National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Viktoria Plzeň or Slavia Praha that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Viktoria and Slavia Praha.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
Last season, Viktoria Plzeň's Czech Cup journey ended in the semi-finals.35 points is a decent return from 16 Czech Liga games here at Doosan Aréna for Viktoria Plzeň. The data says 11 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Czech Cup for Viktoria Plzeň.
Viktoria faced defeat in their previous match, away at Pardubice (0-3).
Prior to that, an away loss at Sparta Praha in the Czech Liga.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Banik Ostrava are coming to town in three days.
The Viktoria Plzeň manager M. Bílek has got the team scoring with 35 from 16 home games in the league. Viktoria Plzeň have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Slavia Praha form and stats
They also participated in Czech Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Slavia Praha have an excellent away record in the Czech Liga so far with 11-5-0 from 16 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Czech Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Slavia as they haven't lost any of their last 44 games.
Slavia Praha played 1-1 against Karvina in their previous match.
Prior to that result Slavia won their away game at Sigma Olomouc in the Czech Liga. The scoreline was 1-0.Slavia has another fixture away, a Czech Liga game, against Jablonec in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Slavia are regular goalscorers on their travels. Slavia Praha are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Viktoria, one draw and seven wins for Slavia Praha. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Kuchta 14 goals |  J. Beauguel 12 goals |  N. Stanciu 12 goals |
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
Slavia Praha missing players
| Viktoria Plzeň | Slavia Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 42 | 33 | Scored | S | 23 | 56 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 7 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 69% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 12 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 29% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | ||
| 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 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 64 | 82 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 74 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 33 | 68 |
| 3 | Jablonec | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 25 | 65 |
| 4 | Slovacko | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 57 |
| 5 | Viktoria Plzeň | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 44 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 52 |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 51 |
| 7 | Pardubice | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -1 | 49 |
| 8 | Banik Ostrava | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 48 |
| 9 | Bohemians 1905 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 43 |
| 10 | Sigma Olomouc | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 42 |
| 11 | Ceske Budejovice | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -12 | 38 |
| 12 | Karvina | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -14 | 35 |
| 13 | Mlada Boleslav | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 53 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | -10 | 33 |
| 14 | Zlin | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -18 | 31 |
| 15 | Teplice | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 62 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 40 | -30 | 29 |
| 16 | Pribram | 32 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 62 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -38 | 24 |
| 17 | Zbrojovka Brno | 32 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 50 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -22 | 23 |
| 18 | Opava | 32 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 21 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 38 | -43 | 17 |