Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Baník Ostrava & Sparta Praha face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Czech Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Baník Ostrava form and stats
Last season their Czech Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.When playing at home in the Czech Liga, Baník Ostrava have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games.
Baník Ostrava's last game was hosting Bohemians 1905 and winning 4-1.
Prior to that, an away loss at Slavia Praha in the Czech Liga.Goals decide football matches and Ostrava are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. On the other hand, Baník Ostrava have conceded 13 goals.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Last season their Czech Cup adventure ended in the final.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Czech Liga.
The Sparta goalkeeper Vojtech Vorel is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 315 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Haraslín secured the home win 1-0 against České Budějovice in their previous game.
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Slovacko.The travelling fans enjoy Sparta Praha's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sparta Praha have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sparta Praha have put together a sequence of 14 consecutive matches without losing (10-4-0) when playing Ostrava.Top Goalscorers
  L. Almási 5 goals |  T. Čvančara 5 goals | J. Kuchta 4 goals |
Baník Ostrava missing players
Sparta Praha missing players
| Baník Ostrava | Sparta Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 21 | 46 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 34% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 36% | ||
| 10.4 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viktoria Plzen | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 37 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Hradec Králové | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Mlada Boleslav | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Bohemians 1905 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Slovacko | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 22 |
| 9 | Slovan Liberec | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Baník Ostrava | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Zbrojovka Brno | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Teplice | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 23 | -12 | 19 |
| 13 | České Budějovice | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -13 | 18 |
| 14 | Jablonec | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Zlin | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 16 | Pardubice | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 26 | -26 | 10 |
