Football preview: Home supporters have high expectations when Sparta Praha greet Slovan Liberec

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sun 31.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Generali Arena (19784 seats)

It's a clean slate in Fortuna Liga - the first match of the season. Read this full article and see how Sparta Praha and Slovan Liberec did in their pre-season friendlies!

The hosts Sparta saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Viking.

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Sparta Praha form and stats

The previous season, Sparta Praha's league stats were 20 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, results that produced 3rd spot in the Fortuna Liga. During these 30 matches they scored 65 goals and gave away 32. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Sparta Praha delivered 13-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 36 goals and 12 conceded.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Sparta Praha home games with this odds we find 5 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 1 match were won by at least two goals.

Sparta have prepared for this season with five friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these five matches are 3 victories, 1 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Sparta Praha have scored 8 goals and conceded 3 times.

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Slovan Liberec form and stats

Let's have a look at how Slovan Liberec performed last season in the Fortuna Liga: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 7 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 14/22 goals scored/conceded.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Slovan Liberec have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats from nine fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Sparta Praha-Slovan Liberec H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sparta Praha six wins, Slovan Liberec two wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Sparta Praha missing players

Slovan Liberec missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sparta Praha Slovan Liberec
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low 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
Sparta Praha Last season Slovan Liberec
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   16 32
22 14   Won W   3 10
7 3   Drew D   5 7
6 1   Lost L   8 15
72 41   Scored S   14 29
40 16   Conceded C   23 41
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
86% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 62%
63% 61%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 34%
40% 44%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 16%
20% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
57% 67%   BTTS BTTS   50% 41%
31% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 19%
14% 0%   Failed to Score F T   44% 47%
 
5.7 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4
4.3 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 4.8
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   1 5
 
12.6 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   8.4 9.2
5.9 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.7 3.8
35% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 24%
 
8.4 7.3   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 10.3
3.7 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sigma Olomouc 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Slovácko 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
3 Teplice 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Viktoria Plzeň 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Zbrojovka Brno 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Mlada Boleslav 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Zlin 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bohemians 1905 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 České Budějovice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hradec Králové 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jablonec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pardubice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Slavia Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Slovan Liberec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sparta Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Banik Ostrava 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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 Viktoria Plzeň 35 26 7 2 63 21 18 16 2 0 42 9 17 10 5 2 21 12 42 85
2 Slavia Praha 35 24 6 5 80 27 18 15 1 2 42 7 17 9 5 3 38 20 53 78
3 Sparta Praha 35 22 7 6 72 40 18 14 3 1 41 16 17 8 4 5 31 24 32 73
4 Slovácko 35 21 5 9 59 38 17 14 1 2 32 10 18 7 4 7 27 28 21 68
5 Banik Ostrava 35 15 10 10 60 48 17 8 6 3 35 23 18 7 4 7 25 25 12 55
6 Hradec Králové 35 10 14 11 44 52 17 7 7 3 28 23 18 3 7 8 16 29 -8 44

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 Sigma Olomouc 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Slovácko 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
3 Teplice 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
4 Viktoria Plzeň 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Zbrojovka Brno 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Mlada Boleslav 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
7 Zlin 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Bohemians 1905 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 České Budějovice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hradec Králové 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Jablonec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Pardubice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Slavia Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Slovan Liberec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sparta Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Banik Ostrava 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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