Fortuna Liga match preview: České Budějovice believed to be the weaker party when Viktoria Plzeň pays a visit

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sat 28.November
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Fotbalový stadion Střelecký ostrov (6681 seats)

České Budějovice will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Viktoria Plzeň.

Insights:
  • České Budějovice have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have scored at least twice as many goals away as České Budějovice have scored home.

České Budějovice have less rest than Viktoria Plzeň in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Fortuna Liga game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Bohemians 1905, was also a home game here at Fotbalový stadion Střelecký ostrov. The away team is better rested.

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České Budějovice form and stats

1-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Fortuna Liga numbers at home for České Budějovice so far this season.

A nice win for Budějovice last time playing, versus Bohemians 1905. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Benjamin Colic and Karol Mészáros scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Sparta Praha and winning 4-2.

České Budějovice have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. As for conceded goals, České Budějovice's unpleasant statistic is 11 goals surrendered.

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Viktoria Plzeň form and stats

1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Viktoria Plzeň playing as the away team in the Fortuna Liga this season.

Viktoria Plzeň are travelling again after losing away to Zlin in their previous match (0-1). A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Sparta Praha.

Viktoria has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. The Viktoria Plzeň manager A. Guľa has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Budějovice zero wins, zero draws and Viktoria Plzeň ten victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Viktoria PlzeňJ. Beauguel
J. Beauguel
4 goals
Viktoria PlzeňA. Čermák
A. Čermák
3 goals
Viktoria PlzeňZ. Ondrášek
Z. Ondrášek
3 goals

České Budějovice missing players

Viktoria Plzeň missing players

České Budějovice Viktoria Plzeň
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 2 4 8
2 1 0 Won W 1 1 5
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 3 2 Lost L 1 2 2
11 3 0 Scored S 4 7 19
17 11 8 Conceded C 2 8 12
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 88%
75% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 88%
50% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 75% 75%
25% 25% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 50% 38%
62% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 88%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
38% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 5.5 1.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 6.5 9
3.9 3 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 2.5 3.5
35% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 57% 70% 68%
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • All of České Budějovice's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have scored at least twice as many goals away as České Budějovice have scored home.
  • Viktoria Plzeň haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • České Budějovice have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • České Budějovice have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • České Budějovice haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 8 7 1 0 26 2 4 4 0 0 12 1 4 3 1 0 14 1 24 22
2 Sparta Praha 8 6 0 2 23 13 4 3 0 1 10 6 4 3 0 1 13 7 10 18
3 Sigma Olomouc 8 5 2 1 14 7 4 3 1 0 9 2 4 2 1 1 5 5 7 17
4 Viktoria Plzeň 8 5 1 2 19 12 4 4 0 0 12 4 4 1 1 2 7 8 7 16
5 Jablonec 8 4 1 3 12 8 4 3 0 1 7 2 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 13
6 Slovan Liberec 8 4 1 3 13 10 4 2 1 1 9 5 4 2 0 2 4 5 3 13
7 Pardubice 8 4 1 3 9 10 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 1 0 3 2 8 -1 13
8 Zlin 8 4 0 4 11 11 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 2 0 2 6 7 0 12
9 Karvina 8 3 3 2 9 11 4 1 2 1 4 6 4 2 1 1 5 5 -2 12
10 Slovacko 7 3 2 2 10 7 4 1 2 1 6 3 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 11
11 Bohemians 1905 8 3 1 4 11 11 4 3 0 1 9 4 4 0 1 3 2 7 0 10
12 České Budějovice 8 2 3 3 11 17 4 1 0 3 3 11 4 1 3 0 8 6 -6 9
13 Banik Ostrava 7 2 2 3 10 7 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 1 1 2 5 4 3 8
14 Mlada Boleslav 8 2 2 4 10 13 4 2 1 1 9 6 4 0 1 3 1 7 -3 8
15 Teplice 8 2 0 6 9 17 3 1 0 2 3 5 5 1 0 4 6 12 -8 6
16 Zbrojovka Brno 8 1 2 5 7 18 5 0 2 3 4 11 3 1 0 2 3 7 -11 5
17 Opava 8 1 2 5 6 18 4 1 1 2 3 9 4 0 1 3 3 9 -12 5
18 Pribram 8 0 2 6 5 23 4 0 1 3 3 11 4 0 1 3 2 12 -18 2