National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ružomberok or Lipany that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Ružomberok and Lipany.
Ružomberok form and stats
Ružomberok participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.The story so far in the Super Liga for Ružomberok at their home stadium (Futbalový štadión MFK Ružomberok) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Futbalový štadión MFK Ružomberok.
It's back home for Ružomberok, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Senica away with the result 2-0. Ján Maslo and Matej Madlenak found the net in that victory.
Before that, Ružomberok played out a Super Liga draw 2-2 when visiting Pohronie.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ružomberok, as the Super Liga home game vs Sered is only three days away.
Ružomberok are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. As for guarding their own goal, Ružomberok have only let in 3 goals at home.
Lipany form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 2nd round.Total Slovakia Cup statistics for Lipany: 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 3-1 against Sobrance Sobranecko in their previous game.
Preceding that game was the away 3. Liga - East victory against Slovan Giraltovce with the score of 3-2.The schedule is very tough for Lipany now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 3. Liga - East game at Pokrok Krompachy is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Ružomberok two wins, zero draws and Lipany zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Regáli 4 goals | J. Maslo 3 goals | M. Kochan 3 goals |
Ružomberok missing players
Lipany missing players
| Ružomberok | Lipany | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 41 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 74 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 26 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 17 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 7.9 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 23 |
| 3 | Ružomberok | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | DAC | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Trenčín | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Zemplin Michalovce | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Zilina | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Senica | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Sered | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 10 |
| 11 | Zlate Moravce | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -13 | 7 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -17 | 6 |