National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Malacky or Skalica that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Malacky nor Skalica as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Malacky form and stats
Malacky have not come this way in the Slovakia Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Lab and Lokomotiva DNV. Malacky participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Malacky, who played 1-1 against Rovinka. That match was also played at this venue (Futbalový štadión FC Malacky).
Prior to that, an away loss at Inter Bratislava in the 3. Liga - Bratislava.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 3. Liga - Bratislava game versus Nová Dedinka in only four days. This game is also played here at Futbalový štadión FC Malacky.
Skalica form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Skalica are happy with their away performances in the 2. Liga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.
Skalica go into this game after a win, the home game against FK Košice that ended 2-0.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Podbrezová at their stadium, the result 3-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Skalica manager J. Kostelnik as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Samorin.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Skalica have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. The Skalica defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 3 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Šebesta 3 goals | D. Baumgartner 2 goals | T. Hambálek 1 goals |
Malacky missing players
Skalica missing players
| Malacky | Skalica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 45 | 29 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 28 | 9 | Conceded | C | 20 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 20% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.1 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 29% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Petržalka akadémia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Futura Humenne | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Skalica | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Slavoj Trebisov | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Komárno | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Podbrezová | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Banska Bystrica | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | FK Košice | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 9 | Samorin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | Rohoznik | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -7 | 6 |
| 11 | Zilina II | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 12 | Dubnica | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Púchov | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Partizan Bardejov | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 15 | Slovan Bratislava II | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -13 | 1 |
| 16 | Námestovo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -14 | 1 |