Csakavár hosted Kazincbarcika in the fifth round of the NB II regular season on Sunday, and the visitors took all three points with a 2:0 win. The match ended without controversy, though the scoreline tells only part of the story. By then, the visitors had already established what would be a comfortable evening.
Kazincbarcika struck first in the 37th minute through M. Babjak, who made the most of a moment that didn't come from anything special. To be fair, the visitors had been shaping things before that, though the breakthrough came at a convenient time. L. Racz saw action for Csakavár around the half-hour mark, but it made little difference to the flow.
The second half opened with M. Burdika coming on for the hosts, a change that didn't shift the momentum. G. Szoke picked up a yellow card for Csakavár in the 36th minute, and N. Dencinger followed suit for the visitors shortly after. And here's the thing about this game — it wasn't the tactical battle you might expect, more a matter of who took their chances.
M. Babjak doubled his tally in the 74th minute, and that was enough to settle it. The visitors brought on P. Benko and N. Dencinger in the 75th minute, then made a flurry of changes in the 84th, bringing on B. Kartik, M. Babjak himself, M. Radics and Z. Sipos. B. Pal collected a yellow card for Csakavár late on.
The statistics tell a flat story. Both sides held 50 per cent possession, though Kazincbarcika registered eight shots on target to five. The visitors won nine corners against four, and their 17 free kicks compared with 13 suggests they found more space to work.
For Kazincbarcika, the result keeps them fourth with twelve points from six games, three wins and three draws. Csakavár remain bottom with just one victory and three points, having lost five of six. They need the points badly now, and this one has gone out of reach.
