Fayoum SC still has hopes of survival in the Second Division after surprising 1-1 draw away at leaders Aswan

On Thursday, 28 March 2019, Fayoum SC had a very difficult away game at leaders Aswan. Both teams needed the points, as Aswan want to become sure of promotion to the Premier League while Fayoum are struggling to remain in the Second Division.

The goals were scored early in the game. Aswan opened the score by penalty in the 7th minute by Sila while Fayoum equalized 10 minutes later by means of Mahmoud Abu Bakr.

The home side generally dominated and tried to get the winning goal, but Fayoum defended well and responded on counter-attacks.

Neither team succeeded to score another goal, so the match ended 1-1.

It is a very good result for Fayoum, but they need to win the next matches in order to have a chance to remain in the Second Division. There are 3 rounds to go and 3 points between Fayoum and Al Nasr Lel Taa'den, their closest opponent in the table, above the relegation line.

Results, table and fixtures:

Round 23 (28 March 2019)

Sohag – Telephonat 0-0

Dayrout – Al Minya 2-2

Aluminium – Al Walideya 3-1

Aswan – Fayoum 1-1

Naser Mallawi – Al Nasr Lel Taa’den 1-2

Beni Suef – Tahta 1-1

Media – El Tahrir 3-0

Table

1	Aswan	23	14	7	2	40-18	49	Promotion to Premier League
2	Beni Suef	23	11	10	2	37-19	43
3	Telephonat	23	10	10	3	30-17	40
4	Media	23	10	7	6	35-28	37
5	Al Minya	23	8	10	5	36-30	34
6	Sohag	23	7	11	5	19-14	32
7	Aluminium	23	8	8	7	30-26	32
8	Tahta	23	9	5	9	27-28	32
9	Dayrout	23	8	8	7	28-32	32
10	Al Nasr Lel Taa’den	23	6	10	7	31-30	28
11	Fayoum	23	5	10	8	24-25	25	Relegation to the Third Division
12	El Tahrir	23	5	6	12	21-34	21	Relegation to the Third Division
13	Naser Mallawi	23	3	5	15	19-41	14	Relegation to the Third Division
14	Al Walideya	23	3	1	19	19-54	10	Relegation to the Third Division

Round 24 (4 April 2019)

Al Nasr Lel Taa’den – Aswan

Fayoum – Beni Suef

El Tahrir – Aluminium

Tahta – Sohag

Al Minya – Al Walideya

Telephonat – Media

Dayrout – Naser Mallawi

Bad start in 2019 for 1. FK Svidník and their new head coach, Alojz Lehocký

The Slovakian 3. Liga - Východ (East) Group started over with the games of the 18th round, played on Saturday, 23 March, and Sunday, 24 March. After a long winter break, 1. FK Svidník played away at last classified, ŠK Milénium 2000 Bardejovská Nová Ves. However, the pressure on the teams in the lower part of the table has reduced significantly because Tatran Prešov B withdrew, leaving the competition with just 14 teams instead of the usual 16 and it is quite possible that no teams will be relegated to 4. Liga.

 1. FK Svidník (players in red) lost clearly at Bardejovská Nová Ves (in white and blue).  

Source: vsfz.futbalnet.sk

1. FK Svidník played on Saturday morning and had an awful game, losing 4-0, certainly not the result that any new head coach dreams about. So, after Ľubomír Horochonič left without any publicly known reason, the new head coach is Alojz Lehocký. The visitors managed the game very well in the first 15 minutes, when they had three clear chances to score, but missed. The home side then took control of the game and solved the issue in the second part of the first half and the beginning of the second half. Goals were scored by Adam Gdul'a (30'), Tomaš Kendra (42') - after a huge error of the goalkeeper Adam Mikluš, as well as by former Svidník players, Ladislav Stachura (50') and Robert L'alík (56) on the counter-attack. Towards the end of the game, the visitors had a game several goal-scoring opportunies and even claimed a penalty, not given by the referee Maličký.

 Left back Daniel Čabala (in red) in action at Bardejovská Nová Ves.

Source: vsfz.futbalnet.sk

Teams:

Bardejovská Nová Ves: Mašlej – Imrich, Gerčák, Kyjak, Kendra (72 Sosňak) - Tuch, Pangrác-Piter, L. Stachura, Š. Stachura (77 Vasiliak) - Ľalík (65 Šimco), A. Gduľa (77 Macečko). Head coach: František Šott.

