Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Castkovce & Trenčín face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovakia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Castkovce have less rest than Trenčín in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 3. Liga - Zapad game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Beluša, so at least Castkovce are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Castkovce form and stats
Castkovce have reached this Slovakia Cup stage through battling and winning against Slovan Sastin-Straze and Spartak Sastin-Straze. Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.An away draw last time out for Castkovce, facing Beluša in a game that ended 0-0.
Prior to that, an away loss at Galanta in the 3. Liga - Zapad.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Malacky are coming to town in three days.
Trenčín form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Vrbove in order to reach 3rd round of Slovakia Cup. Trenčín was sent out of Slovakia Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Spartak Trnava turned out to be too strong.3-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Trenčín in their Niké liga matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Trenčín, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus FK Košice last time out.
Preceding that game was the away Niké liga victory against Zlaté Moravce with the score of 2-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Banska Bystrica in just three days.
The Trenčín manager Stolica has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. As for defending, Trenčín rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ibrahim 4 goals | N. Kupusović 4 goals | E. Rocha 2 goals |
Castkovce missing players
Trenčín missing players
| Castkovce | Trenčín | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 19 | Scored | S | 32 | 48 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Conceded | C | 26 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 59% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 8% | ||
| 2.8 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.2 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 71% | 79% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 43% | ||
| 7.3 | 5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Trenčín | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Podbrezová | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Banska Bystrica | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Zilina | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Dunajská Streda | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Spartak Trnava | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Ružomberok | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Skalica | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | FK Košice | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 2 |
| 12 | Zemplín Michalovce | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -13 | 1 |
