Slovan Bratislava stretches lead in Slovak Fortuna Liga

Source: Xinhua| 2021-12-01 20:26:51|Editor: huaxia

BRATISLAVA, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Leaders SK Slovan Bratislava defeated SKF Sered 2-0 in the 16th round of the Slovak Fortuna Liga on Tuesday and extended their lead on the standings to eight points.

SK Slovan's eighth consecutive triumph came without much of a hassle, opening the scoring early on a penalty kick and its English midfielder Andre Green doubled the lead with a nifty header, his first Fortuna Liga goal.

FC Spartak Trnava suffered their first home defeat of the season after losing to third-ranked MFK Ruzomberok 3-0.

Ruzomberok opened the scoring on a penalty kick in the first half and Martin Regali stunned Trnava with two more goals early in the second half. All hopes of rallying got thwarted in the 68th minute when the home team's American midfielder Zyen Jones got sent off with a red card.

Elsewhere, AS Trencin lost to FC DAC 1904 Dunajska Streda 1-0, FK Senica tied MSK Zilina 2-2, MFK Tatran Liptovsky Mikulas lost to MFK Zemplin Michalovce 1-0, and FC ViOn Zlate Moravce beat FK Pohronie 2-0. Enditem

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