Match report
Slovakia thrash Moldova 4-0 to top League C group 3
Slovakia cruised to a 4-0 win away at Moldova in a UEFA Nations League League C - 4 fixture, confirming their dominance at the top of the group table. David Strelec opened the scoring inside eight minutes, and Tomáš Suslov doubled the lead just before half-time with an assist from Ivan Mesík, leaving Moldova chasing the game at the break.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The second half brought no respite for the hosts. Dávid Hancko struck on 60 minutes, teed up by Lukáš Haraslín, before Haraslín turned provider into scorer himself on 75 minutes, finishing off a move set up by Leo Sauer to make it 0-4. Moldova never found a route back into the contest after falling two goals behind so early.
Despite conceding four, Moldova actually shaded possession and registered 17 shots to Slovakia's 14, suggesting territorial control without the cutting edge to match. Slovakia were far more clinical in front of goal, converting four of their chances while picking up two yellow cards to Moldova's none across a physical, foul-strewn contest.
Lukáš Haraslín scored once and set up another in a man-of-the-match display, earning the highest rating on the pitch at 9.0.
Moldova held more of the ball at 54% possession, yet it was Slovakia who punished them with four clinical finishes.
Slovakia won 4–0 away against Moldova (half-time 0–2).
Moldova met Slovakia in the UEFA Nations League (League C - 4). Kick-off was Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 18:45 UTC at Zimbru. Referee: Yigal Frid.
Team pages: Moldova · Slovakia · UEFA Nations League
Key moments
- 8' Goal: David Strelec — 0–1
- 44' Goal: Tomáš Suslov (assist: Ivan Mesík) — 0–2
- 60' Goal: Dávid Hancko (assist: Lukáš Haraslín) — 0–3
- 75' Goal: Lukáš Haraslín (assist: Leo Sauer) — 0–4
Starting line-ups
Moldova (5-3-2)
- 12 Dumitru Celeadnic
- 2 Oleg Reabciuk
- 6 Mihail Gherasimencov
- 18 Iurie Iovu
- 4 Vladislav Baboglo
- 21 Ioan-Călin Revenco
- 9 Sergiu Perciun
- 22 Vadim Rață
- 14 Vladimir Fratea
- 20 Nicky Cleșcenco
- 15 Petru Popescu
Slovakia (4-2-3-1)
- 23 Dominik Greif
- 16 Dávid Hancko
- 21 Adam Obert
- 14 Milan Škriniar (c)
- 2 Ivan Mesík
- 8 Ondrej Duda
- 22 Stanislav Lobotka
- 17 Lukáš Haraslín
- 10 Tomáš Suslov
- 18 Ivan Schranz
- 15 David Strelec
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Moldova 11%, the draw 18%, Slovakia 71%. It finished Moldova 0–4 Slovakia.
Slovakia's rating gap outweighs Moldova's home ground — Slovakia are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Slovakia's 71%. The draw at 18% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why Slovakia at 71%?
Slovakia sit 373 points higher on our strength rating — 1309 to 1683. Sides with a more than 240-point rating edge on the road won 65.6% of 5,930 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 10–19–71.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 71% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 18% and Moldova at 11%.
Why is the draw only 18%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 19.1%. These teams' recent games average 3.3 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,831. The goals environment takes 1.6 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Slovakia have averaged 16 percentage points more possession than Moldova in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Last five: Moldova L-D-W, Slovakia W-W-D — Slovakia are clearly the hotter side on recent results. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 43.3% of 1901 games when clearly hotter and 43.6% of 3634 when clearly colder. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Moldova vs Slovakia final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Nations League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Moldova 0–4 Slovakia. Explore more on the Moldova and Slovakia team pages or the UEFA Nations League page.