Vsetín 5, Vítkovice 3
Vsetín saw off Vítkovice 5-3 in a club friendly on Wednesday evening, extending a run that has seen them win four of their last five outings. The visitors arrived with momentum, having secured consecutive victories over Frýdek-Místek and Skalica, while Vítkovice were still reeling from three straight defeats.
The result does little to mask Vítkovice's recent troubles. They had started promisingly with a 4-1 win over Olomouc before losing five of their last six matches, including defeats to Sparta Prague on two occasions. Against Vsetín, they paid for a sloppy opening, conceding early and never quite finding their rhythm.
Vsetín, by contrast, looked comfortable in the encounter. Their form since the summer has been markedly improved — a 10-1 demolition of Skalica followed by a hard-fought 3-2 win against Frýdek-Místek suggests a side finding its feet. The margin of victory reflected that confidence.
For Vítkovice, this adds another chapter to a difficult period. Three losses in a row would have raised questions, and this result offers no easy answers. The relationship between results and expectations seems to have soured, though one friendly provides limited evidence for grand conclusions.
Vsetín's visitors' advantage was clear from the start. They have the deeper squad, better recent form, and this performance confirmed both. A 5-3 scoreline in a friendly is not definitive, but the narrative was already written before kickoff.
