Slovan Bratislava 3-1 Balzan: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 2 August 2018

Result

Slovan Bratislava 3-1 Balzan

Europa League · Thursday 2 August 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Slovan Bratislava · Balzan · Europa League predictions

Slovan Bratislava 3-1 Balzan: match report

Slovan Bratislava won against Balzan 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 2 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Aleksandar Cavric opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Slovan Bratislava's goals came from Aleksandar Cavric (7'), Andraz Sporar (70') and Andraz Sporar (71'). Balzan scored through Kadú (77').

Discipline: Slovan Bratislava received 4 yellow cards; Balzan received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Slovan Bratislava were 24th on 6 points from 3 and Balzan 28th on 6 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Slovan Bratislava lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Balzan in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Slovan Bratislava wins, 0 draws and 1 for Balzan.

Going into the match Slovan Bratislava's last five read L-W-W and Balzan's W-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Aleksandar CavricSlovan Bratislava · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · I. BožovićBalzan
  • 58'Yellow card · B. KaljevićBalzan
  • 59'Missed penalty · Aleksandar CavricSlovan Bratislava
  • 70'Goal · Andraz SporarSlovan Bratislava · 2-0
  • 71'Goal · Andraz SporarSlovan Bratislava · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Michal SullaSlovan Bratislava
  • 77'Goal · KadúBalzan · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Filip HološkoSlovan Bratislava
  • 89'Yellow card · Filip HološkoSlovan Bratislava
  • 90+1'Yellow card · KadúBalzan
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Vasil BozhikovSlovan Bratislava
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Nenad ŠljivićBalzan

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Slovan Bratislava 0, draws 0, Balzan 1.

Team news

Slovan Bratislava line-up (4-1-3-2)

Michal Šulla, Mitch Apau, Kornél Saláta, Vasil Bozhikov, Kenan Bajric, Vukan Savicevic, Moha, Nono, Andraz Sporar, Dejan Dražić, Aleksandar Cavric

Balzan line-up (4-2-3-1)

Steve Sultana, Steven Bezzina, Michael Johnson, Uros Ljubomirac, Ivan Božović, Elkin Orlando Serrano, Nenad Šljivić, Kadú, Miloš Lepović, Lecão, Bojan Kaljević