National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Slovan Velvary or Slavia Praha that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Slovan Velvary form and stats
Action has already taken place for Slovan Velvary in Czech Cup as they have defeated Slany and Chomutov to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Velvary's Czech Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Velvary faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sokol Zivanice (1-3).
In the match before that, Velvary hosted Dukla Praha II and drew the 3. Liga CFL game 3-3.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Slovan Velvary had similar winning odds as today, and found three games. In these, the hosts won one, drew zero and lost two. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Velvary lost zero similar games by at least two goals.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 3. Liga CFL game versus Sokol Zápy in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion TJ Velvary.
Slavia Praha form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Slavia, as they won the Czech Cup.The story so far for the visiting team on their Czech Liga travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Slavia who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 53 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Slovacko.
It's the second away game in a row for Slavia Praha, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus Bohemians 1905 in the Czech Liga last time out. As mentioned above, Slavia was the only team on the pitch versus Bohemians 1905 in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Before that, Slavia Praha secured a home win against Slovacko with the score 2-1.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Slavia Praha given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed seven matches with four wins as expected, two draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won three of these games by at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Slavia are hosting Hradec Králové in the Czech Liga only four days away.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 14 goals in 5 league games away this season. 5 goals have been conceded by Slavia in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  I. Schranz 6 goals | J. Kuchta 3 goals | D. Samek 2 goals |
Slovan Velvary missing players
Slavia Praha missing players
| Slovan Velvary | Slavia Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Scored | S | 25 | 47 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 57% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 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 | Viktoria Plzen | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Banik Ostrava | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Slovacko | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | Hradec Králové | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Bohemians 1905 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 9 | Jablonec | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 10 | Zlin | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 9 |
| 11 | Mlada Boleslav | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Ceske Budejovice | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Pardubice | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Slovan Liberec | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 5 |
| 15 | Karviná | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Teplice | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 4 |