Match Report
Both sides brought 4 points into this one — Slovakia 3rd, Ukraine 4th. Slovakia ranked just 9th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Slovakia 1 scored and 1 conceded per game, Ukraine 0.67 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.13.
Slovakia entered with three wins in a row.
The sides have met 4 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Slovakia, 0 draws and 2 for Ukraine, at 3.5 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf staged the fixture, a ground that holds 54,600. On the scoreboard, Slovakia led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-2.