It's time for episode two of the Sparta Praha - FC Copenhagen 3rd Qualifying Round battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 15.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Epet Arena (19784 seats)

The first leg ended FC Copenhagen-Sparta Praha 0-0. All is set for the decider in this Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round fixture!

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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Sparta Praha form and stats

Sparta participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the group stage.

Perfect Czech Liga season at home so far for Sparta Praha 2 wins from 2 appearances.

A strong away win for Sparta Praha against Jablonec the last match, as Vitík were on target. As mentioned above, Sparta Praha "killed" Jablonec in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

In the game before, 0-0 away to FC Copenhagen (Champions League).

There will be little rest for Sparta after this match as they are travelling to Teplice for a Czech Liga game in only four days.

Sparta Praha has scored {7 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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FC Copenhagen form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Breidablik in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. FC Copenhagen's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.

FC Copenhagen are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Superliga. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.

Copenhagen go into this game after a win, the home game against OB that ended 2-1. Defender Jelert was the best team player with a rating of 8.01. Jelert hit two key passes and won 13 of 19 duels.

Preceding that, 0-0 at home hosting Sparta Praha in the Champions League.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Superliga trip to Hvidovre.

{5 goals} so far away for FC Copenhagen, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

FC Copenhagen - Sparta Praha 0-0 was the end result in these participants' last H2H match, earlier this season. Sparta Praha-FC Copenhagen H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Sparta Praha zero wins, FC Copenhagen two wins, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

FC CopenhagenD. Cupido Gonçalves
D. Cupido Gonçalves
4 goals
Sparta PrahaL. Haraslín
L. Haraslín
3 goals
Sparta PrahaM. Vitík
M. Vitík
2 goals

Sparta Praha missing players

FC Copenhagen missing players

Sparta Praha FC Copenhagen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
15 8   Won W   8 17
7 1   Drew D   2 4
3 3   Lost L   3 4
49 27   Scored S   23 53
23 16   Conceded C   13 29
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
80% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 76%
48% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 64%
32% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 36%
20% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 28%
56% 67%   BTTS BTTS   54% 64%
36% 17%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 28%
16% 17%   Failed to Score F T   23% 20%
 
6.5 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.9
3.6 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.7
2 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.2
1 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.2 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.2 14
5.8 6.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 6.1
34% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 35%
 
7.2 6.7   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 10.9
2.6 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.9

  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 4 4 0 0 13 3 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 10 12
2 Slavia Praha 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 9
3 Mlada Boleslav 3 2 1 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 7
4 Teplice 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
5 Sigma Olomouc 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
6 Bohemians 1905 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 6
7 Slovan Liberec 4 1 2 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 5
8 Viktoria Plzen 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
9 Slovacko 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
10 Hradec Kralove 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 1 0 0 5 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 0 4
11 Banik Ostrava 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 6 -2 4
12 Karvina 3 1 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 3
13 Jablonec 4 0 2 2 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 -6 2
14 Pardubice 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 5 -4 1
15 Zlin 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 1
16 Ceske Budejovice 3 0 0 3 3 12 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 2 2 9 -9 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 FC Copenhagen 4 4 0 0 11 4 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 2 0 0 5 3 7 12
2 Nordsjælland 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 9
3 AGF 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
4 Midtjylland 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 6
5 Lyngby 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 5 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 4
6 OB 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 4
7 Viborg 3 1 1 1 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 4
8 Brøndby 3 1 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 4 -2 3
9 Silkeborg 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
10 Randers 3 0 2 1 4 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -4 2
11 Hvidovre 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
12 Vejle 3 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.