The league table in Czech Liga tells a story about these teams so far, with Viktoria Plzeň leading Zlín by 33 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Viktoria Plzeň nor Zlín as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Viktoria is in the 2nd league table position and will remain there regardless of what happens for the rest of the season. Zlín are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
Viktoria Plzeň, who have the most scored goals (56) in Czech Liga, are steadily winning Czech Liga games and points here at Doosan Aréna. 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Viktoria Plzeň, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Viktoria are confident in defense, having played 186 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Viktoria drew their last game, 0-0 away at Slavia Praha (placed 1st). Before that match, a win away at Baník Ostrava.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Viktoria Plzeň as they are travelling to their away game against Sigma Olomouc in the Czech Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Viktoria are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Doosan Aréna in their league games, having scored an impressive 35 goals in 14 matches. Viktoria Plzeň are not conceding a lot of goals here at Doosan Aréna in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 14 matches.
Zlín form and stats
Zlín have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Czech Liga, after 1-4-8 (13 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Zlín go into this game after a win, the home game against Pribram that ended 1-0. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Mladá Boleslav.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Zlín as the away team, we found two results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, one draw and one defeat. The outsiders lost one of these games by at least two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Zlín manager B. Páník as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Slavia Praha.
The attacking power of Zlín when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Zlín struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Zlín - Viktoria Plzeň 1-1 entered in the official records. Viktoria Plzeň-Zlín H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Viktoria Plzeň seven wins, Zlín one win, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Kopic 6 goals |  T. Poznar 6 goals |  A. Čermák 5 goals |
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
Zlín missing players
| Viktoria Plzeň | Zlín | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 56 | 35 | 13 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 25 |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 11 | 23 | 43 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 79% | 71% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 68% |
| 57% | 57% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 46% | 39% |
| 25% | 50% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 31% | 25% |
| 14% | 29% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 14% |
| 54% | 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 31% | 39% |
| 39% | 43% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 21% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 62% | 43% |
| 6.3 | 7.2 | 8.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 293 | 166 | 59 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 92 | 244 |
| 127 | 70 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 38 | 94 |
| 44% | 50% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 24% | 27% |
- Viktoria Plzeň has the most scored goals (35) at home
- Viktoria Plzeň has the most scored goals (56)
- Viktoria Plzeň have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Viktoria Plzeň have scored more than double the goals of Zlín.
- Viktoria Plzeň have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Viktoria Plzeň haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Viktoria Plzeň is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Zlín have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Zlín have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 47 | 68 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 34 | 60 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 44 |
| 4 | Slovan Liberec | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 46 |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | Jablonec | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 46 |
| 7 | Slovácko | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 42 |
| 8 | České Budějovice | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Mladá Boleslav | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 48 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 31 | -2 | 39 |
| 10 | Sigma Olomouc | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -2 | 33 |
| 11 | Bohemians 1905 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -7 | 36 |
| 12 | Karviná | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -15 | 25 |
| 13 | Zlín | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -18 | 27 |
| 14 | Teplice | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | -22 | 28 |
| 15 | Opava | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 45 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 28 | -31 | 20 |
| 16 | Pribram | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 36 | -32 | 18 |