Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tvrdosin & Podbrezová face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Slovakia Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Podbrezová could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super Liga game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Žilina, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Podbrezová.
Tvrdosin form and stats
Tvrdosin have reached this Slovakia Cup stage through battling and winning against Nizna. Tvrdosin was eliminated in the preliminary round last season in the Slovakia Cup.Tvrdosin are returning here after guesting Nizna in a Slovakia Cup fixture and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
Before that game, a loss in the away fixture against Chlebnice in the Slovakia Cup.
Podbrezová form and stats
They also participated in Slovakia Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.The visitors are W2-D3-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Super Liga.
Two travels in a row for Podbrezová, whose manager Skuhravý could celebrate last time after the win against Žilina. Masaryk came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Žilina last time out, making the manager Skuhravý feel like a tactical genius.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Zlate Moravce in the Super Liga.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super Liga trip to Zemplin Michalovce.
6 goals have been conceded by Podbrezová in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Godál 2 goals | S. Ďatko 2 goals | M. Kuzma 2 goals |
Tvrdosin missing players
Podbrezová missing players
| Tvrdosin | Podbrezová | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 8 | 3 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 26 | 72 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 50% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 76% | ||
| 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 64% | ||
| 38% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 2.7 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 8.3 | 10.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.7 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 13.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 6 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | ||
| 14 | 16.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.5 | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Podbrezová | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Spartak Trnava | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | DAC | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Ruzomberok | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Žilina | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Trencin | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 8 | Skalica | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 9 | Banska Bystrica | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 9 |
| 10 | Zemplin Michalovce | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 11 | Zlate Moravce | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 12 | Liptovsky Mikulas | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -10 | 4 |
