In the Cup game on 23 September 2026, Baník Ostrava beat Kladno 1:2. Match numbers: shots on target 4:2, corners 7:3.
Match report
Kladno hosted Banik Ostrava in the Cup Round of 32 on Wednesday evening and lost 1:2 after extra time. The hosts started brightly on their own patch but could not hold the visitors when it mattered most.
Y. Skyba gave Kladno the lead in the 42nd minute, a moment that felt inevitable given how the home side pressed from the opening whistle. To be fair, the visitors were not entirely without threat, but Skyba's finish caught them sleeping. He picked up a yellow card two minutes later, a sign of the frustration building inside the Kladno camp.
By then the game had shifted. D. Jurcenko equalised in the 53rd minute, and suddenly Kladno were chasing the game again. The substitution window at half-time had thrown fresh legs into the visitors' midfield, and they made their presence felt straight away.
What followed was a familiar pattern. Kladno threw bodies forward, Ostrava stayed compact and waited. V. Jurecka struck in the 119th minute to put the tie to bed, a late winner that left the home supporters staring at the floodlights.
Statistics tell only part of the story. Kladno registered 108 attacks against 101, held 56 per cent possession and landed four shots on target to two. And here's the thing — three shots on target for Ostrava's two goals. They did not need much when the moment arrived.
Kladno's recent form offers little comfort. They drew with Pribram and Taborsko, then lost to Artis Brno before beating Viktoria Zizkov and Jiskoma Domazlice at home. Ostrava have been uneven too, drawing with Slovacko and losing to Pardubice, Jablonec and Mlada Boleslav in quick succession.
HT⚽42' Y. Skyba — Goal🟨44' Y. Skyba — Yellow card⇄46' H. Hruska — Substitution⇄46' T. Smejkal — Substitution⇄46' Y. Skyba — Substitution⇄46' F. Kubala — Substitution⇄46' R. Smith — Substitution⚽53' D. Jurcenko — Goal⇄73' J. Chalupa — Substitution⇄75' M. Kmet — Substitution🟨83' Marco Tulio — Yellow card⇄84' D. Gembicky — Substitution⇄89' D. Jurcenko — Substitution⇄91' F. Sancl — Substitution⇄106' D. Planka — Substitution🟨108' M. Toml — Yellow card⚽119' V. Jurecka — Goal⇄120' J. Kozojed — Substitution
