Betting preview: Opava vs Sigma Olomouc should be interesting

Competition: Czech Republic Czech Liga
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion v Městských sadech (7758 seats)

Opava hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 30 points and a 11th position in the Czech Liga table. Visiting Sigma Olomouc holds 7th place with 37 pts.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Opava form and stats

When playing at home, Opava have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.

The fans are hoping that Opava will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Czech Liga game against Příbram. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Dukla Praha.

This is expected to be a close game, with Opava perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Opava as a small favourite), we find two games. Opava has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

The Opava fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 13 matches. On the other hand, Opava have conceded 16 goals.

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Sigma Olomouc form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Sigma Olomouc are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Czech Liga against Karviná. It was a Czech Cup defeat before that one as the away game against Bohemians 1905 wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Sigma Olomouc in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Sigma Olomouc, 2 draws and 8 defeats.

Sigma Olomouc find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 13 away fixtures. Sigma Olomouc have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Sigma Olomouc - Opava 2-2. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Opava, 4 draws and 3 wins for Sigma Olomouc.

Top Goalscorers

T. Smola
8 goals
M. Nešpor
7 goals
V. Juřena
4 goals

Opava missing players

Sigma Olomouc missing players

Opava Sigma Olomouc
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 13 Played 13 27
37 23 Scored 16 33
43 16 Conceded 16 39
96% 100% Over 0.5 85% 93%
85% 92% Over 1.5 69% 70%
56% 62% Over 2.5 54% 56%
37% 31% Over 3.5 31% 33%
15% 15% Over 4.5 8% 15%
59% 62% Both teams to score 23% 37%
22% 31% Clean Sheet 46% 37%
22% 8% Failed To Score 46% 33%
Key stats this season:
  • Opava hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Opava is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Slavia Praha 27 22 2 3 69 20 13 11 1 1 37 9 14 11 1 2 32 11 49 68
2 Viktoria Plzeň 27 19 4 4 40 25 13 12 1 0 24 6 14 7 3 4 16 19 15 61
3 Sparta Praha 26 15 5 6 45 23 13 9 3 1 27 10 13 6 2 5 18 13 22 50
4 Jablonec 27 13 6 8 47 24 13 8 2 3 27 12 14 5 4 5 20 12 23 45
5 Baník Ostrava 27 12 6 9 35 30 14 7 3 4 18 12 13 5 3 5 17 18 5 42
6 Mladá Boleslav 27 10 8 9 46 40 13 6 5 2 24 13 14 4 3 7 22 27 6 38
7 Sigma Olomouc 27 11 4 12 33 39 14 6 2 6 17 23 13 5 2 6 16 16 -6 37
8 Slovan Liberec 27 9 9 9 27 23 14 6 5 3 17 8 13 3 4 6 10 15 4 36
9 Zlín 26 11 3 12 31 33 14 7 1 6 16 15 12 4 2 6 15 18 -2 36
10 Teplice 27 10 5 12 31 38 13 7 1 5 18 19 14 3 4 7 13 19 -7 35
11 Opava 27 8 6 13 37 43 13 6 2 5 23 16 14 2 4 8 14 27 -6 30
12 Slovácko 27 9 3 15 27 41 13 5 2 6 12 17 14 4 1 9 15 24 -14 30
13 Příbram 27 8 5 14 32 60 14 7 2 5 23 24 13 1 3 9 9 36 -28 29
14 Bohemians 1905 27 6 9 12 25 35 14 1 8 5 9 15 13 5 1 7 16 20 -10 27
15 Karviná 27 5 5 17 32 51 13 4 2 7 19 24 14 1 3 10 13 27 -19 20
16 Dukla Praha 27 5 4 18 22 54 14 4 2 8 16 29 13 1 2 10 6 25 -32 19

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