It's game one of two in the Champions League as FC Copenhagen host Sparta Praha. This is a 3rd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
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.
FC Copenhagen form and stats
Action has already taken place for FC Copenhagen in Champions League as they have defeated Breidablik to reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. FC Copenhagen was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Superliga numbers at home for FC Copenhagen so far this season.
Copenhagen's last game was hosting Randers and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, FC Copenhagen played a great game against Randers and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Gonçalves, having found the net in three matches in a row. Diks was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.8 out of 10. The defender Diks scored one goal and won 8 of 10 duels.
A home victory ahead of that match, as predicted. The team were big favourites against Breidablik and won 6-3. The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how FC Copenhagen have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Copenhagen as they have a new game in only three days, a Superliga match thankfully also at home. OB are visiting.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FC Copenhagen at home in the league. 4 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Sparta Praha was sent out of Champions League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Monaco turned out to be too strong.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Sparta Praha playing as the away team in the Czech Liga this season.
Sparta won their last game, 5-2 versus Pardubice played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Pardubice was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
Prior to that result Sparta Praha won their away game at Zlin in the Czech Liga. The scoreline was 1-0.The schedule is very tough for Sparta Praha now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Czech Liga game at Jablonec is waiting in only four days.
{1 goals} so far away for Sparta Praha, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (FC Copenhagen wins - draws - Sparta Praha wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last two encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Cupido Gonçalves 4 goals |   L. Haraslín 3 goals |
FC Copenhagen missing players
Sparta Praha missing players
| FC Copenhagen | Sparta Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | ||
| 60 | 37 | Scored | S | 20 | 50 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14.2 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 14.2 | ||
| 6.4 | 8.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 10.8 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 6.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Copenhagen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Nordsjælland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | OB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Brøndby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | AGF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 7 | Silkeborg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Randers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 9 | Lyngby | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Hvidovre | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Viborg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Vejle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sparta Praha | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Mlada Boleslav | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Slavia Praha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Teplice | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Hradec Kralove | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Slovan Liberec | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Slovacko | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Karvina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Bohemians 1905 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Viktoria Plzen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Banik Ostrava | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Jablonec | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Pardubice | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Zlin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Ceske Budejovice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
