Fortuna Liga game preview and facts: Baník Ostrava host Jablonec

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Wed 20.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna (15123 seats)

Fortuna Liga: High-level vs subpar, at least based on the matches so far. Baník Ostrava - Jablonec. Home victory or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Baník Ostrava have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Jablonec have the fewest scored goals (22) in Fortuna Liga

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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Baník Ostrava form and stats

The story so far in the Fortuna Liga for Baník Ostrava at their home stadium (Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

No payout for Baník Ostrava in their previous match, an away game at Viktoria Plzeň that ended in defeat 1-2.

In the match before that, Baník Ostrava hosted Hradec Králové and drew the game 0-0.

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

Goals decide football matches and Baník Ostrava are scoring many of them at home; 30 on target from 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Ostrava have conceded 21 from these games.

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Jablonec form and stats

There's been little loot from Jablonec's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 14 away games in the Fortuna Liga. Jablonec only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws.

Jablonec might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Slavia Praha proved too strong as Jablonec slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Střelnice.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Zlín.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Jablonec in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Jablonec, two draws and five defeats.

The attacking power of Jablonec when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 14 league matches away. For Jablonec, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. Jablonec has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The latest archived scoreline between these contenders is the Jablonec - Baník Ostrava 1-0 played previously this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Ostrava victories, two draws and six Jablonec wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Baník OstravaL. Almási
L. Almási
13 goals
Baník OstravaN. Kuzmanovič
N. Kuzmanovič
7 goals
Baník OstravaJ. Klíma
J. Klíma
7 goals

Baník Ostrava missing players

Jablonec missing players

Baník Ostrava Jablonec
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
13 6 3 Won W 0 1 4
9 5 0 Drew D 1 6 14
7 3 2 Lost L 3 7 11
53 30 15 Scored S 2 9 22
39 21 10 Conceded C 13 29 44
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
83% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 72%
66% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 34%
45% 64% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 29% 21%
21% 36% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 14% 7%
69% 79% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 52%
24% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 17%
14% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 38%
 
4.8 4.9 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.3 6.1
5.9 5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.4 3.5
2.2 1.9 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 2.8 2.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.7 11.2 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 8.4 10.4
4.7 5.2 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.2 3.4 4.1
39% 41% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 19% 18%
 
11.3 10.6 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 12 11.6 9.8
4.9 5.3 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 6 4.9
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • Baník Ostrava have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Baník Ostrava have scored more than double the goals of Jablonec.
  • Jablonec have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Jablonec have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jablonec have the fewest scored goals (22) in Fortuna Liga
  • Jablonec have the fewest scored goals (9) away in Fortuna Liga
  • Jablonec have the fewest scored goals in the first half (8) in Fortuna Liga
  • Jablonec have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Fortuna Liga

  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 29 22 4 3 68 19 14 13 0 1 34 4 15 9 4 2 34 15 49 70
2 Viktoria Plzeň 29 21 6 2 51 19 15 13 2 0 35 8 14 8 4 2 16 11 32 69
3 Sparta Praha 29 20 6 3 65 30 15 13 2 0 36 12 14 7 4 3 29 18 35 66
4 Slovácko 29 17 5 7 48 30 14 11 1 2 24 9 15 6 4 5 24 21 18 56
5 Baník Ostrava 29 13 9 7 53 39 14 6 5 3 30 21 15 7 4 4 23 18 14 48
6 Hradec Králové 29 9 12 8 37 39 15 6 7 2 24 18 14 3 5 6 13 21 -2 39
7 Mladá Boleslav 29 11 5 13 45 46 14 7 2 5 30 26 15 4 3 8 15 20 -1 38
8 Slovan Liberec 29 10 7 12 29 36 15 7 2 6 15 16 14 3 5 6 14 20 -7 37
9 České Budějovice 29 9 9 11 39 44 15 9 3 3 24 16 14 0 6 8 15 28 -5 36
10 Sigma Olomouc 29 8 10 11 37 37 14 5 7 2 20 15 15 3 3 9 17 22 0 34
11 Zlín 29 8 6 15 36 50 15 6 2 7 24 24 14 2 4 8 12 26 -14 30
12 Jablonec 29 4 14 11 22 44 15 3 8 4 13 15 14 1 6 7 9 29 -22 26
13 Bohemians 1905 29 6 7 16 33 55 14 5 3 6 21 21 15 1 4 10 12 34 -22 25
14 Teplice 29 7 3 19 27 48 14 4 1 9 12 18 15 3 2 10 15 30 -21 24
15 Pardubice 29 5 9 15 33 64 15 2 8 5 17 27 14 3 1 10 16 37 -31 24
16 Karviná 29 2 8 19 27 50 14 0 7 7 17 24 15 2 1 12 10 26 -23 14