Match Report
Liptovská Štiavnica, 7th with 45 points, sat 23 points above Nova Bana (15th, 22). Liptovská Štiavnica ranked just 11th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Against a league average of 1.51 goals per team per game, Nova Bana ran at 1.03 scored and 2.3 conceded, Liptovská Štiavnica at 1.1 and 1.4.
Eight consecutive defeats weighed on Nova Bana. Momentum sat with Liptovská Štiavnica, winners of their last five. Recent form was uneven: 0/15 points for Nova Bana, 15/15 for Liptovská Štiavnica.
The match was played at Futbalový štadión MFK Nová Baňa. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-2.




