National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sigma Olomouc or Slovan Liberec that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Olomouc and Slovan Liberec.
Sigma Olomouc form and stats
Last season, Olomouc's Czech Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals.5-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Czech Liga numbers at home for Sigma Olomouc so far this season. This match is a Czech Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Three consecutive losses here at Andrův stadion is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Sigma Olomouc's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Viktoria Plzeň. Before that match, a Czech Liga win away at Mlada Boleslav.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sigma Olomouc perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sigma Olomouc as a small favourite), we find seven games. Sigma Olomouc has won two of these, drawn three and lost two.
Olomouc has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Olomouc's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Slovan Liberec form and stats
Slovan Liberec was sent out of Czech Cup in the quarter-finals last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Czech Liga travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats. Total Czech Cup statistics for Slovan Liberec: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
There were no winners in Liberec's previous match, a Czech Liga home game that ended 0-0 vs Banik Ostrava. It was a Czech Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Pribram wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Slovan Liberec in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Liberec, one draw and two defeats.
Slovan Liberec have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Liberec have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sigma Olomouc-Slovan Liberec H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sigma Olomouc four wins, Slovan Liberec four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Malinsky 7 goals |   L. Juliš 6 goals | K. Mara 5 goals |
Sigma Olomouc missing players
Slovan Liberec missing players
| Sigma Olomouc | Slovan Liberec | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 9 | 47 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 28 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 166 | 115 | Total Shots | T S | 94 | 276 | ||
| 65 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 120 | ||
| 34% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slavia Praha | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 48 | 72 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 38 | 66 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 50 |
| 4 | Jablonec | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 46 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 49 |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 47 |
| 6 | Banik Ostrava | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 45 |
| 7 | Ceske Budejovice | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 45 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 1 | 43 |
| 8 | Slovacko | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 42 |
| 9 | Bohemians 1905 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 31 | -3 | 42 |
| 10 | Mlada Boleslav | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 52 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 33 | -4 | 40 |
| 11 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Teplice | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 30 | -20 | 31 |
| 13 | Zlin | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 27 | -22 | 27 |
| 14 | Karvina | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -16 | 26 |
| 15 | Opava | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 30 | -31 | 23 |
| 16 | Pribram | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 40 | -35 | 21 |