Fortuna Liga preview: Can Baník Ostrava edge out victory against Sigma Olomouc?

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sat 30.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna (15123 seats)

A new Fortuna Liga season is ready to start and this is the first real game for Baník Ostrava and Sigma Olomouc. Bring it on!

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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Baník Ostrava form and stats

In the previous season, Baník Ostrava's league stats were 14 wins, 9 draws and 7 losses, ending with 5th place in the Fortuna Liga. In these 30 matches they scored 54 goals and conceded 39. Performing at home in the previous season Baník Ostrava delivered 7-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 21 conceded.

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 Baník Ostrava have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Baník Ostrava have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and eleven practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Baník Ostrava scored 17 goals and let in 13 goals during these eleven games.

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Sigma Olomouc form and stats

Let's have a look at how Sigma Olomouc performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 12 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 7 and lost 4 with 20/20 goals scored/conceded.

We have checked recent matches where Sigma Olomouc have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Sigma Olomouc played ten friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. In these ten matches Olomouc scored 16 and conceded 16 goals.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between these contenders: Baník Ostrava won four, Sigma Olomouc were winners in one and we saw five draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Baník Ostrava missing players

Sigma Olomouc missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Baník Ostrava Sigma Olomouc
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Baník Ostrava Last season Sigma Olomouc
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   1 1
15 8   Won W   0 0
10 6   Drew D   1 1
10 3   Lost L   0 0
60 35   Scored S   1 1
48 23   Conceded C   1 1
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 100%
63% 65%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 0%
46% 59%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 0%
17% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
69% 76%   BTTS BTTS   100% 100%
23% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
14% 6%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
4.8 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
5.9 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
4 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.6 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
4.4 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
39% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
11.1 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
4.9 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Baník Ostrava 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bohemians 1905 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ceske Budejovice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hradec Kralove 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jablonec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mladá Boleslav 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Pardubice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sigma Olomouc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Slavia Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Slovácko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Slovan Liberec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sparta Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Teplice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Viktoria Plzeň 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Zbrojovka Brno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zlín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Viktoria Plzeň 35 26 7 2 63 21 18 16 2 0 42 9 17 10 5 2 21 12 42 85
2 Slavia Praha 35 24 6 5 80 27 18 15 1 2 42 7 17 9 5 3 38 20 53 78
3 Sparta Praha 35 22 7 6 72 40 18 14 3 1 41 16 17 8 4 5 31 24 32 73
4 Slovácko 35 21 5 9 59 38 17 14 1 2 32 10 18 7 4 7 27 28 21 68
5 Baník Ostrava 35 15 10 10 60 48 17 8 6 3 35 23 18 7 4 7 25 25 12 55
6 Hradec Kralove 35 10 14 11 44 52 17 7 7 3 28 23 18 3 7 8 16 29 -8 44

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Baník Ostrava 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bohemians 1905 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ceske Budejovice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Hradec Kralove 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jablonec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Mladá Boleslav 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Pardubice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sigma Olomouc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Slavia Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Slovácko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Slovan Liberec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sparta Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Teplice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Viktoria Plzeň 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Zbrojovka Brno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zlín 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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