National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Start Brno or Blansko 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.
Start Brno form and stats
Start participated in Czech Cup the last season, where they reached the preliminary round.A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Start, who played 2-2 against Bystrice nad Pernstejnem. That match was also played at this venue (Hřiště Loosova).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Sokol Tasovice and winning 1-0.There will be little rest for Start Brno after this match as they are travelling to Hodonin-Sardice for a 4. Liga Division E game in only four days.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Start Brno friendly games in pre-season: Start played two friendlies, won 0, drew 2 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Start Brno scored 3 goals and conceded 3 in these two games.
Blansko form and stats
Last season their Czech Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Blansko play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Vysocina Jihlava II.
A loss against Vratimov was the result prior to that, in a 3. Liga MSFL home game.A new game in only three days for Blansko, the 3. Liga MSFL home match versus Dolni Benesov. Busy days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Blansko have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Prerovsky 1 goals |
Start Brno missing players
Blansko missing players
| Start Brno | Blansko | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 55 | 22 | Scored | S | 19 | 34 | ||
| 52 | 31 | Conceded | C | 24 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 48% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 34% | ||