Football betting preview: Zlín favourites when Opava visits

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Competition: Czech Republic Czech Liga
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Letna Stadion (8000 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 13th and the visitors in 14th place.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Zlín form and stats

The story so far in the Czech Liga for Zlín at their home stadium (Letna Stadion) is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Letna Stadion.

The fans are hoping that Zlín will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Czech Liga game against Teplice (placed 11th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Slovácko in a game that was won 2-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Zlín's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Zlín have scored 8 league goals here from 10 matches, not a lot. Zlín's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Opava form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Opava so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose). Two points from the last two away games for Opava, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The manager J. Balcarek was unhappy after their last game, a Czech Liga match played at their home ground Stadion v M?stských sadech. Opava suffered a 1-2 loss to Jablonec (placed 5th). Before that, Opava travelled to Baník Ostrava and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Opava when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

Opava are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 10 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Opava have conceded 18 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Opava - Zlín 0-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Zlín won 7 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Opava has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 7 / 3

Top Goalscorers

ZlínT. Poznar
T. Poznar
4 goals
OpavaR. Dedic
R. Dedic
3 goals
ZlínP. Jiráček
P. Jiráček
2 goals

Zlín missing players

Opava missing players

Zlín Opava
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 3 10 19
5 4 1 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 2 3 5
11 5 1 Lost L 1 6 11
14 8 2 Scored S 1 4 9
30 13 4 Conceded C 2 18 29
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 89%
63% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 60% 58%
42% 30% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 32%
21% 10% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 16%
11% 10% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
32% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 32%
21% 20% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 26%
53% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 60% 53%
 
3.5 3.9 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.5 5.3
5.8 5.2 2.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.7 7 6.2
1.8 2.1 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.2 2.3
4 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
185 118 35 Total Shots T S 27 69 137
69 42 15 Shots on Target S O 5 18 34
20% 19% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 26%
Key stats in Czech Liga this season:
  • Opava has the fewest scored goals (9)
  • Opava has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
  • Opava has the the worst goal difference (-20)
  • Opava have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Opava have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Opava have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zlín have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Zlín haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 19 16 3 0 41 3 9 9 0 0 22 1 10 7 3 0 19 2 38 51
2 Viktoria Plzen 19 11 4 4 34 18 10 8 0 2 22 9 9 3 4 2 12 9 16 37
3 Sparta Praha 19 9 5 5 39 26 10 6 2 2 26 13 9 3 3 3 13 13 13 32
4 Mlada Boleslav 19 10 2 7 37 29 10 9 0 1 29 12 9 1 2 6 8 17 8 32
5 Jablonec 19 9 5 5 32 25 10 6 2 2 22 11 9 3 3 3 10 14 7 32
6 Baník Ostrava 19 9 3 7 30 23 10 6 2 2 22 8 9 3 1 5 8 15 7 30
7 Ceske Budejovice 19 9 3 7 32 29 10 5 2 3 15 12 9 4 1 4 17 17 3 30
8 Slovácko 19 8 5 6 24 25 9 5 3 1 15 7 10 3 2 5 9 18 -1 29
9 Slovan Liberec 19 7 3 9 30 30 9 4 2 3 19 14 10 3 1 6 11 16 0 24
10 Sigma Olomouc 19 5 9 5 24 24 9 4 4 1 12 8 10 1 5 4 12 16 0 24
11 Teplice 19 5 7 7 17 28 9 3 4 2 10 12 10 2 3 5 7 16 -11 22
12 Bohemians 1905 19 5 4 10 19 31 9 5 3 1 12 7 10 0 1 9 7 24 -12 19
13 Zlín 19 5 3 11 14 30 10 4 1 5 8 13 9 1 2 6 6 17 -16 18
14 Opava 19 3 5 11 9 29 9 2 2 5 5 11 10 1 3 6 4 18 -20 14
15 Karviná 19 2 7 10 13 27 9 0 5 4 4 9 10 2 2 6 9 18 -14 13
16 Příbram 19 3 4 12 14 32 10 3 4 3 11 8 9 0 0 9 3 24 -18 13