National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nafta or Triglav that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Nafta form and stats
Nafta was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Slovenian Cup.Nafta have played 7 2. SNL games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The home club members saw a 2-2 draw versus Bilje last time out and are looking for a win here. Nafta salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Bilje, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Novinic equalizing.
Before that match, a 2. SNL win away at Dob.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Nafta home games with this odds we find 9 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 3 matches were won by at least two goals.
The Nafta fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 7 matches. On the other hand, Nafta have conceded 8 goals.
Triglav form and stats
Last season their Slovenian Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Triglav so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Šalja, Kregar (2), Schweiger and Petrović scored in Triglav's previous match, the home game against Dob that ended 5-2. As you can tell from the result, the match against Dob was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 0-0 draw at Dekani's stadium before that.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Triglav's away games in the league this season with only {4 goals} from 8 matches. Triglav have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Nafta have avoided defeat in the last 5 fixtures (2-3-0) facing Triglav.Top Goalscorers
  N. Haljeta 5 goals | S. Ostrek 5 goals |   O. Kregar 5 goals |
Nafta missing players
Triglav missing players
| Nafta | Triglav | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 47 | 19 | Scored | S | 15 | 33 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 21 | 46 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 6.9 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.4 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 11.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | ||
| 9 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 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 | Rogaska | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Aluminij | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 33 |
| 3 | Ilirija | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 29 |
| 4 | Krka | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 | Nafta | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 25 |
| 6 | Beltinci | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Rudar Velenje | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Bistrica | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 19 |
| 9 | Triglav | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 18 |
| 10 | Bilje | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -11 | 17 |
| 11 | Fužinar | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Primorje | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Dekani | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Krsko | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| 15 | Dob | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 13 |
| 16 | Grosuplje | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
