This match involves two contenders dwelling in the lower parts of the Fortuna Liga, Pardubice holding 16th position and Zlín in 15th. A good opportunity for one of the sides to boost their position.
- Pardubice have the fewest scored goals (17) in Fortuna Liga
- Zlín have yet to win a game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Pardubice form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Fortuna Liga this season. Pardubice have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from their games here at AFG Arena.
The Pardubice fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Zlín and win 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Kováč when Krobot scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Mlada Boleslav and winning 1-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pardubice have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 0.
Pardubice aren't scoring a lot here at AFG Arena in the league, with only {7 goals} from 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Pardubice defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. Pardubice has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Zlín form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zlín so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-5 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.
Zlín lost away at Pardubice (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Teplice.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Zlín in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Zlín, 6 draws and 2 defeats.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 10 latest league rounds have ended with three or more goals.
In the opposite end, Zlín have conceded 18 goals in their away games. When Zlín is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Teplice, Zlín, Zbrojovka Brno, Jablonec and České Budějovice.
Head 2 Head
Pardubice - Zlín 2-1 was the outcome when these two sides last did battle, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Pardubice two wins, three draws and Zlín two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Janosek 5 goals | M. Hlavatý 3 goals |  M. Fillo 3 goals |
Pardubice missing players
Zlín missing players
| Pardubice | Zlín | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 43 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 36 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 70% | 80% |
| 80% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 80% |
| 55% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | 70% |
| 25% | 10% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 40% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 50% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 65% |
| 10% | 10% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 35% |
| 4.3 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 7.8 | 8 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 7.2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.9 | 9.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9 | 10.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 25% | 19% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 13.6 | 12.4 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12 | 10.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.3 | 5 |
- Pardubice have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Pardubice have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Fortuna Liga
- Pardubice have the fewest scored goals (17) in Fortuna Liga
- Pardubice have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Fortuna Liga
- Pardubice have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Fortuna Liga
- Pardubice have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Pardubice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zlín 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 | Slavia Praha | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 45 | 47 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 24 | 45 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 22 | 39 |
| 4 | Slovácko | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 5 | Sigma Olomouc | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Bohemians 1905 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | -3 | 28 |
| 7 | Hradec Kralove | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 27 |
| 8 | Slovan Liberec | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Mlada Boleslav | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 10 | Banik Ostrava | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Zbrojovka Brno | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -10 | 24 |
| 12 | České Budějovice | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 21 |
| 13 | Jablonec | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Teplice | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 27 | -20 | 20 |
| 15 | Zlín | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -15 | 17 |
| 16 | Pardubice | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -26 | 17 |
