Slovakia beat Kazakhstan 2-1. The winner had to work for it: 2 from 17 shots. Best on the pitch was Dávid Hancko, rated 8.0.

1. 0'
   ⚽Kick-off
   UEFA Nations League 2026
   SVK 4-3-3·4-2-3-1 KAZ
   Coach: V. Weiss · J. van 't SchipReferee: Patrik Kolaric📍 Kosicka futbalova arena
2. 1. First half
   2. 6'
      KAZ
      Yellow card
      R. Karimov
   3. 26'
      

      SVK
      GOOOAL!L. Sauer
   4. 28'
      

      SVK
      Yellow card
      David Strelec
   5. 35'
      KAZ
      GOOOAL!R. KarimovAssist: Zhasulan Amir
   6. 43'
      KAZ
      Yellow card
      Islambek Kuat
   7. 45'
      KAZ
      Substitution
      ▲A. Mrynskiy▼Ismail Bekbolat
3. 1. Second half
   2. 60'
      KAZ
      Substitution
      ▲G. Kenzhebek▼stanislav basmanov
   3. 60'
      KAZ
      Substitution
      ▲Ramazan Orazov▼Z. Amir
   4. 66'
      

      SVK
      Substitution
      ▲T. Bobcek▼L. Sauer
   5. 69'
      

      SVK
      Yellow card
      M. Valjent
   6. 72'
      KAZ
      Substitution
      ▲D. Kasabulat▼Islambek Kuat
   7. 75'
      

      SVK
      Substitution
      ▲Róbert Boženík▼David Strelec
   8. 75'
      

      SVK
      Substitution
      ▲Ivan Schranz▼Lukáš Haraslín
   9. 82'
      

      SVK
      GOOOAL!Dávid HanckoAssist: Ondrej Duda
   10. 86'
       KAZ
       Substitution
       ▲Elkhan Astanov▼A. Ashirbek
   11. 90+1'
       

       SVK
       Substitution
       ▲Dávid Ďuriš▼M. Valjent
   12. 90+1'
       

       SVK
       Substitution
       ▲T. Rigo▼Tomáš Suslov