Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Povazska Bystrica & Petržalka akadémia face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovakia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Povazska Bystrica and Petržalka akadémia.
Povazska Bystrica form and stats
Povazska have reached this Slovakia Cup stage through battling and winning against Plevnik-Drienove. Povazska was eliminated in the 5th round last season in the Slovakia Cup.Povazska haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Belusa, 333 days ago. The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Povazska has racked up an amazing four draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Povazska played a great game against Nové Mesto nad Váhom and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Povazska, as the 3. Liga - Zapad home game vs Nove Zamky is only four days away.
Petržalka akadémia form and stats
Petržalka akadémia was sent out of Slovakia Cup in the 8th finals last season.Things could have gone better for Petržalka akadémia in their 2. Liga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
It's the second away game in a row for Petržalka akadémia, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Zilina II in the 2. Liga last time out. The game before that, in the 2. Liga, was lost at home, a 0-4 defeat against Podbrezová.
After this away game Petržalka return home for a 2. Liga game against Poprad. That game is only four sleeps after this.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Petržalka akadémia has managed 2 goals and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Gašparovič 1 goals |  T. Hambálek 1 goals |
Povazska Bystrica missing players
Petržalka akadémia missing players
| Povazska Bystrica | Petržalka akadémia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 17 | ||
| 46 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 24 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 33 | 52 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 41% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 44% | ||
| 6.7 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | ||
| 4.8 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 73 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 101 | 174 | ||
| 26 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 44 | 71 | ||
| 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Povazska Bystrica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Spartak Myjava | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Zlate Moravce-Vrable II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Nitra II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Belusa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Kalna n. Hronom | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Slovan Duslo Sala | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Marcelova | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Nove Zamky | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | OFK Malzenice | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Velke Ludince | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Castkovce | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Imeľ | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Galanta | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Lednicke Rovne | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Nové Mesto nad Váhom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 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 | Banska Bystrica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Podbrezová | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Skalica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | FK Kosice | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Komárno | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Partizan Bardejov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Zilina II | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Puchov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Šamorín | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -6 | 3 |
| 11 | Petržalka akadémia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 12 | Dubnica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Slavoj Trebisov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Poprad | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 15 | Slovan Bratislava II | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |