CS Sătmar Mare hosted ACS Afumţei in the eighth round of Liga II on 19 September 2026, and the visitors took all three points with a 2:0 victory. The result leaves the hosts winless after eight games while the visitors move further clear in the middle of the table.
The turning point came in the fifty-fifth minute when A. Enache struck for Afumţei, and here's the thing — it was the first real clarity of the match. Sătmar Mare had dominated possession but their shots on target were few and far between, three in total against eight for the visitors. By then the hosts were already on the back foot, having lost A. Botogan to a yellow card in the twenty-eighth minute.
Afumţei closed the game out in stoppage time. V. Ghinet added a second in the ninety-second minute, and that was enough to seal the result. The hosts made several changes in the final quarter — M. Marin, D. Golda, A. Jorza, G. Mihoreanu, M. Diomande, M. Sanogo and M. Panos all came off — but they refused to go away despite trailing.
The statistics told the story of a team that controlled the ball without creating much. Sătmar Mare had 121 attacks compared to 94, and 58 per cent possession, yet only three shots on target. Afumţei were more clinical with eight shots on target and eleven off target. Two yellow cards for each side kept things fair enough.
What it means is straightforward. Sătmar Mare sit twentieth with four points from eight games, four draws and four defeats. Afumţei are ninth with fourteen points — four wins, two draws, two defeats. The away end never stopped, and the visitors have now extended their unbeaten run away from home.
