Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sereď & Ružomberok face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovakia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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 Sereď and Ružomberok.
Sereď form and stats
Last season, Sereď's Slovakia Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.3-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Liga numbers at home for Sereď so far this season. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Slovakia Cup for Sereď.
In their previous game, the manager S. Vojneski led his Sereď to a defeat in the Super Liga match away at Trenčín. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Štadión Sereď. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Zlaté Moravce.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sereď, as the Super Liga home game vs Zilina is only three days away.
Sereď has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
Ružomberok form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W5-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super Liga. When we have look at the Slovakia Cup statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away. The Ružomberok manager J. Haspra is a generous human being, having led his team to four draws in a row during the last 95 days.
Ružomberok's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Zemplin Michalovce that finished 1-1. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against DAC in the Super Liga.
Ružomberok has another fixture away, a Super Liga game, against Slovan Bratislava in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The travelling fans enjoy Ružomberok's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Ružomberok have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - three - two (Sereď wins - draws - Ružomberok wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Twardzik 6 goals |  T. Hučko 3 goals | A. Morong 3 goals |
Sereď missing players
Ružomberok missing players
| Sereď | Ružomberok | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Scored | S | 31 | 40 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 24 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 19% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 199 | 118 | Total Shots | T S | 157 | 256 | ||
| 84 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 64 | 94 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 34 | 52 |
| 2 | Zilina | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | DAC | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | Ružomberok | 21 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 5 | Trenčín | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Spartak Trnava | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -2 | 27 |
| 7 | Zemplin Michalovce | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -5 | 27 |
| 8 | Senica | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Zlaté Moravce | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 23 |
| 10 | Sereď | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 22 |
| 11 | Nitra | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 16 |
| 12 | Pohronie | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -18 | 16 |