Perhaps a welcome break from league football as FK Košice & Trenčín face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovakia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Košice and Trenčín.
FK Košice form and stats
Košice was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Slovakia Cup.7-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Liga numbers at home for FK Košice so far this season. On the other hand, in the Slovakia Cup, FK Košice has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
Košice enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Slovan Bratislava II's place. The match ended 4-0 with S. Gladis, M. Jakúbek, E. Liener and C. Kountouriotis scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Slovakia Cup home game that ended 0-0 versus Sered.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Košice played a great game against Slovan Bratislava II and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Košice, as the 2. Liga home game vs Dubnica is only four days away.
Košice have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Štadión Lokomotívy v Čermeli with 19 goals in 11 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
Trenčín form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Total Slovakia Cup statistics for Trenčín: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. With the Trenčín losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Trenčín's previous game was their home loss versus Žilina (2-3). Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Spartak Trnava.
Trenčín has another fixture away, a Fortuna Liga game, against DAC in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Pavúk 6 goals | B. Gáll 6 goals | E. Pačinda 3 goals |
FK Košice missing players
Trenčín missing players
| FK Košice | Trenčín | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 11 | 38 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 17% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5 | ||
| 27% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 33 | 51 |
| 2 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 49 |
| 3 | Skalica | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 45 |
| 4 | Podbrezova | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 44 |
| 5 | FK Košice | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Samorin | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Petržalka akadémia | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Puchov | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | -4 | 30 |
| 9 | Komarno | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -11 | 28 |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebisov | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Zilina II | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 26 |
| 12 | Dubnica | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 13 | Partizán Bardejov | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 32 | -36 | 15 |
| 15 | Poprad | 23 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 37 | -51 | 3 |