Galanta beat Baník Lachota-p-Vtáčnikom 4:1 away in the Second League's tenth round on Saturday. The visitors ran out comfortable winners despite the hosts camped in the final third for large spells. Baník spent the afternoon with 62 per cent possession but could not convert it into anything meaningful.
Jokel struck twice in quick succession, opening the scoring in the fifteenth minute before adding another three minutes later. And here's the thing — the yellow card that followed at twenty minutes seemed to shift something. Baník pressed harder after that, but the visitors kept their heads and grew into the game.
The hosts pulled one back before half-time through Kovac, who grabbed a goal in the forty-fifth minute with a late strike. By then Galanta had already gone two ahead and could breathe a little easier. The visitors added another in the fifty-fifth, though the scorer was not named in the match report.
Two more yellow cards came later in the match, one at seventy-five and another at eighty-five. Galanta made sure of the result with a goal in the ninety-first minute, and that was that. Baník finished with six shots on target but could only muster one goal from their dominance in possession.
The statistics told a familiar story. Baník had 112 attacks compared to Galanta's 82, and seven corners to one. They had more shots overall — twelve versus eight — but efficiency mattered more than volume. The visitors took their chances and the hosts did not.
Galanta moved up to sixth place with 16 points from ten games, while Baník stayed eighth on 13 points. The result extended Galanta's positive run — they had won two of their last three — and ended Baník's brief spell of consistency. They had drawn three of their last four before this defeat.
