National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Rača or Trenčín that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This football stadium has grass, which is not Trenčín's usual surface at their own stadium. When appearing on grass Trenčín have performed like this: Played 41 matches with the results 13 wins, 8 draws and 20 defeats with the goal data 49-66 (scored/conceded).
Rača form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Slovakia Cup for Rača, as the manager L. Luknár led his troops to eliminate Domino, Nova Dedinka and Dunajska Luzna, and reach the 3rd Round. Rača participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Slovakia Cup for Rača. Two home wins in a row for Rača bring valid hopes of a third.
Rača's previous game was a 3. Liga - Bratislava match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Kalinkovo. The home side are looking to build on that result.
A 1-1 draw away in the 3. Liga - Bratislava before that, with Rovinka the opponent.Trenčín form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Velky Meder in order to reach 3rd round of Slovakia Cup. Trenčín was sent out of Slovakia Cup in the quarter-finals last season.2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Trenčín playing as the away team in the Super Liga this season.
Trenčín's last game was the home draw against Senica (3-3). Trenčín's last match (vs Senica) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 82nd minute equalizer by Eduvie Ikoba. As you can tell from the result, the match against Senica was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? As mentioned above, Trenčín drew the match against Senica. Manager P. Hlinka brought on Eduvie Ikoba to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Zilina.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Trenčín manager P. Hlinka as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Pohronie.
The travelling fans enjoy Trenčín's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Trenčín have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Kadák 5 goals |  E. Jendrišek 2 goals |  K. Madu 1 goals |
Rača missing players
Trenčín missing players
| Rača | Trenčín | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 66 | 28 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Conceded | C | 29 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 32% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 15.9 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.9 | ||
| 7.6 | 6.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Trnava | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Zilina | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Trenčín | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Senica | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | DAC | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Zemplin Michalovce | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Ruzomberok | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Sereď | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 10 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 11 | Zlate Moravce | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 5 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 4 |