National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hamsik Academy or Podbrezová that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Niké liga game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Zemplín Michalovce. 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.
Hamsik Academy form and stats
Hamsik Academy have not come this way in the Slovakia Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Brezno and Pribelce.Hamsik Academy drew their last game, 2-2 away at Rača.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a 3. Liga - Zapad home game that ended 2-2 versus Slovan Duslo Sala.The match schedule is unforgiving for Hamsik Academy as they have a new game in only three days, a 3. Liga - Zapad match thankfully also at home. Dubnica are visiting.
Podbrezová form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Tatran Cierny Balog in order to reach 3rd round of Slovakia Cup. Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.As the visiting team in Niké liga matches, Podbrezová have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far.
Podbrezová play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Zemplín Michalovce. As you can tell from the results above, Podbrezová was very dominant against Zemplín Michalovce, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Blahut, Kováčik, Okunola, Kabongo and Assinor providing the goals.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Skalica in the Niké liga.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting FK Košice in just four days.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 11 goals in 4 league games away this season. In the opposite end, Podbrezová have conceded 7 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Kováčik 5 goals | C. Kabongo 3 goals |  M. Bartoš 2 goals |
Hamsik Academy missing players
Podbrezová missing players
| Hamsik Academy | Podbrezová | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 12 | Scored | S | 39 | 52 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 27 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 56% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 53% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 22% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 20% | ||
| 4.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.3 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 45% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 39% | ||
| 7.2 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 |
