National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Mladost Kalsa or Zemplín Michalovce that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Mladost Kalsa nor Zemplín Michalovce 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Mladost Kalsa form and stats
Mladost Kalsa have reached this Slovakia Cup stage through battling and winning against Slavoj Kralovsky Chlmec. Mladost was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Slovakia Cup.Mladost Kalsa have played 5 3. Liga - East games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Mladost bring valid hopes of a third.
The manager Ľ. Maďarik will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Slovan Giraltovce in only four days.
Mladost are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). Mladost have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Zemplín Michalovce form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.It's not happening yet for Zemplín Michalovce on their Super Liga travels, with zero points from their first 3 away games. Maybe today will be different? It's all red in the travel logs of Zemplín Michalovce, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
A 2-6 defeat away at Zilina before that.
As mentioned above, Zemplín Michalovce drew the match against Trencin. Manager J. Čepi Majoroš brought on R. Phillips to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
The schedule is very tough for Michalovce now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super Liga game at Ružomberok is waiting in only four days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Zemplín Michalovce can't defend away. 14 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Phillips Hinds 2 goals |  M. Begala 1 goals |  I. Žofčák 1 goals |
Mladost Kalsa missing players
Zemplín Michalovce missing players
| Mladost Kalsa | Zemplín Michalovce | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 11 | ||
| 53 | 30 | Scored | S | 6 | 22 | ||
| 53 | 21 | Conceded | C | 43 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 20% | ||
| 76% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 90 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 81 | 180 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 66 | ||
| 29% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Futura Humenne | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 22 |
| 2 | Lipany | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 18 |
| 3 | Druzstevnik Plavnica | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Tatran Presov | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 16 |
| 5 | Slavia TU Kosice | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| 6 | Vranov nad Toplou | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 7 | MSK Tesla Stropkov | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -2 | 11 |
| 8 | Mladost Kalsa | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Snina | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Sobrance | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -5 | 10 |
| 11 | Pokrok Krompachy | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 12 | Slovan Giraltovce | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
| 13 | Spisske Podhradie | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -11 | 7 |
| 14 | Spisska Nova Ves | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 14 | Velke Revistia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Milenium | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -9 | 6 |
| 16 | Svidnik | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 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 | 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 | Trencin | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 3 |