National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Banska Bystrica or DAC 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.
Banska Bystrica form and stats
Bystrica participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Home games in the 2. Liga have been a walk in the park for Banska Bystrica so far, with 28 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. On the other hand, in the Slovakia Cup, Banska Bystrica has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Banska Bystrica has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Areál MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen. We remember; it was Liptovsky Mikulas.
Bystrica always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Areál MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen with 38 goals in 11 league games. 13 goals have been conceded.
DAC form and stats
DAC was sent out of Slovakia Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Ruzomberok turned out to be too strong.Prior to that result DAC won their away game at Ruzomberok in the Slovakia Cup. The scoreline was 3-1.
A quick return to home after this game, as DAC are hosting Trencin in the Super Liga only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
![]() E. Ramírez Matheus 14 goals | ![]() M. Vujošević 13 goals | ![]() Z. Kalmár 13 goals |
Banska Bystrica missing players
DAC missing players
| Banska Bystrica | DAC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 22 | Scored | S | 30 | 47 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 29 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 45% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Banska Bystrica | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 33 | 51 |
| 2 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 49 |
| 3 | Skalica | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 45 |
| 4 | Podbrezova | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 44 |
| 5 | FK Kosice | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Petržalka akadémia | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Samorin | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Puchov | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | Komarno | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -11 | 28 |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebisov | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Zilina II | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 26 |
| 12 | Dubnica | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Partizan Bardejov | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 32 | -36 | 15 |
| 15 | Poprad | 23 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 37 | -51 | 3 |