An important duel in the bottom section of the Fortuna Liga, with both Opava and Baník Ostrava experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 15th and the visitors in 13th place.
Opava form and stats
The story so far in the Fortuna Liga for Opava at their home stadium (Stadion v Městských sadech) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
The Opava supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Teplice in Fortuna Liga and win 2-1. Heartbreak before that as Opava lost 1-4 at Jablonec's place.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Opava as they are travelling to their away game against Karlovy Vary in the Czech Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Opava are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. 3 goals have been conceded.
Baník Ostrava form and stats
The Fortuna Liga season is young and Baník Ostrava have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Ostrava have lost on their last two travels.
Ostrava might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Slavia Praha proved too strong as Baník Ostrava slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Městský stadion - Vítkovice Aréna. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Teplice's place.
Ostrava are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. Baník Ostrava have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Opava won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Baník Ostrava has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / fiveTop Goalscorers
  K. Mondek 2 goals |   D. De Azevedo 2 goals | J. Zidek 1 goals |
Opava missing players
Baník Ostrava missing players
| Opava | Baník Ostrava | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 26 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 26 | 70 |
| 17 | 10 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| 35% | 30% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 11% | 21% |
- Baník Ostrava have yet to win a 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 | Sparta Praha | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Slovan Liberec | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Jablonec | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Pardubice | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Karviná | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Bohemians 1905 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Slovacko | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Zlín | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Teplice | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | Baník Ostrava | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Mladá Boleslav | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Opava | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 5 |
| 16 | České Budějovice | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 17 | Příbram | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 1 |
| 18 | Zbrojovka Brno | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -12 | 1 |