Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sparta Praha & Baník Ostrava face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Czech Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Baník Ostrava played their last game only four days ago, a Czech Liga match.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Sparta Praha are steadily winning Czech Liga games and points here at Generali Arena. 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats is the summary from 11 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Sparta Praha has won four games in a row. The Bohemians 1905 match was the last time out without a victory. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Generali Arena.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sparta, as their goalkeeper Florin Constantin Nita has completely shut out the opponents for 187 minutes in the Czech Liga.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Zlin and winning 3-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sparta played a great game against Pribram and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Sparta Praha can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 22 times. 14 goals have been conceded.
Baník Ostrava form and stats
They also participated in Czech Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Baník Ostrava playing as the away team in the Czech Liga this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on L. Kozel, the Ostrava manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
A 1-2 defeat away at Slavia Praha before that.
As you can tell from the results above, Baník Ostrava was very dominant against Pribram, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Daniel Holzer, Ondřej Šašinka, Jakub Pokorný and Gigli Ndefe providing the goals.
Ostrava has another fixture away, a Czech Liga game, against Slovacko in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Ostrava are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Ostrava in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - two - one (Sparta Praha wins - draws - Baník Ostrava wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Juliš 11 goals |   D. De Azevedo 8 goals |  D. Moberg-Karlsson 7 goals |
Sparta Praha missing players
Baník Ostrava missing players
| Sparta Praha | Baník Ostrava | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 47 | 26 | Scored | S | 19 | 38 | ||
| 33 | 20 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 41% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 37% | ||
| 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 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 48 | 58 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Slovan Liberec | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Slovacko | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | Jablonec | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Viktoria Plzen | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 37 |
| 7 | Baník Ostrava | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Pardubice | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | -8 | 31 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | Ceske Budejovice | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 14 | -5 | 30 |
| 11 | Zlin | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Karvina | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 26 |
| 13 | Bohemians 1905 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 25 |
| 14 | Teplice | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 28 | -21 | 22 |
| 15 | Mlada Boleslav | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -19 | 15 |
| 17 | Opava | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 15 |
| 18 | Pribram | 23 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 29 | -35 | 12 |