Viktoria Plzeň vs Sparta Praha: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Czech Republic Czech Liga
Date: Wed 15.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Doosan Aréna (12500 seats)

A key match in Czech Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It's no vacation for neither Viktoria Plzeň nor Sparta Praha as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Viktoria Plzeň form and stats

14-1-0 is the performance here at Doosan Aréna so far, giving Viktoria Plzeň a total of 43 from their 15 games here. Outstanding results! The Viktoria Plzeň fans aren't used to losing here at Doosan Aréna and will expect new points from this game. Viktoria Plzeň has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

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

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 Viktoria Plzeň have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found three games) they have won 2 times, drawn 1 and lost 0.

There will be little rest for Viktoria Plzeň after this match as they are travelling to Slovan Liberec for a Czech Liga game in only four days.

The Viktoria Plzeň manager P. Vrba has got the team scoring with 30 from 15 home games. Viktoria Plzeň have showed great defending skills in their home games, allowing the opposition to score only 7 goals.

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Sparta Praha form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Sparta Praha won their last game, 1-0 versus Slovan Liberec played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Banik Ostrava.

Sparta Praha are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. From a total of two matches.

After this away game Sparta Praha return home for a Czech Liga game against Jablonec. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Sparta Praha find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 22 goals from 15 away fixtures. It's not easy to score on Sparta Praha as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sparta Praha - Viktoria Plzeň 4-0 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Viktoria Plzeň 7 wins, 1 draw and Sparta Praha 2 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

G. Kanga
11 goals
B. Tetteh
11 goals
M. Krmenčík
7 goals

Viktoria Plzeň missing players

Sparta Praha missing players

Viktoria Plzeň Sparta Praha
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played 3 15 32
22 15 4 Won 2 7 19
5 1 0 Drew 1 3 6
5 0 0 Lost 0 5 7
50 32 7 Scored 4 22 56
31 8 2 Conceded 2 14 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 97%
69% 62% 75% Over 1.5 67% 67% 69%
47% 44% 50% Over 2.5 33% 47% 50%
25% 19% 0% Over 3.5 0% 20% 31%
6% 12% 0% Over 4.5 0% 7% 12%
47% 44% 50% BTTS 67% 53% 47%
44% 56% 50% Clean Sheets 33% 27% 41%
9% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 20% 16%
 
6.5 7.2 3.8 Corners For (avg) 4.3 4.8 5.6
3.8 3.6 4.8 Corners Against (avg) 5 3.9 3.5
1.8 1.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 4.7 3.3 2.5
5 2 1 Red Cards 0 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • Sparta Praha have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sparta Praha haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Viktoria Plzeň haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Viktoria Plzeň
All Czech Liga Champions League Czech Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-03-19 CL Viktoria Plzeň 3 - 2 Bohemians 1905
07-04-19 CL Slovacko 0 - 1 Viktoria Plzeň
13-04-19 CL Viktoria Plzeň 2 - 1 Banik Ostrava
21-04-19 CL Pribram 1 - 1 Viktoria Plzeň
27-04-19 CL Viktoria Plzeň 4 - 0 Dukla Praha
05-05-19 CL Viktoria Plzeň 2 - 1 Jablonec
12-05-19 CL Slavia Praha 3 - 1 Viktoria Plzeň
15-05-19 CL Viktoria Plzeň 15:30 Sparta Praha
19-05-19 CL Slovan Liberec 13:00 Viktoria Plzeň
26-05-19 CL Viktoria Plzeň 13:00 Banik Ostrava
Sparta Praha
All Czech Liga Czech Cup Europa League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
08-04-19 CL Sparta Praha 2 - 0 Zlin
14-04-19 CL Slavia Praha 1 - 1 Sparta Praha
21-04-19 CL Sparta Praha 1 - 3 Karvina
24-04-19 CC Slavia Praha 3 - 0 Sparta Praha
27-04-19 CL Opava 0 - 3 Sparta Praha
04-05-19 CL Sparta Praha 3 - 0 Banik Ostrava
11-05-19 CL Sparta Praha 1 - 0 Slovan Liberec
15-05-19 CL Viktoria Plzeň 15:30 Sparta Praha
19-05-19 CL Sparta Praha 13:00 Jablonec
26-05-19 CL Slavia Praha 13:00 Sparta Praha

  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 30 23 3 4 72 23 15 12 2 1 40 11 15 11 1 3 32 12 49 72
2 Viktoria Plzeň 30 21 5 4 47 27 15 14 1 0 30 7 15 7 4 4 17 20 20 68
3 Sparta Praha 30 17 6 7 52 27 15 10 3 2 30 13 15 7 3 5 22 14 25 57
4 Jablonec 30 15 6 9 53 26 15 10 2 3 33 13 15 5 4 6 20 13 27 51
5 Baník Ostrava 30 13 6 11 38 36 15 8 3 4 20 12 15 5 3 7 18 24 2 45
6 Slovan Liberec 30 11 9 10 33 28 15 7 5 3 20 10 15 4 4 7 13 18 5 42
7 Mladá Boleslav 30 11 9 10 52 44 15 7 5 3 28 15 15 4 4 7 24 29 8 42
8 Sigma Olomouc 30 12 4 14 37 43 15 7 2 6 19 23 15 5 2 8 18 20 -6 40
9 Zlín 30 12 3 15 32 40 15 8 1 6 17 15 15 4 2 9 15 25 -8 39
10 Teplice 30 10 6 14 32 42 15 7 2 6 19 21 15 3 4 8 13 21 -10 36
11 Bohemians 1905 30 8 10 12 29 37 15 2 8 5 10 15 15 6 2 7 19 22 -8 34
12 Slovácko 30 10 4 16 32 45 15 6 3 6 15 18 15 4 1 10 17 27 -13 34
13 Opava 30 9 6 15 39 49 15 7 2 6 25 20 15 2 4 9 14 29 -10 33
14 Příbram 30 8 7 15 33 63 15 7 3 5 24 25 15 1 4 10 9 38 -30 31
15 Karviná 30 8 5 17 39 53 15 6 2 7 23 25 15 2 3 10 16 28 -14 29
16 Dukla Praha 30 5 5 20 25 62 15 4 3 8 18 31 15 1 2 12 7 31 -37 20

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