Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sparta Praha & Viktoria Plzeň face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Czech Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Sparta participated in Czech Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Overall Czech Liga stats at home this season for Sparta Praha are 8-3-4 (wins-draw-losses). On the other hand, in the Czech Cup, Sparta Praha has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Sparta has won five games in a row. The Viktoria Plzeň match was the last time out without a victory. Two home wins in a row for Sparta bring valid hopes of a third.
Sparta are confident in defense, having played 417 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A good away victory last time out for Sparta Praha, who won 2-0 against Slovacko. Before that, Sparta Praha had a Czech Liga home game versus Opava which ended with a victory 2-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sparta Praha have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost one.
Goals decide football matches and Sparta are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 15 league matches. Sparta have conceded 19 in these home matches.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
Viktoria Plzeň was sent out of Czech Cup in the 5th round last season.8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Viktoria Plzeň playing as the away team in the Czech Liga this season. When we have look at the Czech Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Viktoria as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.
The Viktoria goalkeeper Ales Hruska is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 366 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Viktoria Plzeň, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Sigma Olomouc in the Czech Liga last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Zlin.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Viktoria Plzeň playing away and similar expectations, we found two relevant matches. Results were one Viktoria win, zero draws and one defeat.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Viktoria have scored 22 goals in 15 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Sparta, one draw and seven wins for Viktoria Plzeň. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kopic 7 goals | J. Beauguel 6 goals |  A. Čermák 5 goals |
Sparta Praha missing players
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
| Sparta Praha | Viktoria Plzeň | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 52 | 35 | Scored | S | 27 | 63 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Conceded | C | 10 | 16 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 297 | 180 | Total Shots | T S | 110 | 250 | ||
| 126 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 49 | 113 | ||
| 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 56% | ||
| 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 |