National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Zlaté Moravce or Skalica that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Moravce and Skalica.
Zlaté Moravce form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals against Slovan Bratislava.Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Moravce, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Moravce faced defeat in their previous match, away at Slovan Bratislava (1-4). Before that, Zlaté Moravce had a Super Liga home game versus Trencin which ended with a victory 1-0.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Zlaté Moravce matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and zero defeats (from one game).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Moravce as they are travelling to their away game against Spartak Trnava in the Super Liga. That match is three days after this one.
Skalica form and stats
Last season their Slovakia Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in 2. Liga matches, Skalica have produced an overall stat of 4-5-2 so far.
Skalica play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Poprad. Before that, Skalica travelled to Slavoj Trebišov and returned home with a draw after the 2. Liga game finished 1-1.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Poprad was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Skalica playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and two home wins.
After this away game Skalica return home for a 2. Liga game against Liptovský Mikuláš. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Skalica are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 11 away games so far. Skalica's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Zlaté Moravce, zero draws and three wins for Skalica. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Zlaté Moravce missing players
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| Zlaté Moravce | Skalica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 26 | 55 | ||
| 40 | 16 | Conceded | C | 20 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.8 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 13.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liptovský Mikuláš | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 26 | 49 |
| 2 | Banska Bystrica | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 30 | 48 |
| 3 | Skalica | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 42 |
| 4 | Podbrezova | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 38 |
| 5 | FK Kosice | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Petržalka akadémia | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Puchov | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Komarno | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | -9 | 28 |
| 9 | Zilina II | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | Dubnica | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -5 | 25 |
| 11 | Šamorín | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 12 | Slavoj Trebišov | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Partizan Bardejov | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 20 |
| 14 | Slovan Bratislava II | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 57 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 32 | -32 | 15 |
| 15 | Poprad | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 67 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 33 | -47 | 3 |