Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Žilina & Slovan Bratislava 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 Žilina and Slovan Bratislava.
This stadium uses artifical turf, unlike Slovan Bratislava's home stadium. The visitors last ten games on artifical turf have ended in 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.
Žilina form and stats
Žilina participated in Slovakia Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.This match is a Slovakia Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Žilina drew their last game, 1-1 away at Spartak Trnava.
Ahead of that match, Žilina won a home game hosting Trencin (5-3).Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super Liga game versus Zlate Moravce in only three days. This game is also played here at Štadión Tehelné pole.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Žilina, who have participated in seven training matches. Žilina have won 4 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 2 games.
Slovan Bratislava form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Bratislava, as they won the Slovakia Cup.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Slovakia Cup stats, they have 6 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Two travels in a row for Bratislava, whose manager D. Milanič could celebrate last time after the Super Liga win against Zlate Moravce. As mentioned above, Bratislava was the only team on the pitch versus Zlate Moravce in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The game before that, in the Super Liga, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against DAC.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Trencin in just three days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Bratislava have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats from five fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Žilina won zero, Slovan Bratislava won six and four draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kurminowski 15 goals |  R. da Silva 14 goals |  D. Holman 9 goals |
Žilina missing players
Slovan Bratislava missing players
| Žilina | Slovan Bratislava | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 63 | 42 | Scored | S | 30 | 58 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 69% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 84% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.2 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 14.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.7 | ||
| 45% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 36% | ||