It's only the second game in the 2. Liga for these teams. And fresh bodies and minds as Povazska Bystrica greet OFK Malzenice. Don't miss this preview!
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.
Povazska Bystrica form and stats
In the previous season, Povazska Bystrica's league results were 10 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses, providing 8th place in the 2. Liga. From these 30 matches they scored {52 goals} and let in 48. Performing as the host team in the last season Povazska Bystrica managed 8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with {30 goals} and 23 conceded. The first 2. Liga game here resulted in a draw. Last season Povazska Bystrica's home game statistics were 8 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats from 15 games.
The home followers saw a 2-2 draw versus Šamorín last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Komárno in a game that was won 1-0.Povazska Bystrica has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
OFK Malzenice form and stats
Let's have a look at how OFK Malzenice performed last season in the 3. Liga - Zapad: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded {20 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 24/11 goals scored/conceded.
Home advantage was not enough for OFK Malzenice in their previous game as they lost hosting Liptovský Mikuláš, 0-1.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Sered.Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings between these squads: Povazska won one, OFK Malzenice triumphed in four and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() D. Kucharčík 1 goals | ![]() M. Zuziak 1 goals |
Povazska Bystrica missing players
OFK Malzenice missing players
| Povazska Bystrica | OFK Malzenice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Povazska Bystrica | Last season | OFK Malzenice | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 29 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 52 | 30 | Scored | S | 24 | 57 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 90% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 83% | ||
| 73% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 69% | ||
| 50% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 21% | ||
| 23% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 7% | ||
| 70% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 55% | ||
| 23% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 45% | ||
| 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 10% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 43% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 37% | ||
| 12.1 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Petržalka akadémia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Púchov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Žilina II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Tatran Prešov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Slavoj Trebišov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Komárno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Šamorín | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Povazska Bystrica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Dolny Kubin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Spartak Myjava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Futura Humenne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Spišská Nová Ves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | OFK Malzenice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Pohronie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 Košice | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 40 | 66 |
| 2 | Tatran Prešov | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 62 |
| 3 | Komárno | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 53 |
| 4 | Žilina II | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 63 | 53 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 47 |
| 5 | Pohronie | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | Spartak Myjava | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 43 |
| 7 | Slovan Bratislava II | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | -2 | 43 |
| 8 | Povazska Bystrica | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 4 | 40 |
| 9 | Šamorín | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 50 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 30 | -6 | 40 |
| 10 | Púchov | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 47 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 38 |
| 11 | Slavoj Trebišov | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 44 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -12 | 36 |
| 12 | Petržalka akadémia | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -3 | 34 |
| 13 | Dolny Kubin | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 60 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 37 | -24 | 34 |
| 14 | Futura Humenne | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -11 | 32 |
| 15 | Raca | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 33 | -27 | 26 |
| 16 | Dubnica | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 28 | -21 | 25 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | OFK Malzenice | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 34 | 62 |
| 2 | Galanta | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 56 |
| 3 | Belusa | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 36 | 55 |
| 4 | Sered | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 31 | 54 |
| 5 | Castkovce | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 51 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 47 |
| 6 | Velke Ludince | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 41 |
| 7 | Podkonice | 29 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 39 |
| 8 | Nove Mesto nad Vahom | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -3 | 39 |
| 9 | Hamsik Academy | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 37 |
| 10 | Fomat Martin | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 35 |
| 11 | Jednota Banova | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Slovan Duslo Sala | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Inter Bratislava | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 28 | -10 | 31 |
| 14 | Nove Zamky | 29 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 92 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 43 | -72 | 10 |
| 15 | Kalna n. Hronom | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | Vrakuna | 28 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 95 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 57 | -72 | 7 |