CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea 0:1 Slatina: Liga II Match Result

Match report

Slatina beat KSM Râmnicu Vâlcea 1-0 in the third round of Liga II's regular season on Saturday. The away side took all three points with a single goal, moving clear at the top of the table while the hosts dropped further back.

KSM Râmnicu Vâlcea started brightly enough, but the visitors took control when Y. Sorescu found the net in the 52nd minute. To be fair, the hosts had chances of their own, though they could not find the back of the net. Slatina weathered the storm after the breakthrough and saw out the game.

Discipline became an issue in the second half. Yellow cards followed for both sides, with KSM Râmnicu Vâlcea picking up three in quick succession around the break and then two more after the hour mark. Slatina were booked four times in total, but never lost their shape.

Substitutions came in pairs for the home side. At 62 minutes E. Nistor made way for C. Doman, and the second change arrived at 81 when A. Trascu was replaced by V. Constantin. The visitors made no changes of their own, content to see the game out.

The statistics tell the fuller story. Slatina held 53 per cent possession and registered four shots on target compared to three for KSM Râmnicu Vâlcea. The hosts managed 88 attacks and five corners, but could not convert their dominance into goals.

By then Slatina sat top with 16 points from six games, five wins and a draw. KSM Râmnicu Vâlcea remained 11th on eight points, with two victories and two defeats to go alongside their two draws.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 47 – 53

Shots on target 3 – 4

Shots off target 6 – 3

Attacks 88 – 65

🟨 15' Yellow card 🟨 45+1' Yellow card 🟨 45+2' Yellow card ⚽ 52' Y. Sorescu — Goal ⇄ 62' E. Nistor — Substitution ⇄ 62' C. Doman — Substitution 🟨 66' Yellow card 🟨 69' Yellow card ⇄ 81' A. Trascu — Substitution ⇄ 81' V. Constantin — Substitution

Match events

15' 0:0 Slatina Yellow card
45+1' 0:0 Slatina Yellow card
45+2' 0:0 Slatina Yellow card
52' 0:1 Slatina Goal Y. Sorescu
62' 0:1 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea Substitution E. Nistor off: S. Ivan
62' 0:1 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea Substitution C. Doman off: B. Florescu
66' 0:1 Slatina Yellow card
69' 0:1 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea Yellow card
81' 0:1 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea Substitution A. Trascu off: G. Oprescu
81' 0:1 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea Substitution V. Constantin off: D. Butisteanu

Statistics

47 Possession, % 53

3 Shots on target 4

6 Shots off target 3

88 Attacks 65

5 Corners 3

17 Free kicks 13

1 Offsides 4

1 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

9 Goal kicks 10

37 Throw-ins 21

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