About Match
In the standings it is Skalica 8th on 8 points, Podbrezová 5th on 11 — separated by 3. Skalica have been under-performing their position — 12th on five-round form against 8th in the table. Per game in the league, Skalica score 1.38 and conceding 2.25, Podbrezová 1.5 and 2, against a competition average of 1.78 goals per team per game. A win would lift Skalica to 11 points and up to 5th, overtaking Podbrezová (other results unchanged).
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 2 Skalica wins, 5 for Podbrezová, 1 draw, at 3.25 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 63% of the meetings. 63% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
Mestský štadión stages the fixture, a ground that holds 2,500.