Skalica beat Považská Bystrica 4:1 in the 1. Liga on 7 October 2026. The result stays within what form had suggested all week.
Both sides sit at the bottom of the table with no points on the board, which tells you the season is barely under way. Skalica are fifth after nine games with five wins and four defeats. Považská Bystrica are twelfth after eight games and eight losses.
Skalica's recent run has been uneven — they lost 4:8 to Martin on 2 October, then bounced back with a 9:4 win over Dubnica. Považská Bystrica have not found a way through any of their eight fixtures, losing their last five matches including a 3:5 defeat to Nové Zámky on the same day as Skalica's loss.
By then the visitors had already accumulated eight losses, and this result extends that run. Skalica, meanwhile, keep their record at five victories from nine outings.
The scoreline leaves Skalica five points clear of Považská Bystrica in the standings, though both sides have played different numbers of games. The gap in games played is one, and the gap in points is five.
