Banska Bystrica welcomes Slovan Bratislava to this second leg of the Slovakia Cup Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
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
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.This stadium, Areál MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen, has been a fortress for Banska Bystrica in the 2. Liga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 10-1-1. On the other hand, in the Slovakia Cup, Banska Bystrica has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ever since the Liptovsky Mikulas game Bystrica has been unbeatable here at Areál MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen producing seven straight wins.
Banska Bystrica lost their last game at Partizan Bardejov after a 1-3 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Slovan Bratislava in the Slovakia Cup.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bystrica, as the 2. Liga home game vs Samorin is only three days away.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Bystrica is on fire here. A stunning 40 from 12 league matches. On the other hand, Banska Bystrica have conceded 13 goals.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Bratislava, as they won the Slovakia Cup.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Slovakia Cup stats, they have 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Bratislava play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Spartak Trnava. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Banska Bystrica.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting DAC in just four days.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Slovan Bratislava - Bystrica 3-0 played earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Vujošević 15 goals |  R. da Silva 14 goals | R. Polievka 13 goals |
Banska Bystrica missing players
Slovan Bratislava missing players
| Banska Bystrica | Slovan Bratislava | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 48 | 23 | Scored | S | 28 | 58 | ||
| 36 | 9 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 14 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 6.6 | ||
| 38% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 33 | 54 |
| 2 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 54 |
| 3 | Podbrezova | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 31 | 49 |
| 4 | Skalica | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 46 |
| 5 | FK Kosice | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 44 |
| 6 | Samorin | 25 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 39 |
| 7 | Komarno | 25 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -7 | 37 |
| 8 | Slavoj Trebisov | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 42 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 34 |
| 9 | Puchov | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -5 | 34 |
| 10 | Petrzalka akademia | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Zilina II | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 30 |
| 12 | Partizan Bardejov | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 28 |
| 13 | Dubnica | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 26 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 25 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 67 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 37 | -39 | 15 |
| 15 | Poprad | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 21 | 82 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 42 | -61 | 3 |