National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sigma Olomouc or Jiskra Domažlice that keep their silverware dream alive.
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Czech Liga match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Sparta Praha, was also a home game here at Andrův stadion. The away team is better rested.
Sigma Olomouc form and stats
Olomouc was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Czech Cup.Sigma Olomouc have played 9 Czech Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Sigma Olomouc's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Sparta Praha. Preceding that game was the away draw at Mlada Boleslav that finished 1-1.
Did Olomouc get overconfident in their match against Sparta Praha? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. Heartbreak for Sigma Olomouc in their last match as Sparta Praha's D. Karlsson scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Pablo González for missing a penalty kick versus Sparta Praha in the 83rd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Olomouc as they are travelling to their away game against Bohemians 1905 in the Czech Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Olomouc can score goals in their home matches. After 9 league matches they have found the net 18 times. 11 goals have been conceded.
Jiskra Domažlice form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Usti nad Labem and FK Brandys nad Labem in order to reach 3rd Round of Czech Cup. Last season their Czech Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Impressively, the visitors are on a six-match winning run which they hope continue versus Sigma Olomouc. Jiskra Domažlice has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-0 against Kraluv Dvur in their previous game. A home win before that, celebrating 8-0 vs Viktoria Plzen II.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Domažlice as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The outsiders lost one of these games by at least two goals.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Domažlice manager P. Vaigl as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Karlovy Vary.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. González Juárez 5 goals | D. Houska 4 goals |  M. Nešpor 3 goals |
Sigma Olomouc missing players
Jiskra Domažlice missing players
| Sigma Olomouc | Jiskra Domažlice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 34 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 62 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 20 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.9 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.3 | ||
| 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 43 | 48 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | Jablonec | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Slovacko | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 28 |
| 6 | Ceske Budejovice | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 7 | Pardubice | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 28 |
| 8 | Viktoria Plzeň | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 27 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Banik Ostrava | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 26 |
| 11 | Karvina | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | -6 | 24 |
| 12 | Bohemians 1905 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Zlin | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Teplice | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 17 |
| 15 | Zbrojovka Brno | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -17 | 13 |
| 16 | Mlada Boleslav | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 11 |
| 17 | Pribram | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -21 | 11 |
| 18 | Opava | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -27 | 8 |