 | Tatran Presov | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 4 | Spartak Myjava | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Povazska Bystrica | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Petrzalka akademia | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Slovan Bratislava II | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Zilina II | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Futura Humenne | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebisov | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 11 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | OFK Malzenice | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Dolny Kubin | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 9 |
| 15 | Samorin | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -17 | 9 |
| 16 | Spisska Nova Ves | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 2 |
