Match Report
The table read 3rd (Žilina, 40 pts) against 4th (Ružomberok, 35 pts), 5 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Žilina: only 21st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 3rd. Scoring rates set the scale: Žilina 2.05 scored and 1.23 conceded per game, Ružomberok 1.06 and 1.56, with the league averaging 1.43.
Žilina had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Ružomberok, 5.
12 meetings are on record — 3 won by Žilina, 4 by Ružomberok, 5 drawn, at 2.83 goals per meeting. Only 42% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The match was played at Štadión Pod Dubňom in Žilina (capacity 11,258). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Žilina: Samuel Kopasek (39') · Ružomberok: A. Tučný (5'), J. Hladík (71')