The Faroe Islands have played five games in their Nations League group and drawn all five. The latest was a 2-2 at Slovakia on Friday in which they led with barely a quarter of the ball, and the point they took was still enough for Slovakia to clinch promotion to League B.

Ahead with 27.6% of the ball

Erik Prekop put Slovakia ahead in the 17th minute in Kosice, finishing a move set up by David Hancko. Viljormur Davidsen leveled from the penalty spot in the 30th, and two minutes after halftime Aki Samuelsen turned in a pass from Knudsen to give the visitors a 2-1 lead.

The numbers say Slovakia should have been comfortable. They had 72.4% possession and completed 526 passes to the Faroes' 146, according to Sky Sports. But the shot count was 14 to 10, and shots on target were 5 to 4. Knudsen also hit the woodwork with a volley shortly after Slovakia's double substitution on the hour, Slovak outlet Sportnet reported.

Lukas Haraslin's 74th-minute shot took an awkward bounce in front of goalkeeper Lamhauge and went in for 2-2. Both sides had chances to win it late, but the Faroes held on for another point.

Seven scored, seven conceded, zero decisions

The Faroe Islands sit third in League C Group 3 on five points, with a record of zero wins, five draws and zero losses, seven goals for and seven against. One of those draws was a 1-1 at home to Slovakia.

That run has kept them clear of the bottom. Kazakhstan, last with two points, are three behind going into Monday, when the Faroes face second-place Moldova and Kazakhstan host Slovakia.

Why a draw was enough for Slovakia

Vladimir Weiss's side came into the night with 10 points from three wins and a draw. The point took them to 11, and with Moldova on seven after beating Kazakhstan 2-1 on Friday, nobody can catch them with one round left. Slovakia have conceded four goals in five games, and two of them came against the Faroes on Friday.

The 11,013 fans in Kosice saw their team go up. They also saw a nation of roughly 55,000 people avoid defeat for the fifth time in five games, and that is harder to shrug off than the possession numbers suggest.