Baník Ostrava and Viktoria Plzeň are both thriving in the Fortuna Liga with their 5th and 2nd places respectively. This could be a wonderful fixture!
- Baník Ostrava have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Viktoria Plzeň have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Fortuna Liga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Baník Ostrava form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna as Baník Ostrava have scored 16 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Fortuna Liga are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Baník Ostrava shared the glory with Hradec Kralove in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sparta Praha that ended 2-2.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 Ostrava as a small favourite), we find five games. Baník Ostrava has won two of these, drawn one and lost two.
The manager O. Smetana will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Karvina in only four days.
Goals are plentiful at Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna in the league this season as Ostrava has scored 16 goals here in 6 home games. 7 goals have been conceded.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Fortuna Liga.
P. Sulc was the last player to score for the away team. Viktoria haven't scored a league goal in the last 181 minutes.
Viktoria's last game was the home draw against Sigma Olomouc (0-0).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Slavia Praha's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Viktoria in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Viktoria Plzeň, zero draws and one defeat.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Viktoria Plzeň as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. Viktoria are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - three - six (Baník Ostrava wins - draws - Viktoria Plzeň wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Beauguel 8 goals |  L. Almási 5 goals | D. Tetour 4 goals |
Baník Ostrava missing players
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
| Baník Ostrava | Viktoria Plzeň | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 64% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 17% | 50% |
| 46% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 15% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 17% | 43% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 43% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 21% |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
| 5.6 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.2 | 11.5 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 8.5 | 10.9 |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 36% | 41% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 38% |
| 11 | 11.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Viktoria Plzeň have scored away.
- Baník Ostrava have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Baník Ostrava haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Viktoria Plzeň have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Viktoria Plzeň have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Fortuna Liga
- Viktoria Plzeň have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Fortuna Liga
- Viktoria Plzeň have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Viktoria Plzeň haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 26 | 35 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 34 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 33 |
| 4 | Slovacko | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 24 |
| 6 | Hradec Kralove | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | Ceske Budejovice | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 8 | Mladá Boleslav | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Slovan Liberec | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Zlín | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 12 | Jablonec | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -12 | 13 |
| 13 | Bohemians 1905 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Pardubice | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 15 | Karvina | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 5 |
| 16 | Teplice | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -18 | 5 |