TotalBound Football
FT
0–2
25 Sep 2026
Europa League Fri 25 Sep, 17:00London Košická futbalová aréna (KFA), Kosice Viktor Kopievskiy 5,432 attendance

Timeline

  1. 2' Tom Lonergan
  2. 30' Nino Marcelli Penalty - Missed
  3. 57' Sean Grehan
  4. 60' Hugo Pavek for Timotej Hranica
  5. 60' Lukáš Mikulaj for Jakub Pira
  6. 60' Tadeás Hájovsky for Vincent Chyla
  7. 62' Artur Gajdos Yellow Card
  8. 67' Michael Noonan for Tom Lonergan
  9. 67' Alexej Maros for Artur Gajdos
  10. 68' Jacob Devaney Yellow Card
  11. 69' Tobiás Paliscák Yellow Card
  12. 74' Miroslav Sovic for Mario Sauer
  13. 75' Oisin Gallagher for Jacob Devaney
  14. 75' Romeo Akachukwu for Jamie Mullins
  15. 78' Noah Jauny Yellow Card
  16. 84' Alex Murphy Yellow Card
  17. 86' Leon Ayinde for Trent Kone-Doherty
  18. 90'+2' Rory Finneran Yellow Card

Match stats

65.8% Possession 34.2%
11 Shots 16
3 On target 7
11 Fouls 18
2 Yellow cards 4
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 3
5 Saves 3
439 Accurate passes 179

Lineups

Slovakia U21 4-4-2
1 Hrdina
15 Okál 2 Paliscák 3 Mielke 21 Hranica
7 Riznic 8 Gajdos 19 Chyla 22 Sauer
10 Marcelli 13 Pira
Republic of Ireland U21 3-4-2-1
1 Jauny
18 Murphy 5 Grehan 12 McCarthy
20 Brennan 6 Devaney 14 Finneran 2 Curtis
7 Kone-Doherty 17 Lonergan
8 Mullins
Slovakia U21 4-4-2
  1. 1 Adam Hrdina G
  2. 2 Tobiás Paliscák CD-L
  3. 3 Filip Mielke CD-R
  4. 15 Marek Okál LB
  5. 21 Timotej Hranica ▼ RB
  6. 8 Artur Gajdos ▼ CM-L
  7. 19 Vincent Chyla ▼ CM-R
  8. 7 Matej Riznic LM
  9. 22 Mario Sauer ▼ RM
  10. 10 Nino Marcelli CF-L
  11. 13 Jakub Pira ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 6 Hugo Pavek ▲ SUB
  2. 11 Lukáš Mikulaj ▲ SUB
  3. 14 Tadeás Hájovsky ▲ SUB
  4. 9 Alexej Maros ▲ SUB
  5. 16 Miroslav Sovic ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 5 Jakub Jakubko SUB
  2. 20 Adam Rajnoha SUB
  3. 12 Sebastián Zajac SUB
  4. 18 Artúr Musák SUB
Republic of Ireland U21 3-4-2-1
  1. 1 Noah Jauny G
  2. 5 Sean Grehan CD
  3. 18 Alex Murphy CD-L
  4. 12 Cathal McCarthy CD-R
  5. 6 Jacob Devaney ▼ CM-L
  6. 14 Rory Finneran CM-R
  7. 20 Adam Brennan LM
  8. 2 Sam Curtis RM
  9. 17 Tom Lonergan ▼ F
  10. 7 Trent Kone-Doherty ▼ CF-L
  11. 8 Jamie Mullins ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 9 Michael Noonan ▲ SUB
  2. 22 Oisin Gallagher ▲ SUB
  3. 21 Romeo Akachukwu ▲ SUB
  4. 13 Leon Ayinde ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 3 Conor Mcmanus SUB
  2. 23 Marcus Gill SUB
  3. 4 David Okagbue SUB
  4. 19 Darius Lipsiuc SUB
  5. 15 Kian McMahon-Brown SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+2' Rory Finneran (Republic of Ireland U21) Yellow Card at 90'+2'
  2. 86' Leon Ayinde (Republic of Ireland U21) Substitution at 86'
  3. 84' Alex Murphy (Republic of Ireland U21) Yellow Card at 84'
  4. 78' Noah Jauny (Republic of Ireland U21) Yellow Card at 78'
  5. 75' Romeo Akachukwu (Republic of Ireland U21) Substitution at 75'
  6. 75' Oisin Gallagher (Republic of Ireland U21) Substitution at 75'
  7. 74' Miroslav Sovic (Slovakia U21) Substitution at 74'
  8. 69' Tobiás Paliscák (Slovakia U21) Yellow Card at 69'
  9. 68' Jacob Devaney (Republic of Ireland U21) Yellow Card at 68'
  10. 67' Alexej Maros (Slovakia U21) Substitution at 67'
  11. 67' Michael Noonan (Republic of Ireland U21) Substitution at 67'
  12. 62' Artur Gajdos (Slovakia U21) Yellow Card at 62'
7 earlier entries
  1. 60' Tadeás Hájovsky (Slovakia U21) Substitution at 60'
  2. 60' Lukáš Mikulaj (Slovakia U21) Substitution at 60'
  3. 60' Hugo Pavek (Slovakia U21) Substitution at 60'
  4. 57' Sean Grehan (Republic of Ireland U21) Goal at 57'
  5. 30' Noah Jauny (Republic of Ireland U21) Penalty - Saved at 30'
  6. 30' Nino Marcelli (Slovakia U21) Penalty - Missed at 30'
  7. 2' Tom Lonergan (Republic of Ireland U21) Goal at 2'

Recent form

Slovakia U21 W L W W D

  • D at Republic of Ireland U21 2-2 EURO U-21 Qualifying
  • W Moldova U21 2-0 EURO U-21 Qualifying
  • W Kazakhstan U21 2-1 EURO U-21 Qualifying
  • L England U21 4-0 EURO U-21 Qualifying
  • W at Kazakhstan U21 3-1 EURO U-21 Qualifying

Republic of Ireland U21 W D L L D

  • D Slovakia U21 2-2 EURO U-21 Qualifying
  • L at England U21 2-0 EURO U-21 Qualifying
  • L at Andorra U21 4-0 EURO U-21 Qualifying
  • D Moldova U21 1-1 EURO U-21 Qualifying
  • W at Kazakhstan U21 1-0 EURO U-21 Qualifying

Head to head

  • 10 Oct 2025 Republic of Ireland U21 2–2 Slovakia U21 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying