Zemplín Michalovce beat Trenčín 3-1 in the Superliga on Saturday evening at the Mestsky futbолоvi stadion. The hosts moved into fifth place on ten points, while the visitors slipped to ninth with five from six games.
E. Mashike opened the scoring in the sixteenth minute, and here's the thing — the match shifted on its head before the break. M. Koscelnik received a red card in the thirty-seventh minute, and by then Trenčín were already chasing shadows. Mashike added a second just two minutes later, in the thirty-ninth, and the visitors never recovered their shape.
Trenčín pushed forward after the dismissal, but Zemplín held firm. P. Danek scored the third in the fiftieth minute, and at that point the game was effectively over. J. Zirkzee added a late goal in the ninetieth, and it was enough to settle any lingering nerves.
Trenčín had sixty-four per cent possession but managed only three shots on target. Zemplín, with thirty-six per cent, hit seven on target and converted three. The visitors recorded fourteen shots off target — there is no value left at that number when you're chasing a game.
The result extends Zemplín's recent run of results. They had won three of their last four before this match, and now sit comfortably above the drop zone. Trenčín's away form has been inconsistent — they lost six of their last ten away fixtures before Saturday, and this adds to that pattern.
