Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tatran Prešov & Zemplín Michalovce 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 Tatran and Zemplín Michalovce.
Tatran Prešov form and stats
Tatran have reached this Slovakia Cup stage through battling and winning against Fintice. Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.In general it's been a long time since Tatran Prešov tasted defeat here at FC Pivovar Šariš, as they have taken at least one point from their last 18 home games in the league.
A nice win for Tatran last time playing, versus Rudnany. That was also a home game and the match ended 7-2. As mentioned above, Tatran Prešov "killed" Rudnany 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, 1-3 away at Lipany.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Slavia TU Kosice are coming to town in three days.
Zemplín Michalovce form and stats
Michalovce was sent out of Slovakia Cup in the 4th round last season.No Super Liga points yet away for Zemplín Michalovce, from their first 2 matches. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Michalovce are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Michalovce won their last game, 2-1 versus Liptovský Mikuláš played at home.
Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Slovan Bratislava's place.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Super Liga trip to Ruzomberok.
It's early days yet, but Zemplín Michalovce has scored 1 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Tatran four wins, four draws and Zemplín Michalovce two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Žofčák 2 goals |  W. Kanu 2 goals | F. Vaško 1 goals |
Tatran Prešov missing players
Zemplín Michalovce missing players
| Tatran Prešov | Zemplín Michalovce | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 11 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 79 | 44 | Scored | S | 8 | 37 | ||
| 30 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 73% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 44% | 20% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 17.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.5 | ||
| 6.6 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 3.6 | ||
| 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 3 | Zilina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Trencin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Ruzomberok | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Senica | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Zemplín Michalovce | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | DAC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 9 | Pohronie | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Sered | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 12 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 3 |