3. Liga CFL match prediction: Little separates Sokol Živanice and Slovan Velvary in quality

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Competition: Czech Republic 3. Liga CFL
Competition: Sat 13.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion SK Náchod v Bělovsi (2000 seats)

Straining Sokol Živanice are eager to pull off a surprise when they host hard-driving Slovan Velvary in the next league match. It’s 14th vs 2nd and the home fans will have low expectations.

Insights:
  • Sokol Živanice have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in 3. Liga CFL
  • Slovan Velvary is in the best form (5-1-0) in 3. Liga CFL

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Sokol Živanice form and stats

When playing at home in the 3. Liga CFL, Sokol Živanice have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.

Stress levels are on the rise for Živanice's attacking players as they have now played 196 minutes without scoring in a league game. Vobejda was their last goal scorer.

Sokol Živanice's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Slovan Velvary (placed 2nd).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sokol Brozany (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Sokol Živanice perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sokol Živanice as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Sokol Živanice has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Živanice have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion SK Náchod v Bělovsi with 25 goals in 13 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sokol Živanice defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Sokol Živanice hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Benesov, Hradec Kralove II, Banik Sous, Prepere and Pardubice II), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.

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Slovan Velvary form and stats

Slovan Velvary have an excellent away record in the 3. Liga CFL so far with 8-2-3 from 13 games. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Velvary hope to make it five in this match.

Two away games in a row for Slovan Velvary, whose coach Hašek could celebrate last time after the win against Sokol Živanice.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Pardubice II.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Slovan Velvary in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Slovan Velvary, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 8 of this club's 10 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

Velvary are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 13 away games so far. 15 goals have been conceded by Slovan Velvary in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other previously this season, with the final score Živanice - Slovan Velvary 0-1 written in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the former seven meetings): Sokol Živanice won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Slovan Velvary managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / two.

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Sokol Živanice Slovan Velvary
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
5 3 0 Won W 3 8 15
10 5 1 Drew D 0 2 5
11 5 2 Lost L 1 3 6
39 25 4 Scored S 8 23 49
40 22 8 Conceded C 5 15 28
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
85% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 77%
54% 77% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 69% 65%
38% 54% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 31%
19% 23% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 15%
69% 77% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 62% 58%
12% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 35%
19% 15% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 15%
 
4.9 6.3 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 5.8 5.7
5.2 4.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.9 4.3
1.7 1.4 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.9 9 8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10.8 11
3.3 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 5.4 5.2
47% 49% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 37%
 
7.7 7.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 8.1 8.1
3.7 3.6 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.2 3.6
Key stats in 3. Liga CFL this season:
  • Slovan Velvary have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Slovan Velvary have the most points (26) away in 3. Liga CFL
  • Slovan Velvary have the most points from losing position (16) in 3. Liga CFL
  • Slovan Velvary is in the best form (5-1-0) in 3. Liga CFL
  • Sokol Živanice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sokol Živanice have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in 3. Liga CFL
  • Sokol Živanice have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sokol Živanice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Viktoria Zizkov 26 19 5 2 56 16 14 12 1 1 33 7 12 7 4 1 23 9 40 62
2 Slovan Velvary 26 15 5 6 49 28 13 7 3 3 26 13 13 8 2 3 23 15 21 50
3 Sokol Brozany 25 13 3 9 36 26 13 7 2 4 18 10 12 6 1 5 18 16 10 42
4 Kolin 25 12 3 10 40 43 12 9 2 1 27 14 13 3 1 9 13 29 -3 39
5 Chlumec nad Cidlinou 26 11 6 9 33 36 13 7 3 3 19 13 13 4 3 6 14 23 -3 39
6 Mlada Boleslav II 25 10 7 8 36 29 13 6 3 4 20 12 12 4 4 4 16 17 7 37
7 Sokol Zapy 24 9 9 6 34 26 10 6 3 1 21 10 14 3 6 5 13 16 8 36
8 Teplice II 25 11 2 12 46 49 13 6 1 6 31 27 12 5 1 6 15 22 -3 35
9 Jablonec II 26 8 7 11 40 36 13 5 3 5 19 15 13 3 4 6 21 21 4 31
10 Usti nad Labem 26 8 7 11 42 54 13 3 5 5 17 23 13 5 2 6 25 31 -12 31
11 Hradec Kralove II 25 8 7 10 22 35 12 4 4 4 11 13 13 4 3 6 11 22 -13 31
12 Prepere 25 7 7 11 33 51 13 5 2 6 15 24 12 2 5 5 18 27 -18 28
13 Banik Sous 26 6 8 12 30 44 13 4 5 4 18 17 13 2 3 8 12 27 -14 26
14 Sokol Živanice 26 5 10 11 39 40 13 3 5 5 25 22 13 2 5 6 14 18 -1 25
15 Pardubice II 25 6 7 12 24 32 12 2 4 6 10 15 13 4 3 6 14 17 -8 25
16 Benesov 25 6 5 14 26 41 13 5 3 5 20 21 12 1 2 9 6 20 -15 23