The first leg ended Dinamo Zagreb-Sparta Praha 3-1. All is set for the decider in this Europa League Play-offs fixture!
It's no vacation for neither Sparta Praha nor Dinamo Zagreb 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.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Sparta was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Europa League.As mentioned below, Sparta Praha are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Czech Liga games.
Sparta Praha's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Karvina. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League.
Sparta are traveling soon after this match as the Czech Liga match at Slovan Liberec awaits in three days.
It's goals goals goals for Sparta Praha who have scored 10 goals from 3 league home games.
Dinamo Zagreb form and stats
Dinamo Zagreb was sent out of Europa League in the knockout round play-offs last season, when Sevilla turned out to be too strong.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dinamo Zagreb in their 1. HNL matches away.
Dinamo Zagreb go into this game after a win, the home game against Rijeka that ended 2-1. Ristovski was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.31. The defender Ristovski hit two key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.
Before that match, the win at home against Sparta Praha in the Europa League (3-1).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Dinamo manager Bišćan as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Osijek.
It's early days yet, but Dinamo Zagreb has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other previously this season, with the match result Dinamo Zagreb - Sparta Praha 3-1 registered in the official records. Last four meetings between these contenders: Sparta Praha won zero, Dinamo Zagreb were winners in one and we saw three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Haraslín 3 goals |  J. Kuchta 3 goals | M. Vitík 2 goals |
Sparta Praha missing players
Dinamo Zagreb missing players
| Sparta Praha | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 14 | 46 | ||
| 28 | 19 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.8 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.9 | ||
| 5.7 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| 8.6 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.3 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Sigma Olomouc | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Slovacko | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Viktoria Plzen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Bohemians 1905 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Mlada Boleslav | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Slovan Liberec | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Teplice | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Hradec Kralove | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Banik Ostrava | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Karvina | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Pardubice | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Zlin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 15 | Jablonec | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Ceske Budejovice | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hajduk Split | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | Osijek | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Rijeka | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Varazdin | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Gorica | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Slaven Koprivnica | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 6 |
| 8 | Istra 1961 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 4 |
| 9 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Rudes | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
