Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sparta Praha & Jablonec 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 and Jablonec.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Last season their Czech Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Sparta Praha have been very solid at home in the Czech Liga so far, with 32 points collected from 12 matches (10-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 3rd position in the table.
Sparta Praha's last game was hosting Zlin and winning 2-0.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sparta Praha home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, one draw and one defeat. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager Vrba will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Slavia Praha in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (28 in 12 games), Sparta's attacking play is working. Sparta Praha are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.
Jablonec form and stats
Jablonec was sent out of Czech Cup in the quarter-finals last season.There's been little loot from Jablonec's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 12 away games in the Czech Liga. Jablonec only have 1 win to counter their 6 defeats and 5 draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Slovan Liberec in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Jablonec played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected three times.
A new game in only four days for Jablonec, the Czech Liga home match versus Hradec Kralove. Busy days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Jablonec as they have only managed to score 8 times from 12 away games in the league. For Jablonec, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the previous ten meetings): Sparta won six games, three matches ended in a draw and Jablonec managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  J. Pešek 7 goals |  M. Pulkrab 7 goals |  A. Hložek 6 goals |
Sparta Praha missing players
Jablonec missing players
| Sparta Praha | Jablonec | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 7 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 30 | Scored | S | 15 | 36 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 25 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 2.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 34% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 10.2 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 12 | 42 | 57 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzen | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 29 | 57 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 26 | 50 |
| 4 | Banik Ostrava | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 45 |
| 5 | Slovacko | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 43 |
| 6 | Ceske Budejovice | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 28 |
| 7 | Mlada Boleslav | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | Hradec Kralove | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Slovan Liberec | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -10 | 26 |
| 11 | Zlin | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 25 |
| 12 | Teplice | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -14 | 21 |
| 13 | Jablonec | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -19 | 21 |
| 14 | Bohemians 1905 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 48 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -20 | 21 |
| 15 | Pardubice | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -21 | 19 |
| 16 | Karvina | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | -20 | 10 |
