National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Oravske Vesele or Ružomberok that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Oravske nor Ružomberok 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.
Oravske Vesele form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Slovakia Cup for Oravske, as the manager P. Struhár led his troops to eliminate Chlebnice, and reach the 2nd Round. Oravske was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the Slovakia Cup.Oravske's last game was hosting Podkonice and winning 3-1.
Preceding that match was the home 3. Liga - Center game against Rakytovce that was lost 1-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Oravske as they are travelling to their away game against Kovacova in the 3. Liga - Center. That match is four days after this one.
Ružomberok form and stats
They also participated in Slovakia Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Ružomberok are still undefeated on their travels in the Super Liga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
There were no winners in Ružomberok's previous match, a Super Liga home game that ended 0-0 vs Spartak Trnava.
A 1-1 draw at Trenčín's stadium before that.A quick return to home after this game, as Ružomberok are hosting Zemplin Michalovce in the Super Liga only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ružomberok has managed 4 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Brenkus 2 goals | M. Dopater 1 goals |
Oravske Vesele missing players
Ružomberok missing players
| Oravske Vesele | Ružomberok | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 29 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8.5 | 8.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.9 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 25% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 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 | Zilina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Trenčín | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Zemplin Michalovce | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 7 | Senica | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 8 | DAC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 9 | Pohronie | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Sereď | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 3 |