Ban. Bystrica vs Kosice Prediction & Picks

Best tip of the gameBest tip Handicap

Kosice +1.5 1.29

Confidence68%

All predictions

9 picks · Average confidence 65%

Full game

1X2B. Bystricaodds up 2.41Confidence 51%
Over/UnderU6.5odds up 1.33Confidence 72%
Best tip of the game: HandicapKosice +1.5odds down 1.29Confidence 68%
Winner (incl. OT)B. Bystricaodds up 1.90Confidence 55%
Double chanceB. Bystrica or drawodds up 1.50Confidence 67%
Draw no betB. Bystricaodds up 1.91Confidence 57%
Both teams to score (GG/NG)Yesodds down 1.10Confidence 85%

1st period

1st period 1X2Draw2.40Confidence 51%
1st period Over/UnderU2.51.18Confidence 79%

How to read the picks

Confidence is the model’s own score for a pick, out of 100. It is not a probability, but picks with higher confidence have won more often. The score details show the model’s probability instead — they are not picks.

Why some of these picks carry a lower confidence: the league is not yet proven in the model’s replay; no record yet for this market in the model’s replay.

Predicted final score

What the picks are derived from. Not a bet.

B. Bystrica 32

Kosice

Predicted score

Total goalsTotal 5 Line 5.0 · On the line

Draw after 60 minDraw 24%

BAN to winTo win 54% 42% in regulation

Score details

Correct score3–24%chance
1st period correct score0–021%chance
Highest scoring period3rd period27%chance

Score breakdown

After 60 minutes 3-2
By period 0-0, 1-1, 2-1
Likeliest 3-2 (4%), 2-1 (4%)

Predicted team stats

The brighter bar is the bigger figure

Shots & goaltending

Special teams

Possession & hits

Built on 20+ games of full box scores a team — no betting odds in it

Season so far

Season and recent form

Season

Season record9-5-19-7-0

Home / road split5-3-14-6-0

StreakL1W1

Rest9 days9 days

Goals for3.32.6

Goals against2.92.5

In the standings9th7th

Per game · last 10 each

Goal differential per game+0.1−0.3

Goals for3.12.2

Goals against3.02.5

Shots on goal23.524.6

Shots against35.025.9

Shooting %13.2%8.9%

Save %91.4%90.3%

Power-play %14.3%19.4%

Penalty kill %87.5%86.7%

Faceoff %44.7%46.0%

Penalty minutes12.29.1

Per-game figures from the games with full stats, all competitions.

Head-to-head

B. Bystrica 23

Kosice

Kosice won three of the last five meetings

Goals a gameGoals 5.4 BAN 2.4 · KOS 3.0

Over 5.0 goalsOver 5.0 2 of 5 This game’s line

Past 60 minutesOvertime 3 of 5 2 in overtime · 1 in a shootout

Mar 30, 2026: Kosice 3, Ban. Bystrica 1.
Mar 28, 2026: Ban. Bystrica 2, Kosice 3, after overtime.
Mar 26, 2026: Kosice 4, Ban. Bystrica 2.
Mar 23, 2026: Ban. Bystrica 3, Kosice 2, after a shootout.
Mar 22, 2026: Ban. Bystrica 4, Kosice 3, after overtime.

Last five games

B. Bystrica 3-1-1

Loss, 2–5 at Nitra, Nov 1. Odds: Nitra 1.56, B. Bystrica 4.00.
Win, 2–1 against Presov, after overtime, Oct 30. Odds: B. Bystrica 1.44, Presov 4.50.
Win, 5–4 at Spisska Nova Ves, after a shootout, Oct 25. Odds: Sp. Nova Ves 1.90, B. Bystrica 3.00.
Win, 5–3 against Dukla Trencin, Oct 23. Odds: B. Bystrica 2.20, Trencin 2.50.
Overtime loss, 3–4 against Zvolen, after overtime, Oct 17. Odds: B. Bystrica 1.98, Zvolen 2.70.

Kosice 2-3-0

Win, 3–2 against Zilina, after overtime, Nov 1. Odds: Kosice 2.40, Zilina 2.40.
Loss, 1–2 at Poprad, Oct 30. Odds: Poprad 1.87, Kosice 3.10.
Loss, 0–3 at Slovan Bratislava, Oct 25. Odds: Slovan 1.77, Kosice 3.30.
Loss, 1–5 at Nitra, Oct 23. Odds: Nitra 1.67, Kosice 3.70.
Win, 4–1 at Presov, Oct 17. Odds: Presov 3.85, Kosice 1.53.

Each side’s last five, every competition — W a win, L a loss, OT a loss after overtime or a shootout. Beside each team, its goals and its 1X2 odds before puck drop; the odds that came in are lit (none after overtime: the draw).

Key insights

3-2 in the last 5 meetings for Kosice.
−2.3 goals away — Kosice averaged 4.0 at home and 1.7 away this season.
5.4 goals per meeting across the last 5 head-to-head games; the total is 5.
9th vs 7th in the Extraliga standings.

How the odds moved

Market	Opening	Now	Move
1X2: 1 (BAN)	2.40	2.40	No change
1X2: X (draw)	4.00	4.00	No change
1X2: 2 (KOS)	2.35	2.35	No change
Over/Under line	5.5	5	Line lowered
Handicap BAN	−1.5	+0.5	Line moved

Opening and current odds from the bookmakers we track; the handicap line is shown from the home team’s side.

Extraliga standings

Regular Season

#	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	P%	GF	GA	+/−
1	Poprad	16	12	3	1	34	1.063	53	38	+15
2	Zilina	16	10	3	3	31	.969	49	31	+18
3	Slovan Bratislava	17	9	5	3	30	.882	56	43	+13
4	Dukla Trencin	16	10	5	1	29	.906	46	40	+6
5	Liptovsky Mikulas	16	9	5	2	28	.875	47	47	0
6	Spisska Nova Ves	16	9	6	1	26	.813	52	44	+8
7	Kosice	16	9	7	0	25	.781	41	40	+1
8	Nitra	16	8	6	2	24	.750	49	43	+6
9	Ban. Bystrica	15	9	5	1	24	.800	49	44	+5
10	Zvolen	16	6	9	1	16	.500	34	47	−13
11	Michalovce	16	5	10	1	15	.469	34	60	−26
12	Presov	16	0	10	6	6	.188	32	65	−33

Playoffs: Quarter-finals
Playoffs: 1/8-finals

Pts points, on the league’s own system — the table is sorted by them. W/L/OTL wins, regulation losses, overtime and shootout losses · GP played · P% points share · GF/GA goals for and against · +/− difference.

Ban. Bystrica vs Kosice prediction