Soccer game guide: Home fans with high optimism before Slovan Liberec - České Budějovice

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion u Nisy (9900 seats)

Slovan Liberec and České Budějovice have both played out a "par" performance until now, to use a golf phrase. The teams both reside in mid-table positions in the Fortuna Liga.

Insights:
  • Slovan Liberec have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Fortuna Liga
  • České Budějovice have yet to win a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Slovan Liberec form and stats

The story so far in the Fortuna Liga for Slovan Liberec at their home stadium (Stadion u Nisy) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion u Nisy after three straight home wins.

The fans are hoping that Liberec will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Fortuna Liga game against Viktoria Plzen (placed 2nd).

Before that, Liberec had a home game versus Hradec Kralove which ended with a victory 1-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Slovan Liberec matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and one defeat (from five games).

Slovan Liberec aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion u Nisy in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Liberec's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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České Budějovice form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for České Budějovice so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Budějovice's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Budějovice go into this game after a win, the home game against Sigma Olomouc that ended 2-1.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Banik Ostrava wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Budějovice when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing two and winning zero games.

Budějovice have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. For Budějovice, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These sides faced each other earlier this season: České Budějovice - Liberec 1-0. Slovan Liberec-České Budějovice H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Liberec seven wins, České Budějovice one win, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

České BudějoviceF. Bassey
F. Bassey
9 goals
Slovan LiberecĽ. Tupta
Ľ. Tupta
4 goals
LiberecA. Helal
A. Helal
3 goals

Slovan Liberec missing players

České Budějovice missing players

Slovan Liberec České Budějovice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 1 8 18
7 4 3 Won W 0 0 7
2 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
9 5 0 Lost L 0 6 8
17 7 5 Scored S 3 8 26
25 12 1 Conceded C 3 18 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 56% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 72%
44% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 67%
17% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 17%
44% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 67%
17% 22% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
39% 56% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 22%
 
3.4 3.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 2.8 2.8
4.3 2.7 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 11 9 7.4
1.9 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.2
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.2 10 11 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.8 8.2
3.2 3.4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.4 3.8
30% 23% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 23% 38%
 
10.3 8.9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 18 14.4 11.6
4.7 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.2 4.6
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • Slovan Liberec have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Fortuna Liga
  • Slovan Liberec have the fewest scored goals (7) at home in Fortuna Liga
  • Slovan Liberec haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • České Budějovice have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • České Budějovice have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • České Budějovice have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • České Budějovice have yet to win a game away.
  • České Budějovice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 15 2 1 48 11 9 9 0 0 26 3 9 6 2 1 22 8 37 47
2 Viktoria Plzen 18 14 2 2 35 13 10 9 1 0 26 6 8 5 1 2 9 7 22 44
3 Sparta Praha 18 13 3 2 45 22 10 9 1 0 24 7 8 4 2 2 21 15 23 42
4 Slovacko 18 11 3 4 36 21 8 7 0 1 16 5 10 4 3 3 20 16 15 36
5 Banik Ostrava 18 10 5 3 38 22 8 5 2 1 22 10 10 5 3 2 16 12 16 35
6 Hradec Kralove 18 6 7 5 24 25 9 4 5 0 14 7 9 2 2 5 10 18 -1 25
7 České Budějovice 18 7 3 8 26 30 10 7 1 2 18 12 8 0 2 6 8 18 -4 24
8 Mladá Boleslav 18 7 2 9 28 28 9 5 1 3 22 17 9 2 1 6 6 11 0 23
9 Slovan Liberec 18 7 2 9 17 25 9 4 0 5 7 12 9 3 2 4 10 13 -8 23
10 Sigma Olomouc 18 5 6 7 30 27 8 3 3 2 15 12 10 2 3 5 15 15 3 21
11 Zlin 18 5 3 10 22 36 10 3 2 5 15 19 8 2 1 5 7 17 -14 18
12 Bohemians 1905 18 5 3 10 26 42 8 4 1 3 16 13 10 1 2 7 10 29 -16 18
13 Jablonec 18 3 7 8 13 32 9 2 4 3 8 10 9 1 3 5 5 22 -19 16
14 Pardubice 18 3 5 10 22 40 10 1 4 5 11 23 8 2 1 5 11 17 -18 14
15 Teplice 18 3 2 13 19 36 8 2 1 5 9 11 10 1 1 8 10 25 -17 11
16 Karvina 18 0 5 13 16 35 9 0 4 5 12 17 9 0 1 8 4 18 -19 5