Home advantage could prove decisive in Karviná - Opava battle

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Karviná form and stats

Karviná's results here at Městský Stadión in the Fortuna Liga have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 4 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Karviná, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Karviná manager J. Jarábek and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Teplice (placed 14th) in the Fortuna Liga. Before that game, the home loss against Slavia Praha with the scoreline 1-3.

Karviná salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Teplice, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Rafael Tavares equalizing.

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 Karviná have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won two times, drawn four and lost two.

Karviná aren't scoring a lot here at Městský Stadión in the league, with only 7 goals from 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Karviná defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Opava form and stats

There's been little loot from Opava's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 8 away games in the Fortuna Liga. Opava, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Fortuna Liga, only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Opava, who have now gone eleven games without a victory. The Teplice game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Opava are looking to quickly end their 214 minutes long goal drought in the Fortuna Liga.

The manager R. Kováč was unhappy after their last game, a Fortuna Liga match played at their home ground Stadion v Městských sadech. Opava suffered a 0-2 loss to Zbrojovka Brno (placed 15th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Bohemians 1905.

We have checked recent matches where Opava have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were one victory, three draws and three defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Opava manager R. Kováč as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Karlovy Vary.

The attacking power of Opava when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Opava have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Opava - Karviná 1-2 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Karviná three wins, five draws and Opava two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

K. Qose 4 goals

M. Papadopulos 3 goals

R. Haša 2 goals

Karviná missing players

Opava missing players