National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Slovan Liberec or Viktoria Žižkov 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 four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Viktoria Plzeň.
Slovan Liberec form and stats
Liberec was eliminated in the final last season in the Czech Cup.4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Czech Liga numbers at home for Slovan Liberec so far this season.
A strong away win for Liberec against Viktoria Plzeň the last match, as Jakub Pesek and Imad Rondić were on target. A Czech Liga defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Banik Ostrava.
Liberec are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found five matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew one and lost zero.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Czech Liga game versus Ceske Budejovice in only four days. This game is also played here at Mestský stadion hriste c. 2, Liberec.
Slovan Liberec can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Liberec are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mestský stadion hriste c. 2, Liberec in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Viktoria Žižkov form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Cesky lev - Union Beroun in order to reach 3rd Round of Czech Cup. They also participated in Czech Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Viktoria Žižkov's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Viktoria Žižkov collect 12 points from their 6 away matches in the 2. Liga FNL. 4 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).
There were no winners in Viktoria Žižkov's previous match, a 2. Liga FNL home game that ended 1-1 vs Vysocina Jihlava. It was a 2. Liga FNL defeat before that one as the away game against Vlasim wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.
As mentioned above, Viktoria drew the match against Vysocina Jihlava. Manager D. Vavruška brought on E. Sukisa to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Viktoria played away with similar odds. This revealed five games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected four times.
Viktoria Žižkov are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. Viktoria have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Liberec, four draws and zero wins for Viktoria Žižkov. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Rabusic 7 goals |  J. Mosquera Rebolledo 6 goals |  J. Diviš 6 goals |
Slovan Liberec missing players
Viktoria Žižkov missing players
| Slovan Liberec | Viktoria Žižkov | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 14 | Scored | S | 19 | 34 | ||
| 30 | 8 | Conceded | C | 24 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.9 | 11.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hradec Kralove | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | Lisen | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Usti nad Labem | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 4 | Chrudim | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Prostejov | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Viktoria Žižkov | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 7 | Vlasim | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Dukla Praha | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Varnsdorf | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Vysocina Jihlava | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Trinec | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Blansko | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | Taborsko | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -7 | 8 |
| 14 | Slavoj Vysehrad | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -21 | 4 |