Epen hosted their visitors in the fourth round of the Challenger Pro League on 5 September 2026, and the result settled on a 0:1 victory for the travelling side. The decisive moment came in the 87th minute, when a single shot on target found the net. By then, the match had already become a contest of discipline rather than ambition.
The referee was busy throughout. Yellow cards came at 28, 32, 45, 70, 81, and 90 minutes, with the home side collecting four and the visitors three. And here's the thing — the final card arrived after the goal, as if the match needed one more reminder that emotions were running high. The visitors came for a cross he never reached in the dying stages, but the moment belonged to their finisher.
The statistics tell a peculiar story. Both teams registered 50 per cent possession, yet Epen recorded zero attacks and zero shots on target while their opponents managed one shot on target and scored. To be fair, the visitors were efficient with what they had. Five blocked shots from the hosts, three from away — it was a match where chances were smothered before they could develop.
In the table, the result shifts the balance slightly. Epen remain seventh with six points from three games, matching their record of two wins and one defeat. The visitors sit third with identical figures, though the away win gives them momentum. They held the tie in their own hands now, having turned a narrow result into something meaningful.