We played seven training matches against the Slovak team in the 2010s, winning four and drawing two while losing one.
On Saturday afternoon at 17:30 we will play our first summer friendly match against FC DAC 1904 at the MOL Arena Sósto, behind closed gates, the match will be broadcast live by the visiting team.
Our opponents finished second in the Slovakian league last season, two points behind champions Slovan.
In our history, we have played FC DAC 1904 17 times, winning five and drawing six, while also losing six times. Since 2010, we have played seven pre-season matches against each other, winning four of them, drawing twice and losing once. The last time we played them was four years ago, in 2019, when we won 3-1 in Felcsút with a double from Nego and a goal from Roland Juhász.
FC DAC 1904, who are preparing for the ECL qualifiers and will face the bronze medallists of the Georgian league in the first round, have already played three preparation matches in the last few days. FK Pohronie Žiar nad Hronom Dolná Ždaňa of the Slovakian second division were beaten 1-0, while the games against FC Zbrojovka Brno and FC Rapid București both ended 1-1.
FC DAC 1904's squad has an estimated total value of more than €12.5 million, with Nikola Krstovic (€2.2 million) the most valuable player and Serbian-Montenegrin nationality, while Zsolt Kalmár is also worth an estimated €1 million.
Author: David Rechnitzer