Inter Bratislava beat Yakubov 4-1 in the Round of 128 of the Cup on Wednesday evening. The visitors opened the scoring early and never looked back, wrapping up a comfortable victory despite playing most of the second half with ten men.
P. Bellas gave Yakubov the lead from the penalty spot in the fifth minute, but Inter Bratislava responded immediately. They equalised in the sixteenth and took control at the break with a second goal in the forty-seventh. And here's the thing — they didn't stop there. Two more strikes in the sixty-first and sixty-sixth minutes sealed the tie before the red card arrived.
The dismissal came in the seventy-fourth, leaving Inter Bratislava to see out the remainder with a man down. To be fair, the result was already beyond doubt by then. Yakubov had one corner all game and managed only five shots on target across ninety minutes.
The statistics tell the fuller story. Inter Bratislava registered 97 attacks against 61, won eight corners to one, and took 18 shots with six finding the target. Yakubov held 49 per cent possession but couldn't convert their single chance into anything sustained.
The away side arrived in decent form, having won their last two matches 3-0 each. This result sends them through to the next round while Yakubov's Cup campaign ends after one game.