National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Poltar or Lokomotíva Zvolen that keep their silverware dream alive.
Poltar form and stats
Poltar participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The story so far in the 3. Liga - Center for Poltar at their home stadium is 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats. With Poltar having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager J. Šága. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Poltar to get some points in this home game.
Poltar were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Poltar has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Poltar are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (30 from 15 played).
Lokomotíva Zvolen form and stats
Lokomotíva was sent out of Slovakia Cup in the 2nd round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their 3. Liga - Center travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. With three draws in a row for Lokomotíva the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Lokomotíva Zvolen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 7 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Lokomotíva have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Poltar won zero, Lokomotíva Zvolen won one and one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Poltar missing players
Lokomotíva Zvolen missing players
| Poltar | Lokomotíva Zvolen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Scored | S | 26 | 46 | ||
| 70 | 29 | Conceded | C | 14 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 72% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 3.1 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.2 | ||
| 7.2 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 60 | 22 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 85 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 36 | ||
| 39% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 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 | Ruzomberok II | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 78 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 55 | 68 |
| 2 | Rimavska Sobota | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 28 | 60 |
| 3 | Namestovo | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 51 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 53 |
| 4 | Lokomotíva Zvolen | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 53 |
| 5 | Filakovo | 30 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 41 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 4 | 50 |
| 6 | Fomat Martin | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 48 |
| 7 | Liptovsky Hradok | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 48 |
| 8 | Oravske Vesele | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 37 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 47 |
| 9 | Zarnovica | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 45 |
| 10 | Banik Kalinovo | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 50 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -12 | 41 |
| 11 | Novohrad Lucenec | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 36 |
| 12 | Tatran Krasno | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 30 | -16 | 31 |
| 13 | Podbrezova II | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 40 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | Poltar | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 50 | -40 | 22 |
| 15 | Liptovska Stiavnica | 30 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 37 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 38 | -40 | 22 |
| 16 | Cadca | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 31 | 68 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 42 | -37 | 19 |