The visiting Viktoria Plzeň side should be favourites in this visit to Karviná, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 23 league games this season.
- Karviná have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Czech Cup.
Karviná form and stats
Karviná's struggle is real here at Městský Stadión with only 11 points collected from 12 Fortuna Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-5-5.
It's back home for Karviná, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Zlín away with the result 2-1. Christián Herc and Michal Papadopulos found the net in that victory. Preceding that match was a defeat to Sigma Olomouc (0-1).
The Karviná fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 12 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Karviná defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Fortuna Liga travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Viktoria Plzeň hope to make it five in this match.
Viktoria Plzeň are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Czech Cup against Slovan Liberec (placed 5th). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Ceske Budejovice.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager A. Guľa when O. Mihálik scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute.
A new game in only four days for Viktoria, the Fortuna Liga home match versus Zlín. Busy days.
Viktoria are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Viktoria have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Viktoria Plzeň - Karviná 0-1 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Karviná one win, one draw and Viktoria Plzeň seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Beauguel 9 goals |   M. Papadopulos 7 goals |  P. Bucha 6 goals |
Karviná missing players
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
| Karviná | Viktoria Plzeň | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 41 |
| 38 | 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 27 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 91% |
| 80% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 70% |
| 40% | 42% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 57% |
| 24% | 33% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 55% | 48% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 22% |
| 52% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 48% |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | 30% |
| 36% | 42% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 11.3 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 11.6 | 12.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| 26% | 24% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 23% | 32% |
- Karviná have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 55 | 65 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 28 | 51 |
| 3 | Slovácko | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 47 |
| 4 | Jablonec | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 46 |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 43 |
| 6 | Viktoria Plzeň | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 40 |
| 7 | Pardubice | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -7 | 35 |
| 8 | Baník Ostrava | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 34 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 34 |
| 10 | Ceske Budejovice | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 16 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Bohemians 1905 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -2 | 30 |
| 12 | Zlín | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Karviná | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | -11 | 29 |
| 14 | Teplice | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 35 | -26 | 23 |
| 15 | Mlada Boleslav | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -13 | 21 |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno | 25 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -20 | 17 |
| 17 | Opava | 25 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 28 | -33 | 15 |
| 18 | Příbram | 25 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 29 | -35 | 14 |