Zlín beat Nitra 2:0 in a club friendly on 13 August 2026. The match took place at the home ground of the Czech side. No further details of the goals were supplied.
Zlín came into the fixture with momentum. They had won 1:0 against Zvolen HKM just two days earlier. Before that they beat Dukla Trenčín 3:2 in September 2025. The pattern showed improvement after losses to Slovan Bratislava and Dynamo Pardubice B earlier in the year.
Nitra's recent run tells a different story. They played Slovan Bratislava five times in April 2026. The results were mixed — three wins, two losses — but the scores were always high: 4:3, 5:2, 5:3, 3:4, 2:4. They scored heavily but conceded just as much.
A clean sheet was a change for Zlín. In their last five matches they had kept one clean sheet and conceded in the other four. Nitra, meanwhile, had been involved in six-goal games repeatedly. This result suggested they could not impose their attacking style.
The two-goal margin was comfortable but not dominant. Zlín had already shown they could win 1:0 away at Zvolen. Building on that foundation with a second clean sheet in a week would give the coaching staff something to work with.