This match was marked in the calendar a long time ago by fans of both contenders, as it's the premier Fortuna Liga fixture of the season. Both Slovan Liberec and Baník Ostrava are looking for a positive start to their league adventure.
Slovan Liberec form and stats
The season before, Slovan Liberec's league statistics were 10 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, producing 7th place in the Fortuna Liga. Over these 30 matches they scored {39 goals} and let in 43. Appearing at their own stadium in the previous season Slovan Liberec delivered 5-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with {23 goals} and 20 conceded.
This is expected to be a close game, with Slovan Liberec perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Slovan Liberec as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Slovan Liberec has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Slovan Liberec have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and seven practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Slovan Liberec scored {14 goals} and let in {8 goals} during these seven games.
Baník Ostrava form and stats
Let's have a look at how Baník Ostrava performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 8 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {42 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 7 and lost 5 with 21/19 goals scored/conceded.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ostrava playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 2 Baník Ostrava wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
It's a day of discovery for Baník Ostrava as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Baník Ostrava have played six with the results W3-D2-L1 (win-draw-lost). In these games Baník Ostrava has scored {16 goals} and conceded 4 times.
Head 2 Head
Baník Ostrava have avoided defeat in the last 6 fixtures (2-4-0) against Slovan Liberec.The matches between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Slovan Liberec missing players
Baník Ostrava missing players
| Slovan Liberec | Baník Ostrava | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovan Liberec | Last season | Baník Ostrava | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 8 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 15 | ||
| 51 | 29 | Scored | S | 23 | 53 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Conceded | C | 22 | 50 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 91% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 86% | ||
| 65% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 66% | ||
| 35% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 31% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 14% | ||
| 62% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 66% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 20% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 23% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.1 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| 11.7 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Baník Ostrava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Bohemians 1905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | České Budějovice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Hradec Králové | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Jablonec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Karvina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Mladá Boleslav | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Pardubice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Slavia Praha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Slovácko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Slovan Liberec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sparta Praha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Teplice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Viktoria Plzen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Zlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 70 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 41 | 68 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 81 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 56 | 66 |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzen | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 57 |
| 4 | Bohemians 1905 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 48 |
| 5 | Slovácko | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -2 | 46 |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 41 |
| 7 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 38 |
| 8 | Hradec Králové | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | -6 | 38 |
| 9 | Mladá Boleslav | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -3 | 37 |
| 10 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Jablonec | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 36 | -11 | 35 |
| 12 | České Budějovice | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | -19 | 35 |
| 13 | Teplice | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 63 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 40 | -25 | 32 |
| 14 | Zbrojovka Brno | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 27 | -16 | 31 |
| 15 | Pardubice | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 29 | 58 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 37 | -29 | 28 |
| 16 | Zlin | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -18 | 26 |