Rosenheim played Košice in a club friendly match on Thursday, 4 September 2026, and came away with a 1:2 defeat. The Slovak side took all three points in a game that followed a familiar pattern for both teams — goals at both ends, nothing settled until the final whistle. And here's the thing, you could see the recent results in this one without needing a full replay.
Rosenheim's last five outings have been a string of high-scoring affairs: 3:4, 7:4, 3:4, 1:2, 5:6. They tend to find the net but rarely keep a clean sheet. Košice's run was more mixed — a 2:4 loss, a 3:4 defeat, then a 4:1 win, followed by a 3:0 victory and a 2:3 loss. They have the capacity to be unpredictable, which is exactly what you get when you watch them.
There were no goals, minutes, or substitutions supplied for this fixture, so the narrative has to come from elsewhere. To be fair, the result makes sense when you look at the trajectory of both squads. Rosenheim have been leaking goals all pre-season; Košice have been finding ways to win the tight ones. This was one of those.
No statistics were provided — no possession, shots, or expected goals — so we are left with the scoreline and the recent form. That is enough to say something. Košice went into this game with momentum after their 3:0 win over Prešov, while Rosenheim had just lost 3:4 to Val Pusteria. The away side carried that confidence across the border.
The match ended 1:2 to Košice, a result that extends their unbeaten run to two games while leaving Rosenheim with another defeat in what has been a messy pre-season for them. By then, the pattern was clear — they would keep scoring, but they would keep conceding. Nothing new there.