Slovan Bratislava II beat Humenne 3-0 in the Second League's regular season on Monday. The result came at home in Bratislava, where the hosts kept their clean sheet despite a patchy run of form. To be fair, the visitors had shown more consistency in their last six games, but this was not one of those afternoons for them.
D. Balog opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute, giving the home side an early lead. The visitors tried to respond but D. Jakolic picked up a yellow card in the twenty-ninth minute after a late challenge. By then Slovan were already on top, and the momentum never really shifted away from them.
The most telling moment came in the fiftieth minute when T. Gabris missed a penalty, only to score one shortly after. The sequence left Humenne rattled, and V. Matas went into the book for a second caution in the fifty-second minute. And here's the thing — that double blow in quick succession changed the shape of the game entirely.
Both managers brought on fresh legs in the second half, with six substitutions made between the sixty-third and ninetieth minutes. J. Rehak came on early and stayed on to score a late goal in the ninety-first minute, rounding off the scoring. The visitors had nothing to do all evening after the penalty incident, and the home side ran the show for long spells.
The statistics tell the story of a match Slovan controlled. They held 59 per cent possession and registered eight shots on target compared to Humenne's one. The visitors managed more attacks overall, but they could not convert them, while Slovan worked 126 attacks and took seven corners.
The win keeps Slovan Bratislava II in thirteenth place with five points from six games. Humenne remain twelfth on six points, but this result ends their recent run of two consecutive victories. The gap between them in the table has not changed, yet the psychological edge now belongs to the hosts.