National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lokomotíva Zvolen or Nitra that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lokomotíva Zvolen form and stats
Lokomotíva Zvolen have reached this Slovakia Cup stage through battling and winning against Poltar. Lokomotíva participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Lokomotíva Zvolen have played three 3. Liga - Center home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 0 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. It's trouble wherever Lokomotíva are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. Three consecutive losses here at Areál MFK Lokomotíva Zvolen is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Preceding that match was a 3. Liga - Center defeat to Liptovska Stiavnica (1-3).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tatran Krasno are coming to town in four days.
Lokomotíva Zvolen aren't scoring a lot here at Areál MFK Lokomotíva in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. As for conceded goals, Lokomotíva Zvolen's unpleasant statistic is 9 goals surrendered. Lokomotíva Zvolen's defense is seriously deficient as 9 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Nitra form and stats
They also participated in Slovakia Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Things could have gone better for Nitra in their Super Liga away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
The supporters enjoyed Nitra's previous game versus Pohronie, a Super Liga 3-1 win played at home. A 0-0 draw at Senica's stadium before that.
As mentioned earlier, Nitra will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in one win (one by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nitra manager G. Geri as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Trenčín.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Nitra as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Nitra have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero Lokomotíva victories, one draw and three Nitra wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Faško 3 goals | P. Danek 1 goals |  K. Kolčák 1 goals |
Lokomotíva Zvolen missing players
Nitra missing players
| Lokomotíva Zvolen | Nitra | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 40 | 14 | Scored | S | 12 | 28 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Conceded | C | 17 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 3.3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 7.7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 96 | 64 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 223 | ||
| 45 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 88 | ||
| 20% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rakytovce | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Fomat Martin | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Namestovo | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Filakovo | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
| 5 | Oravske Vesele | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Jednota Banova | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 13 |
| 7 | Rimavska Sobota | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Tatran Krasno | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Liptovska Stiavnica | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Kovacova | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | Novohrad Lucenec | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -7 | 8 |
| 12 | Banik Kalinovo | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | Zarnovica | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -16 | 4 |
| 14 | Lokomotíva Zvolen | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 3 |
| 15 | Liptovsky Hradok | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -12 | 1 |
| 16 | Cadca | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | -19 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | DAC | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Sered | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Zilina | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | Nitra | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 6 | Spartak Trnava | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Zlaté Moravce | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Pohronie | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Senica | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 10 | Ružomberok | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Zemplín Michalovce | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -13 | 4 |
| 12 | Trenčín | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |