Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sparta Praha & České Budějovice face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Czech Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sparta Praha and České Budějovice.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Sparta Praha participated in Czech Cup the last season, where they reached the final.30 points is a decent return from 13 Czech Liga games here at Epet Arena for Sparta Praha. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Sparta's previous fixture was a Czech Cup game also played at their home, finishing 1-0 vs České Budějovice. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Ahead of that match, Sparta Praha won a home game hosting Zbrojovka Brno (3-1).Everyone expects Sparta Praha to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 4 games: 4 home wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. Sparta Praha have won with at least two goals margin 4 times in similar situations.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (31 in 13 games), Sparta Praha's attacking play is working. Sparta are not conceding a lot of goals here at Epet Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.
České Budějovice form and stats
They also participated in Czech Cup last season. This ended in the round of 16.Playing away, České Budějovice have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Czech Liga this season.
Two away matches in a row for České Budějovice, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Sparta Praha in the Czech Cup.
Preceding that game, the 1-5 loss visiting Zlin's place.The visiting Budějovice have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games.
Head 2 Head
Sparta Praha have managed a sequence of 5 consecutive games without defeat (3-2-0) when facing České Budějovice.Top Goalscorers
  T. Čvančara 12 goals | J. Kuchta 10 goals | L. Krejčí 7 goals |
Sparta Praha missing players
České Budějovice missing players
| Sparta Praha | České Budějovice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 67 | 31 | Scored | S | 14 | 34 | ||
| 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 32 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 32% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4 | ||
| 3.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13.6 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 7.9 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 35% | ||
| 6.4 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 12.6 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 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 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 51 | 57 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 36 | 57 |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzen | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 23 | 50 |
| 4 | Bohemians 1905 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 41 |
| 5 | Slovacko | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -2 | 39 |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Jablonec | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -3 | 33 |
| 8 | Mlada Boleslav | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 31 |
| 9 | Hradec Kralove | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | -6 | 31 |
| 10 | Slovan Liberec | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | České Budějovice | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -21 | 28 |
| 12 | Zbrojovka Brno | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -13 | 27 |
| 13 | Banik Ostrava | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 14 | Teplice | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 57 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 38 | -27 | 24 |
| 15 | Zlin | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Pardubice | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 50 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 32 | -27 | 22 |
