Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FK Košice & Spartak Trnava face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovakia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
FK Košice form and stats
FK Košice was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Slovakia Cup. Zilina was too strong.When playing at home in the 2. Liga, FK Košice have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games.
The Košice club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Futbalový štadión Košická Nová ves: A 0-3 defeat against Partizan Bardejov.
Previous to that game, a 2. Liga home match hosting Rohoznik in a game that was won 4-0.The manager Vukušič will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Banska Bystrica in only four days.
A decent goal production from FK Košice in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. FK Košice's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Spartak Trnava form and stats
Spartak's mission in Slovakia Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.Spartak Trnava's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Spartak Trnava collect 24 points from their 11 away matches in the Super Liga. 7 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
Spartak Trnava have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 215 minutes ago. Savvidis was the goal scorer. 248 minutes! That's how long the Spartak Trnava goalkeeper Lubos Kamenar and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Slovan Bratislava in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0.
A draw for Spartak Trnava before that, at their own venue hosting Trencin (0-0).The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sered in just four days.
Spartak have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. The Spartak Trnava defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 11 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Cortés 11 goals | E. Pačinda 10 goals | M. Mølvadgaard 7 goals |
FK Košice missing players
Spartak Trnava missing players
| FK Košice | Spartak Trnava | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 8 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 14 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | ||
| 53 | 15 | Scored | S | 22 | 36 | ||
| 34 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 14% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 86% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.6 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 33% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 10.3 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 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 | Podbrezova | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 43 |
| 2 | Banska Bystrica | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 40 |
| 3 | Skalica | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 39 |
| 4 | Komarno | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 5 | FK Košice | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 20 | 35 |
| 6 | Futura Humenne | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Petrzalka akademia | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | Samorin | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Zilina II | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebisov | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | -9 | 25 |
| 11 | Rohoznik | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -18 | 18 |
| 12 | Dubnica | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Partizan Bardejov | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 14 | Púchov | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Slovan Bratislava II | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 27 | -25 | 11 |
| 16 | Namestovo | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 31 | -49 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 36 | 53 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Ružomberok | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | DAC | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 36 |
| 5 | Sered | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 32 |
| 6 | Zilina | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 30 |
| 7 | Senica | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -11 | 27 |
| 8 | Trencin | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Zemplin Michalovce | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 23 |
| 10 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -16 | 21 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 24 | -14 | 19 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 | -28 | 10 |
