Fortuna Liga match preview: Baník Ostrava believed to be the weaker party when Slavia Praha pays a visit

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna (15123 seats)

A total of 18 rounds of matches are finished and both Baník Ostrava and Slavia Praha are up there with the best. Game on!

Insights:
  • Baník Ostrava have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the most scored goals (48) in Fortuna Liga

Slavia Praha could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Czech Cup game only four sleeps ago.

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Baník Ostrava form and stats

Baník Ostrava are steadily winning Fortuna Liga games and points here at Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.

A good away victory last time out for Ostrava, who won 3-0 against Pardubice (placed 14th).

Before that game, the 4-1 home victory against Ceske Budejovice.

Ostrava are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna in their league games, having scored an impressive 22 goals in 8 matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Slavia Praha form and stats

Slavia Praha's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Slavia Praha collect 20 points from their 9 away matches in the Fortuna Liga. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Impressively, the visitors are on a seven-match winning run which they hope continue versus Baník Ostrava.

The Slavia goalkeeper Ales Mandous is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 706 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Slavia are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Czech Cup against Zlín (placed 11th).

Before that, Slavia secured a home win against Mlada Boleslav with the score 2-0.

The Slavia manager Trpišovský has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 9 league matches. It's not easy to score on Slavia as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other earlier this match year: Slavia Praha - Ostrava 4-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Baník Ostrava wins - draws - Slavia Praha wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Baník Ostrava missing players

Slavia Praha missing players

Baník Ostrava Slavia Praha
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 1 9 18
10 5 0 Won W 0 6 15
5 2 2 Drew D 0 2 2
3 1 1 Lost L 1 1 1
38 22 5 Scored S 0 22 48
22 10 6 Conceded C 1 8 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 78%
72% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 61%
50% 75% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 56% 50%
17% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 28%
72% 88% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 39%
17% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 44% 56%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 11% 6%
 
4.5 4.1 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.4 5.6
5.8 4.5 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.2 3.6
2.2 1.9 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 1.9 1.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.2 11.1 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 6 12.9 12.3
5.4 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.9 5.8
39% 46% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 42% 46%
 
11.9 11.6 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 7 5.3 5.5
4.7 5.1 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.6 2.3
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • Baník Ostrava have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Baník Ostrava have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Baník Ostrava have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Baník Ostrava have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Fortuna Liga
  • Baník Ostrava haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Slavia Praha have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Slavia Praha have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the most clean sheets (10) in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the most clean sheets (4) away in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the most points (20) away in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the most scored goals (22) away in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the most scored goals (48) in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the most scored goals in the second half (29) in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the the best goal difference (+14) away in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha have the the best goal difference (+37) in Fortuna Liga
  • Slavia Praha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Slavia Praha is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 18 15 2 1 48 11 9 9 0 0 26 3 9 6 2 1 22 8 37 47
2 Viktoria Plzen 18 14 2 2 35 13 10 9 1 0 26 6 8 5 1 2 9 7 22 44
3 Sparta Praha 18 13 3 2 45 22 10 9 1 0 24 7 8 4 2 2 21 15 23 42
4 Slovacko 18 11 3 4 36 21 8 7 0 1 16 5 10 4 3 3 20 16 15 36
5 Baník Ostrava 18 10 5 3 38 22 8 5 2 1 22 10 10 5 3 2 16 12 16 35
6 Hradec Kralove 18 6 7 5 24 25 9 4 5 0 14 7 9 2 2 5 10 18 -1 25
7 Ceske Budejovice 18 7 3 8 26 30 10 7 1 2 18 12 8 0 2 6 8 18 -4 24
8 Mlada Boleslav 18 7 2 9 28 28 9 5 1 3 22 17 9 2 1 6 6 11 0 23
9 Slovan Liberec 18 7 2 9 17 25 9 4 0 5 7 12 9 3 2 4 10 13 -8 23
10 Sigma Olomouc 18 5 6 7 30 27 8 3 3 2 15 12 10 2 3 5 15 15 3 21
11 Zlín 18 5 3 10 22 36 10 3 2 5 15 19 8 2 1 5 7 17 -14 18
12 Bohemians 1905 18 5 3 10 26 42 8 4 1 3 16 13 10 1 2 7 10 29 -16 18
13 Jablonec 18 3 7 8 13 32 9 2 4 3 8 10 9 1 3 5 5 22 -19 16
14 Pardubice 18 3 5 10 22 40 10 1 4 5 11 23 8 2 1 5 11 17 -18 14
15 Teplice 18 3 2 13 19 36 8 2 1 5 9 11 10 1 1 8 10 25 -17 11
16 Karvina 18 0 5 13 16 35 9 0 4 5 12 17 9 0 1 8 4 18 -19 5