Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rimavská Sobota & FK Košice face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovakia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Rimavská Sobota form and stats
Rimavská Sobota have reached this Slovakia Cup stage through battling and winning against FK Jesenske, FK Košice and Hajnacka.Rimavská Sobota have played 4 3. Liga - Center games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Slovakia Cup, Rimavská Sobota has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
The Rimavská crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-7 to FK Košice here at Futbalový štadión Na Záhradkách in a Slovakia Cup match. Prior to that, an away loss at Namestovo in the 3. Liga - Center.
As you see from the result above, Rimavská suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
The Rimavská manager C. Csányi has got the team scoring with 8 from 4 home games in the league. Rimavská's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FK Košice form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rimavská Sobota and Olovary in order to reach 3rd Round of Slovakia Cup. Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.FK Košice are happy with their away performances in the 2. Liga so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. Things are running smoothly for Košice who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Banska Bystrica.
The Košice goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 315 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Košice, but there's smiles all around after the 7-0 victory versus Rimavská Sobota in the Slovakia Cup last time out. That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Komárno in the 2. Liga.
As mentioned above, FK Košice was the only team on the pitch versus Rimavská Sobota in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.
Košice find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. FK Košice are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Rimavská - FK Košice 0-7 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  B. Gáll 5 goals | F. Pavúk 3 goals | K. Karaš 1 goals |
Rimavská Sobota missing players
FK Košice missing players
| Rimavská Sobota | FK Košice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 26 | 53 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.3 | 7.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 105 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 165 | 323 | ||
| 45 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 140 | ||
| 38% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 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 | Rakytovce | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Fomat Martin | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Namestovo | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Filakovo | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
| 5 | Oravske Vesele | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Jednota Banova | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 13 |
| 7 | Rimavská Sobota | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 8 | Tatran Krasno | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Liptovska Stiavnica | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 10 |
| 10 | Kovacova | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | Novohrad Lucenec | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -7 | 8 |
| 12 | Banik Kalinovo | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 6 |
| 13 | Zarnovica | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -16 | 4 |
| 14 | Lokomotiva Zvolen | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 3 |
| 15 | Liptovsky Hradok | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -12 | 1 |
| 16 | Cadca | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | -19 | 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 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 18 |
| 2 | Skalica | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | FK Košice | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | Podbrezová | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 6 | Petrzalka akademia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 7 | Partizán Bardejov | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | Samorin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 9 | Púchov | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Dubnica | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Komárno | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 12 | Slavoj Trebisov | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 5 |
| 13 | Zilina II | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Poprad | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 15 | Slovan Bratislava II | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | -15 | 0 |