Fasten your seatbelt before the show! Today's main roles are Baník Ostrava and Sparta Praha, victory is the main plot and 1 1/2 hours the duration.
- Baník Ostrava have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha have the most scored goals (17) away 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.
Baník Ostrava form and stats
Baník Ostrava have collected 12 points from their Fortuna Liga home games so far after 4-0-1.
The Ostrava crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Hradec Králové here at Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna in a Czech Cup match.
Ahead of that match, Baník Ostrava lost 1-2 at home to Slovacko.Goals are plentiful at Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna in the league this season as Ostrava has scored 14 goals here in 5 home games. Ostrava's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sparta Praha form and stats
As the visiting team in Fortuna Liga matches, Sparta Praha have produced an overall stat of 3-1-1 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Sparta hope to make it five in this match.
Sparta Praha play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Teplice (placed 15th).
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Mladá Boleslav in the Fortuna Liga.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sparta manager P. Vrba as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Olympique Lyonnais.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Sparta alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (17 from 5 played). In the opposite end, Sparta have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - two - eight (Baník Ostrava wins - draws - Sparta Praha wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Almási 5 goals |   J. Pešek 5 goals |  A. Hložek 4 goals |
Baník Ostrava missing players
Sparta Praha missing players
| Baník Ostrava | Sparta Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 17 | 30 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 18% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 80% | 42% |
| 64% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 50% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 50% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 2.4 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.9 | 10.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.4 | 14.4 |
| 5.5 | 6.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 7.4 | 6.9 |
| 36% | 44% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 46% | 36% |
- All of Sparta Praha's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Fortuna Liga
- Baník Ostrava haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sparta Praha have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sparta Praha have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sparta Praha have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sparta Praha have the most scored goals (17) away in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sparta Praha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 33 |
| 2 | Slovacko | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Slavia Praha | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 29 |
| 4 | Sparta Praha | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 29 |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | Hradec Králové | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Sigma Olomouc | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Ceske Budejovice | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 9 | Mladá Boleslav | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Slovan Liberec | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Zlin | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 13 |
| 12 | Bohemians 1905 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Jablonec | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -12 | 11 |
| 14 | Pardubice | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 7 |
| 15 | Teplice | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -16 | 5 |
| 16 | Karvina | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 4 |