1. FK Svidník: Mikluš - Lipák, Zápotocký, Rohulskyi, Čabala (70 Petrik) - Ducár, Goncharevich, Nemergut (53 Horbaj), M. Matkobiš (70. Jačisko) - Š. Košč, Losiev (51 O. Gduľa). Head coach: Alojz Lehocký.

One of the obvious issues of 1. FK Svidník is that they have a very young and inexperienced team, as several good and experienced players have left during the winter break. Head coach Alojz Lehocký needs time to put up a good team at this level and it will be difficult for them to remain in the upper half of the table in the remaining rounds.

In the next round, 1. FK Svidník will play this weekend at home against another lower classified team which shows signs of recovery, MFK Slovan Giraltovce. It is a local derby, much expected by the fans of both teams.

The table has been adjusted, as all Tatran Prešov B results have been cancelled.

Table after the cancellation of 1. FC Tatran Prešov B results

1	FC Košice	15	14	0	1	44-4	42	Promotion to 2. Liga
2	MFK Vranov	15	12	1	2	35-9	37
3	MFK Snina	15	9	2	4	29-22	29
4	OŠFK Šarišske Michal`any	15	9	1	5	25-13	28
5	FK Humenné	15	8	2	5	20-20	26
6	NOVES Spišska Nová Ves	15	7	2	6	20-25	23
7	1. FK Svidník	14	6	2	6	16-18	20
8	Pokrok SEZ Krompachy	14	5	1	8	15-18	16
9	TJ FK Vel`ké Revištia	15	4	4	7	15-18	16
10	MŠK Tesla Stropkov	14	4	2	8	18-20	14
11	AŠK Maria Huta	15	4	2	9	16-32	14
12	FK Družstevník Plavnica	14	3	3	8	17-28	12
13	MFK Slovan Giraltovce	15	3	1	11	9-25	10
14	Bardejovská Nová Ves	15	2	3	10	18-45	9	Possible relegation to 4. Liga

Round 18 (23-24 March 2019)

FK Družstevník Plavnica – MŠK Tesla Stropkov 1-2

AŠK Maria Huta – MFK Vranov 1-3

FK NOVES Spišska Nová Ves – FC Košice 0-7

FK Humenné – MFK Snina 3-1

MFK Slovan Giraltovce – FK Pokrok SEZ Krompachy 2-0

ŠK Milénium Bardejovská Nová Ves – 1. FK Svidník 4-0

OŠFK Šarišske Michal`any and TJ FK Vel`ké Revištia did not play.

Table

1	FC Košice	16	15	0	1	51-4	45	Promotion to 2. Liga
2	MFK Vranov	16	13	1	2	38-10	40
3	MFK Snina	16	9	2	5	30-25	29
4	FK Humenné	16	9	2	5	23-21	29
5	OŠFK Šarišske Michal`any	15	9	1	5	25-13	28
6	NOVES Spišska Nová Ves	16	7	2	7	20-32	23
7	1. FK Svidník	15	6	2	7	16-22	20
8	MŠK Tesla Stropkov	15	5	2	8	20-21	17
9	TJ FK Vel`ké Revištia	15	4	4	7	15-18	16
10	Pokrok SEZ Krompachy	15	5	1	9	15-20	16
11	AŠK Maria Huta	16	4	2	10	17-35	14
12	MFK Slovan Giraltovce	16	4	1	11	11-25	13
13	FK Družstevník Plavnica	15	3	3	9	18-30	12
14	Bardejovská Nová Ves	16	3	3	10	22-45	12	Possible relegation to 4. Liga

Round 19 (30-31 March 2019)

FK Družstevník Plavnica – AŠK Maria Huta

1. FK Svidník – MFK Slovan Giraltovce

FK Pokrok SEZ Krompachy – FK Humenné

MFK Snina – FK NOVES Spišska Nová Ves

FC Košice – MFK Vranov

MŠK Tesla Stropkov – TJ FK Vel`ké Revištia

OŠFK Šarišske Michal`any – ŠK Milénium Bardejovská Nová Ves