Game week two of the Fortuna Liga season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Slovan Liberec - Viktoria Plzeň preview:
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at AZ. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Slovan Liberec form and stats
Liberec faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sigma Olomouc (0-1). Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Mladá Boleslav.
Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Kamso Mara for missing a penalty kick versus Sigma Olomouc in the 65th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
Last season, Slovan Liberec's league statistics were 14 wins, 5 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Fortuna Liga. Over these 30 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Slovan Liberec managed 8-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 18 conceded.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
There might be some fixture complaints from Viktoria as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Champions League match against AZ (after extra-time) (1-3). Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Opava in the Fortuna Liga.
Let's have a look at how Viktoria Plzeň performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 20 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 60 and conceded 22 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 5 and lost 2 with 22/11 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - two - eight (Slovan Liberec wins - draws - Viktoria Plzeň wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Ba Loua 1 goals |  P. Bucha 1 goals | J. Beauguel 1 goals |
Slovan Liberec missing players
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
| Slovan Liberec | Viktoria Plzeň | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Slovan Liberec | Last season | Viktoria Plzeň | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 17 | 35 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 23 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 57 | 39 | Scored | S | 22 | 68 | ||
| 51 | 22 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 91% | ||
| 81% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 74% | ||
| 64% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 54% | ||
| 42% | 56% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | ||
| 58% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 46% | ||
| 25% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 41% | 46% | ||
| 19% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 17% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 375 | 223 | Total Shots | T S | 145 | 362 | ||
| 154 | 104 | Shots on Target | S O | 68 | 162 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Bohemians 1905 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Teplice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Viktoria Plzeň | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Slovácko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Jablonec | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Sigma Olomouc | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Banik Ostrava | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Karviná | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Zlín | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Pardubice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Slovan Liberec | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Opava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Příbram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Mladá Boleslav | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | Ceske Budejovice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 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 | Slavia Praha | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 69 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 9 | 57 | 85 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 35 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 44 | 76 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 35 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 40 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 60 |
| 4 | Slovan Liberec | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 51 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 4 | 51 |
| 5 | Jablonec | 35 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 52 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 36 | -4 | 51 |
| 6 | Banik Ostrava | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 47 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 4 | 47 |