Match Report
The table gap was wide: 19 points between Castkovce (9th, 42 pts) and Malacky (15th, 23 pts). Castkovce's recent output lagged their position: 16th on form over five rounds while 9th in the table. Per game in the league, Castkovce were scoring 1.97 and conceding 1.57, Malacky 1.17 and 2.07, against a competition average of 1.64 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Malacky for 5 matches.
5 meetings are on record — 1 won by Castkovce, 3 by Malacky, 1 drawn, at 4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 80% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Futbalový štadión Častkovce (capacity 1,500). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.