Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Šamorín & 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.
Šamorín form and stats
Šamorín was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Slovakia Cup.Šamorín have collected 4 points from their 2. Liga home games so far after 1-1-3.
A strong away win for Šamorín against Slovan Bratislava II the last match.
Heartbreak before that as Šamorín lost 0-1 at Zilina II's place.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Šamorín, as the 2. Liga home game vs Spartak Myjava is only four days away.
Šamorín have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Mestský štadión with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Šamorín have allowed more than three conceded goals on average in their home matches so far.
FK Košice form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for FK Košice so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose).
Košice's previous game was their home loss versus Banska Bystrica (2-4). A huge disappointment for FK Košice in their last match (vs Banska Bystrica). Leading 2-0 the victory seemed almost certain, but a fascinating collapse turned everything around and in the end all was lost in a 2-4 defeat. Attacker Medved got a player rating of 7.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Medved scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that, the Slovakia Cup victory away at Spissky Stiavnik.
FK Košice have another fixture that requires travelling in just four days, a Super Liga fixture vs Slovan Bratislava. A grim diary for them!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far FK Košice have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. For Košice, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Šamorín one win, two draws and FK Košice four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Leginus 3 goals | S. Olejník 2 goals |   Ž. Medved 2 goals |
Šamorín missing players
FK Košice missing players
| Šamorín | FK Košice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 10 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 35 | 45 | ||
| 56 | 31 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 81% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 19% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 10 | 11.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Komárno | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 37 |
| 2 | Puchov | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Tatran Presov | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Petrzalka akademia | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Spartak Myjava | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | Povazska Bystrica | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Zilina II | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Futura Humenne | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Slovan Bratislava II | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Slavoj Trebisov | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 16 |
| 11 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 13 | OFK Malzenice | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Šamorín | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -14 | 12 |
| 15 | Dolny Kubin | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 16 | Spišská Nová Ves | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -14 | 2 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Trenčín | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Podbrezova | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 22 |
| 4 | Žilina | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Banska Bystrica | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Spartak Trnava | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Dunajská Streda | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | Ružomberok | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 9 | Skalica | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | FK Košice | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 7 |
| 11 | Zemplín Michalovce | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -13 | 4 |
| 12 | Zlaté Moravce | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -13 | 3 |
