National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Vranov nad Topľou or Zemplín Michalovce that keep their silverware dream alive.
This arena uses the playing surface artifical turf, unlike Zemplín Michalovce's home ground. The previous seven games by the away side on artifical turf have resulted in 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses.
It's no vacation for neither Vranov nad Topľou nor Zemplín Michalovce as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Vranov nad Topľou form and stats
Action has already taken place for Vranov nad Topľou in Slovakia Cup as they have defeated Druzstevnik Mala Ida and Odorin to reach the 3rd Round.The Vranov nad Topľou supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Namestovo and win 3-2.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rimavska Sobota (0-1).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Vranov as they are travelling to their away game against MSK Tesla Stropkov in the 3. Liga - East. That match is four days after this one.
Zemplín Michalovce form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Roznava in order to reach 3rd round of Slovakia Cup. Zemplín Michalovce's mission in Slovakia Cup last season failed in the round of 16.No Niké liga points yet away for Zemplín Michalovce, from their first 2 matches.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Podbrezová with 1-5 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Podbrezová was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A 3-4 loss hosting Spartak Trnava before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Zemplín Michalovce manager Petrus as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Ružomberok.
Zemplín Michalovce have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Vranov nad Topľou-Zemplín Michalovce H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Vranov nad Topľou zero wins, Zemplín Michalovce three wins, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Marcin 2 goals | S. Marjanović 1 goals | D. Pavuk 1 goals |
Vranov nad Topľou missing players
Zemplín Michalovce missing players
| Vranov nad Topľou | Zemplín Michalovce | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 16 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 9 | Conceded | C | 26 | 45 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 48% | ||
| 0.8 | 0.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 0.4 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 31% | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 11.4 | ||
| 0.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Trenčín | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Podbrezová | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | Banska Bystrica | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Zilina | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Dunajská Streda | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Spartak Trnava | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Ružomberok | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Skalica | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | FK Košice | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 11 | Zlaté Moravce | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 2 |
| 12 | Zemplín Michalovce | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -13 | 1 |
