National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dolny Kubin or Púchov that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Púchov played their last game only three days ago, a 2. Liga match.
Dolny Kubin form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Slovakia Cup for Dolny, as the manager M. Ragini led his troops to eliminate Likavka, and reach the 2nd Round. Dolny was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Slovakia Cup.The story so far in the 2. Liga: East for Dolny Kubin at their home stadium (Futbalový stadión Mudr. Ivana Chodáka) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Dolny Kubin played a great game against Likavka and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The Dolny Kubin fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Púchov form and stats
They also participated in Slovakia Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Púchov playing as the away team in the 2. Liga this season. A depressing four defeats in a row for Púchov in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus FK Kosice.
Púchov are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the 2. Liga against Partizan Bardejov. Prior to that match, the Púchov manager L. Kaplan faced defeat when travelling to FK Kosice and losing 1-3.
Púchov delivered their win in the match against Partizan Bardejov already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
1 goal so far away for Púchov, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Dolny two wins, three draws and Púchov one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Dolny Kubin missing players
Púchov missing players
| Dolny Kubin | Púchov | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 14 | 35 | ||
| 46 | 17 | Conceded | C | 27 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 119 | 192 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 48 | 81 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kosice | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 45 |
| 2 | Tatran Presov | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 29 | 43 |
| 3 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Poprad | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Lokomotiva Zvolen | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 36 |
| 6 | Partizan Bardejov | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Lokomotiva Kosice | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | Haniska | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -12 | 28 |
| 9 | Dolny Kubin | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 10 | Spisska Nova Ves | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 21 |
| 11 | Teplicka nad Vahom | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 25 | -28 | 13 |
| 12 | Rimavska Sobota | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 30 | -29 | 12 |
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Podbrezová | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Skalica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | FK Kosice | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Komarno | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Partizan Bardejov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Zilina II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Púchov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Samorin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 11 | Dubnica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Slavoj Trebisov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 13 | Poprad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 15 | Petrzalka akademia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 |