National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Námestovo or Žilina that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Námestovo and Žilina.
It should be mentioned that Žilina play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Žilina on grass are 20 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 33 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 56-30. You can compare this with overall results below.
Námestovo form and stats
Námestovo participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.Only two 3. Liga - Center home games for Námestovo so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Lokomotiva Zvolen and winning 4-1.
The manager I. Rusnák will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Cadca in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Námestovo's 2 home games: 5 goals, 0 conceded.
Žilina form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Žilina are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Super Liga. Momentum is building for Žilina in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Žilina play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Trenčín. The game before that, in the Super Liga, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Nitra.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Žilina, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Super Liga trip to Pohronie.
Žilina have the goal stats of 8-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Paur 2 goals | D. Duris 1 goals | P. Iľko 1 goals |
Námestovo missing players
Žilina missing players
| Námestovo | Žilina | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 29 | Scored | S | 18 | 54 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 68 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 144 | 310 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 138 | ||
| 45% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rimavska Sobota | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Námestovo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | Rakytovce | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | Fomat Martin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Jednota Banova | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Oravske Vesele | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Tatran Krasno | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Novohrad Lucenec | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Zarnovica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -9 | 3 |
| 10 | Banik Kalinovo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Filakovo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Kovacova | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Liptovska Stiavnica | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 1 |
| 14 | Liptovsky Hradok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 15 | Cadca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 16 | Lokomotiva Zvolen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| 4 | Žilina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Zlaté Moravce | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Sered | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Senica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 8 | Nitra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 3 |
| 9 | Pohronie | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 10 | Trenčín | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 11 | Ružomberok | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 12 | Zemplin Michalovce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -10 | 0 |