Perhaps a welcome break from league football as České Budějovice & Sigma Olomouc face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Czech Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Budějovice nor Sigma Olomouc 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.
České Budějovice form and stats
Last season, Budějovice's Czech Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.16 points is a decent return from 8 Czech Liga games here at Fotbalový stadion Střelecký ostrov for České Budějovice. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Budějovice faced defeat in their previous match, away at Bohemians 1905 (1-3).
Before that, Budějovice had a Czech Liga home game versus Mlada Boleslav which ended with a victory 2-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Slovacko are coming to town in four days.
Budějovice have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fotbalový stadion Střelecký ostrov with 13 goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.
Sigma Olomouc form and stats
Sigma Olomouc's mission in Czech Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.There's been little loot from Sigma Olomouc's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 8 away games in the Czech Liga. Sigma Olomouc only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.
Sigma Olomouc played 2-2 against Hradec Kralove in their previous match. It looked so good for Olomouc vs Hradec Kralove, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
Ahead of that match was the Czech Liga away draw versus Viktoria Plzen that ended 0-0.The schedule is very tough for Olomouc now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Czech Liga game at Pardubice is waiting in only four days.
The visiting Olomouc have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 8 games. Sigma Olomouc have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three České Budějovice victories, four draws and three Sigma Olomouc wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Bassey 6 goals |  M. Hála 6 goals | O. Mihálik 3 goals |
České Budějovice missing players
Sigma Olomouc missing players
| České Budějovice | Sigma Olomouc | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 13 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 39 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 28% | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 6.7 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9.2 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 10.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 10.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slavia Praha | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzen | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 35 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 33 |
| 4 | Slovacko | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Banik Ostrava | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 6 | Hradec Kralove | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -1 | 21 |
| 7 | Mlada Boleslav | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 8 | Sigma Olomouc | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | České Budějovice | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Slovan Liberec | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Bohemians 1905 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 15 |
| 12 | Zlin | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 14 |
| 13 | Jablonec | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -12 | 13 |
| 14 | Pardubice | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 15 | Karvina | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 5 |
| 16 | Teplice | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -18 | 5 |