National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Povazska Bystrica or Žilina that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Povazska Bystrica nor Žilina 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.
Povazska Bystrica form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Slovakia Cup for Povazska, as the manager J. Vágner led his troops to eliminate Partizan Precin and Dubnica, and reach the 3rd Round. Povazska Bystrica was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the Slovakia Cup.In general it's been a long time since Povazska Bystrica tasted defeat here at Mestské športové kluby Považská Bystrica, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league.
Povazska enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at OFK Malzenice's place. The match ended 1-0.
Before that, Povazska Bystrica had a 3. Liga - Zapad home game versus Zlate Moravce-Vrable II which ended with a victory 5-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Povazska as they have a new game in only four days, a 3. Liga - Zapad match thankfully also at home. Lednicke Rovne are visiting.
Žilina form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Jednota Banova in order to reach 3rd round of Slovakia Cup. Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the final.Playing away, Žilina have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Fortuna Liga this season. Žilina has drawn their two previous away games.
Žilina might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Ružomberok proved too strong as Žilina slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Štadión Pod Dubňom.
Ahead of that match was the Slovakia Cup away draw versus Jednota Banova (after extra-time, 5-6 on penalties) that ended 0-0.Žilina have another match away from home in just four sleeps, a Fortuna Liga game vs Zemplin Michalovce. A demanding timetable for the visitors!
Žilina are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Žilina have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  V. Bichakhchyan 4 goals | P. Myslovič 3 goals | T. Jambor 3 goals |
Povazska Bystrica missing players
Žilina missing players
| Povazska Bystrica | Žilina | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 56 | 34 | Scored | S | 21 | 55 | ||
| 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 16 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 23% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 77% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.9 | ||
| 6.4 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slovan Bratislava | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Trencin | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Žilina | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Ružomberok | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Zemplin Michalovce | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Senica | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | DAC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sereď | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 10 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 7 |
| 11 | Zlate Moravce | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 5 |