National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Slávia TU Košice or Slovan Bratislava 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.
Slávia TU Košice form and stats
Slávia TU Košice participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The Slávia fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Štadión TU Watsonova and will expect new points from this game. Slávia TU Košice has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
Slávia's last game was hosting Spisske Podhradie and winning 6-0. As mentioned above, Slávia "killed" Spisske Podhradie in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A 3. Liga - East defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Snina.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 3. Liga - East game versus Slovan Giraltovce in only four days. This game is also played here at Štadión TU Watsonova.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Slovan Bratislava, as they won the Slovakia Cup.3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Slovan Bratislava playing as the away team in the Super Liga this season.
Bratislava are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the Super Liga against Liptovsky Mikulas. As mentioned above, Slovan Bratislava was the only team on the pitch versus Liptovsky Mikulas in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Lincoln Red Imps in the Europa Conference League.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Slovan Bratislava manager V. Weiss as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Trenčín.
Slovan Bratislava has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Bratislava are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Henty 6 goals |  J. Zmrhal 4 goals |  S. Mráz 4 goals |
Slávia TU Košice missing players
Slovan Bratislava missing players
| Slávia TU Košice | Slovan Bratislava | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 57 | 37 | Scored | S | 25 | 54 | ||
| 28 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 76% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 14.1 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.5 | ||
| 6.8 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 26 |
| 2 | Spartak Trnava | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 3 | Ruzomberok | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | DAC | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 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 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 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 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -14 | 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 |