Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Banik Kalinovo 9th with 40 points, Liptovská Štiavnica 15th with 21, 19 apart. Banik Kalinovo had been under-performing their position — 13th on five-round form against 9th in the table. Against a league average of 1.53 goals per team per game, Liptovská Štiavnica ran at 0.93 scored and 2.17 conceded, Banik Kalinovo at 1.3 and 1.57.
Liptovská Štiavnica had gone 7 games without a win. Banik Kalinovo had gone 6 games without a win.
Umelá Tráva Ružomberok staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,817. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.