Moldova's Oleg Reabciuk was booked at 20', followed by a yellow card for Ondrej Duda at 28'. Slovakia went ahead at 32' when Ivan Schranz scored with Tomas Suslov providing the assist, making it 1-0. Duda then converted a penalty at 40' to extend the lead to 2-0, and Slovakia took that advantage into half-time.
Moldova made a double change at 55', bringing on Stefan Bodisteanu and Vladimir Fratea for Nicky Clescenco and Victor Stina. Slovakia introduced Leo Sauer and Martin Valjent for Adrian Kapralik and Schranz at 63'. At 66', Cristian Dros replaced Vadim Rata.
Slovakia sent on Denis Vavro for David Hancko at 71', then Erik Prekop for David Strelec at 72', when Suslov was booked. Moldova brought on Serghei Turcan and Mihail Stefan for Danila Forov and Vladislav Baboglo at 74'. Tomas Rigo replaced Lukas Haraslin at 82'.
Slovakia's first-half goals proved enough. The hosts had 68% possession and 17 shots to Moldova's seven, while the visitors managed just one shot on target.
| Metric | Slovakia | Moldova |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 68% | 32% |
| Shots | 17 | 7 |
| Shots on target | 3 | 1 |
| Shots off target | 11 | 5 |
| Corners | 7 | 3 |
| Fouls | 7 | 11 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 0 | 2 |
| Goalkeeper saves | 1 | 1 |
Our exact score call landed: 2-0. The pre-match prediction matched the final score at 2-0.