National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dynamo Diviaky or Ružomberok that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super Liga. That game was also an away game, at Trenčín. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Dynamo Diviaky form and stats
Diviaky have reached this Slovakia Cup stage through battling and winning against Slovan Vavrecka. Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Dynamo Diviaky are returning here after visiting Slovan Vavrecka in a Slovakia Cup match and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Slovan Bystricka in the Slovakia Cup.
Ružomberok form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.It's not happening yet for Ružomberok on their Super Liga travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Ružomberok are travelling again after losing away to Trenčín in their previous match (1-4).
A draw for Ružomberok before that, at their own venue hosting Dunajská Streda (1-1).Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Ružomberok given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 4 matches with 4 wins as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 4 of these games by at least two goals.
Ružomberok have the goal stats of 2-7 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Dynamo Diviaky missing players
Ružomberok missing players
| Dynamo Diviaky | Ružomberok | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 2 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Scored | S | 23 | 40 | ||
| 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 24 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 84% | ||
| 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 28% | ||
| 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 12% | ||
| 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 19% | 24% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 36% | ||
| 2.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Žilina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Podbrezová | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Trenčín | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Dunajská Streda | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Banská Bystrica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Spartak Trnava | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Ružomberok | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Skalica | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Zlate Moravce | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 11 | Zemplin Michalovce | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 12 | FK Kosice | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 1 |
