Soccer match preview: Sparta Praha confident before travelling to Pardubice

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Wed 21.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Dolícek (7500 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Pardubice have their presumed home advantage while Sparta Praha are ahead 13 points in the Fortuna Liga table.

Insights:
  • Pardubice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sparta Praha have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Fortuna Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pardubice and Sparta Praha.

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Pardubice form and stats

Pardubice have collected 25 points from their Fortuna Liga home games so far after 7-4-2.

Happy days for Pardubice in their previous game, a Fortuna Liga match away at Zbrojovka Brno (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Pardubice had a home game versus Slovácko which ended with a victory 3-1.

The manager J. Novotný will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Zlín in only four days.

The Pardubice fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 matches. Pardubice's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sparta Praha form and stats

Sparta Praha have an excellent away record in the Fortuna Liga so far with 8-2-3 from 13 games. Sparta has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Impressive finishing from Tomáš Wiesner secured the home win 1-0 against Slovácko in their previous game. Prior to that match, the Sparta manager P. Vrba faced defeat when travelling to Jablonec and losing 0-1.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager P. Vrba when Tomáš Wiesner scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute.

A new game in only four days for Sparta, the Fortuna Liga home match versus Opava. Busy days.

Sparta are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 25 times in 13 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sparta have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sparta Praha - Pardubice 2-0 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Sparta PrahaL. Juliš
L. Juliš
11 goals
Sparta PrahaL. Krejčí
L. Krejčí
8 goals
PardubiceD. Huf
D. Huf
7 goals

Pardubice missing players

Sparta Praha missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Pardubice Sparta Praha
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 26
12 7 2 Won W 2 8 17
5 4 1 Drew D 2 2 3
10 2 0 Lost L 0 3 6
29 19 7 Scored S 8 25 55
35 13 2 Conceded C 4 13 29
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 85% 92%
70% 77% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 73%
41% 46% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 62%
19% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 38%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 23% 23%
41% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 46%
30% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 38%
33% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.2 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
8.3 9.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9 11.1
3.2 4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 5.5
33% 37% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 40% 39%
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • Pardubice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sparta Praha have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Fortuna Liga
  • Sparta Praha have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Fortuna Liga
  • Sparta Praha have the most points from losing position (16) in Fortuna Liga

  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 27 22 5 0 73 15 13 12 1 0 35 5 14 10 4 0 38 10 58 71
2 Sparta Praha 26 17 3 6 55 29 13 9 1 3 30 16 13 8 2 3 25 13 26 54
3 Jablonec 27 16 5 6 45 29 13 10 1 2 23 13 14 6 4 4 22 16 16 53
4 Slovácko 27 15 5 7 47 27 13 7 3 3 23 10 14 8 2 4 24 17 20 50
5 Viktoria Plzen 26 13 6 7 45 29 14 10 1 3 30 11 12 3 5 4 15 18 16 45
6 Slovan Liberec 27 12 7 8 37 24 14 7 5 2 23 10 13 5 2 6 14 14 13 43
7 Pardubice 27 12 5 10 29 35 13 7 4 2 19 13 14 5 1 8 10 22 -6 41
8 Banik Ostrava 27 10 8 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 20 10 14 4 4 6 17 16 11 38
9 Sigma Olomouc 27 9 11 7 33 27 14 5 5 4 20 14 13 4 6 3 13 13 6 38
10 Bohemians 1905 27 8 10 9 29 29 14 6 6 2 19 12 13 2 4 7 10 17 0 34
11 Karvina 27 8 9 10 31 39 14 3 6 5 16 20 13 5 3 5 15 19 -8 33
12 Ceske Budejovice 27 7 10 10 27 38 13 4 3 6 10 19 14 3 7 4 17 19 -11 31
13 Zlín 27 8 5 14 26 37 14 4 2 8 16 23 13 4 3 6 10 14 -11 29
14 Mlada Boleslav 27 6 9 12 34 43 14 4 5 5 20 21 13 2 4 7 14 22 -9 27
15 Teplice 27 6 6 15 29 57 13 3 4 6 13 21 14 3 2 9 16 36 -28 24
16 Zbrojovka Brno 27 4 8 15 22 41 14 1 4 9 9 24 13 3 4 6 13 17 -19 20
17 Příbram 27 3 8 16 18 54 13 2 4 7 11 25 14 1 4 9 7 29 -36 17
18 Opava 27 3 6 18 16 54 13 2 4 7 8 21 14 1 2 11 8 33 -38 15

Table
  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 27 22 5 0 73 15 13 12 1 0 35 5 14 10 4 0 38 10 58 71
2 Sparta Praha 26 17 3 6 55 29 13 9 1 3 30 16 13 8 2 3 25 13 26 54
3 Jablonec 27 16 5 6 45 29 13 10 1 2 23 13 14 6 4 4 22 16 16 53
4 Slovácko 27 15 5 7 47 27 13 7 3 3 23 10 14 8 2 4 24 17 20 50
5 Viktoria Plzen 26 13 6 7 45 29 14 10 1 3 30 11 12 3 5 4 15 18 16 45
6 Slovan Liberec 27 12 7 8 37 24 14 7 5 2 23 10 13 5 2 6 14 14 13 43
7 Pardubice 27 12 5 10 29 35 13 7 4 2 19 13 14 5 1 8 10 22 -6 41
8 Banik Ostrava 27 10 8 9 37 26 13 6 4 3 20 10 14 4 4 6 17 16 11 38
9 Sigma Olomouc 27 9 11 7 33 27 14 5 5 4 20 14 13 4 6 3 13 13 6 38
10 Bohemians 1905 27 8 10 9 29 29 14 6 6 2 19 12 13 2 4 7 10 17 0 34
11 Karvina 27 8 9 10 31 39 14 3 6 5 16 20 13 5 3 5 15 19 -8 33
12 Ceske Budejovice 27 7 10 10 27 38 13 4 3 6 10 19 14 3 7 4 17 19 -11 31
13 Zlín 27 8 5 14 26 37 14 4 2 8 16 23 13 4 3 6 10 14 -11 29
14 Mlada Boleslav 27 6 9 12 34 43 14 4 5 5 20 21 13 2 4 7 14 22 -9 27
15 Teplice 27 6 6 15 29 57 13 3 4 6 13 21 14 3 2 9 16 36 -28 24
16 Zbrojovka Brno 27 4 8 15 22 41 14 1 4 9 9 24 13 3 4 6 13 17 -19 20
17 Příbram 27 3 8 16 18 54 13 2 4 7 11 25 14 1 4 9 7 29 -36 17
18 Opava 27 3 6 18 16 54 13 2 4 7 8 21 14 1 2 11 8 33 -38 15

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