MALZENICE, Slovakia (Interstat) — Malzenice scored three unanswered goals on Sunday and defeated Z. Moravce-Vrable 3-0 at Futbalový štadión Malženice in Malzenice. The home side broke through late in the first half and added a final goal in stoppage time, while Z. Moravce-Vrable could not find a response. Malzenice led 2-0 at halftime after goals in the 36th and 40th minutes. The visitors remained scoreless through the second half, and Malzenice completed the scoring in the 90th minute plus one. Z. Moravce-Vrable was held without a goal for the match. The game was played on Sunday at the venue in Malzenice. The final score was 3-0 in favor of the home team. That score stood as the final result.

The first booking came in the 23rd minute when Malzenice’s M. Turansky was shown a yellow card. Malzenice’s Tadeas Husar was booked in the 32nd minute. Z. Moravce-Vrable received a yellow card in the 33rd minute. Tadeas Husar then opened the scoring in the 36th minute for Malzenice. Marek Fabry doubled the lead in the 40th minute. The two goals gave the home side a 2-0 advantage before halftime. Malzenice maintained that lead into the break. The visitors did not score in the first half. The opening goal came after the first two yellow cards of the match, and the second goal followed four minutes later. Z. Moravce-Vrable’s yellow card in the 33rd minute was its first of the match.

After halftime, Malzenice continued to hold the lead. Z. Moravce-Vrable made substitutions involving Ousaye A. and Konopka M. in the 68th minute. Malzenice was booked again in the 75th minute. Z. Moravce-Vrable was booked in the 89th minute. Michal Boledovic played one minute and scored in the 90th minute plus one. Fabry finished with one goal while playing 90 minutes. Husar also played 90 minutes, scored once and was shown a yellow card. Boledovic’s goal capped the scoring and completed the three-goal win. The second half remained 2-0 until Boledovic’s stoppage-time goal. Z. Moravce-Vrable’s two substitutions came together in the 68th minute. The home side closed out the match without conceding.

The result left Z. Moravce-Vrable with a competition record of no wins, three losses and one draw. Its record across all competitions is now one win, three losses and one draw. Malzenice is now one win, one loss and two draws in the competition and one win, one loss and two draws across all competitions. Z. Moravce-Vrable’s competition mark is 0-3-1, while Malzenice’s competition mark is 1-1-2. Across all competitions, Z. Moravce-Vrable stands at 1-3-1 and Malzenice stands at 1-1-2. Z. Moravce-Vrable has one win across all competitions and no wins in the competition.

Z. Moravce-Vrable had beaten Komarno 1-0 in its previous match. Before that, it lost to FK Humenne 2-1, lost to Pohronie 3-1 and drew with I. Bratislava 2-2. Malzenice had drawn 0-0 at Pohronie, lost 5-2 to I. Bratislava and drawn 1-1 at Petrzalka in its recent matches. Those results preceded Sunday’s match and were part of the teams’ season records in the competition and across all competitions. The previous results included a win for Z. Moravce-Vrable over Komarno and a draw for Malzenice at Pohronie. Those matches were played before the Sunday contest.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Malzenice 2, Z. Moravce-Vrable 2. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Malzenice with a 62.3 percent probability to win. Z. Moravce-Vrable had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-0.5. The total score of 3 went under the over/under line of 2.5. The projected score and win probability were made before the match.