Czech Liga preview: Can Slovan Liberec edge out victory against Sigma Olomouc?

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Competition: Czech Republic Czech Liga
Date: Sat 03.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion u Nisy (9900 seats)

The Czech Liga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. These two teams are placed 14th and 6th respectively.

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.

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Slovan Liberec form and stats

Two home games so far for Slovan Liberec, who are yet to win here at Stadion u Nisy, having collected only 0 points so far. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Slovan Liberec to get some points in this home game. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Slovan Liberec, their manager P. Hoftych and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Slovan Liberec fans got no joy from their last match, a Czech Liga game also here at Stadion u Nisy: A 0-1 defeat against Sigma Olomouc. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Zlín.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Slovan Liberec have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 5 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Early season goal statistics from Slovan Liberec's 2 home games: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Sigma Olomouc form and stats

Sigma Olomouc are doing rather OK so far in their away games, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

It's the second away game in a row for Sigma Olomouc, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Slovan Liberec in the Czech Liga last time out. A 0-1 defeat away at Slavia Praha before that.

We have checked recent matches where Sigma Olomouc have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were W2-D1-L2.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sigma Olomouc as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games. 4 goals have been conceded by Sigma Olomouc in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Slovan Liberec - Sigma Olomouc 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Slovan Liberec 5 wins, 2 draws and Sigma Olomouc 3 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Potočný
2 goals
J. Plšek
2 goals
J. Pešek
1 goals

Slovan Liberec missing players

Sigma Olomouc missing players

Slovan Liberec Sigma Olomouc
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
4 2 0 Played 0 3 4
1 0 0 Won 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
3 2 0 Lost 0 2 2
4 1 0 Scored 0 2 3
6 3 0 Conceded 0 4 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 0% 33% 25%
75% 50% 0% Over 2.5 0% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
75% 50% 0% BTTS 0% 33% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 33% 50%
25% 50% 0% Failed To Score 0% 33% 25%
 
2.2 2.5 0 Corners For (avg) 0 4.7 4.5
4.5 4 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 4.3 3.8
3.2 3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3.7 2.8
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 1
Slovan Liberec Last season Sigma Olomouc
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
35 17   Played   16 32
12 7   Won   5 13
10 6   Drew   2 4
13 4   Lost   9 15
34 20   Scored   18 40
32 12   Conceded   21 46
86% 82%   Over 0.5   88% 94%
51% 53%   Over 1.5   69% 72%
31% 29%   Over 2.5   56% 56%
14% 18%   Over 3.5   25% 31%
6% 6%   Over 4.5   6% 16%
37% 29%   BTTS   31% 41%
40% 53%   Clean Sheets   38% 34%
37% 35%   Failed To Score   44% 31%
 
4.6 4.8   Corners For (avg)   4.1 4.5
4.3 3.6   Corners Against (avg)   7.9 6.6
2.5 2.2   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.9 1.9
2 1   Red Cards   2 2

Slovan Liberec
All Czech Liga Czech Cup Tipsport Liga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
28-06-19 CF LASK Linz 1 - 3 Slovan Liberec
13-07-19 CL Baník Ostrava 1 - 2 Slovan Liberec
19-07-19 CL Slovan Liberec 1 - 2 Viktoria Plzeň
27-07-19 CL Zlín 2 - 1 Slovan Liberec
03-08-19 CL Slovan Liberec 0 - 1 Sigma Olomouc
10-08-19 CL Slavia Praha 17:30 Slovan Liberec
18-08-19 CL Karviná 15:00 Slovan Liberec
24-08-19 CL Slovan Liberec 15:00 Sparta Praha
31-08-19 CL Bohemians 1905 15:00 Slovan Liberec
14-09-19 CL Slovan Liberec 15:00 Teplice
Sigma Olomouc
All Czech Liga Czech Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-07-19 CF Karlsruher SC 1 - 1 Sigma Olomouc
13-07-19 CL Viktoria Plzeň 3 - 1 Sigma Olomouc
20-07-19 CL Sigma Olomouc 1 - 0 Zlín
28-07-19 CL Slavia Praha 1 - 0 Sigma Olomouc
03-08-19 CL Slovan Liberec 0 - 1 Sigma Olomouc
10-08-19 CL Sigma Olomouc 15:00 Karviná
17-08-19 CL Bohemians 1905 17:30 Sigma Olomouc
24-08-19 CL Sigma Olomouc 15:00 Teplice
31-08-19 CL Sparta Praha 15:00 Sigma Olomouc
14-09-19 CL Sigma Olomouc 15:00 Opava

  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 Viktoria Plzeň 4 3 1 0 8 4 2 2 0 0 6 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 10
2 Slavia Praha 3 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 9
3 Jablonec 3 2 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 6
4 Baník Ostrava 4 2 0 2 5 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 6
5 Mladá Boleslav 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 6
6 Sigma Olomouc 4 2 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 4 -1 6
7 Opava 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 4 -3 6
8 Slovácko 4 2 0 2 3 8 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 6
9 České Budějovice 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
10 Bohemians 1905 4 1 1 2 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 0 4
11 Příbram 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
12 Sparta Praha 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 4
13 Teplice 3 1 1 1 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -3 4
14 Slovan Liberec 4 1 0 3 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 3
15 Zlín 4 1 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 3
16 Karviná 3 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 0

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