Home advantage could prove decisive in Sparta Praha - Viktoria Plzeň battle

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Wed 12.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Generali Arena (19784 seats)

A key match in Fortuna Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Sparta Praha in 3rd position and Viktoria Plzeň placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Sparta Praha have the most points from losing position (17) in Fortuna Liga
  • Sparta Praha have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Viktoria Plzeň have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Sparta nor Viktoria Plzeň as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Viktoria Plzeň are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Sparta Praha form and stats

Sparta Praha have performed here at Generali Arena this season with 11 wins from 15 Fortuna Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3. Sparta has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Generali Arena. We remember; it was Bohemians 1905.

Sparta Praha's previous game was a Fortuna Liga match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Banik Ostrava (placed 8th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that game, the home loss against Slavia Praha with the scoreline 0-3.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sparta have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Sparta after this match as they are travelling to Mlada Boleslav for a Fortuna Liga game in only four days.

The Sparta Praha manager P. Vrba has got the team scoring with 37 from 15 home games in the league. On the other hand, Sparta have conceded 19 goals.

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Viktoria Plzeň form and stats

As the visiting team in Fortuna Liga matches, Viktoria Plzeň have produced an overall stat of 4-5-5 so far.

Viktoria played 3-3 against Pribram in their previous match. Prior to that match, the Viktoria Plzeň manager A. Guľa faced defeat when travelling to Slavia Praha and losing 1-5.

The match against Pribram looked like a defeat for Viktoria Plzeň, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 3-3. Zdeněk Ondrášek equalized in the 90th minute. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Viktoria Plzeň, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? As mentioned above, Viktoria drew the match against Pribram. Manager A. Guľa brought on Zdeněk Ondrášek to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

We have checked recent matches where Viktoria Plzeň have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, one draw and four defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Viktoria Plzeň manager A. Guľa as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Pardubice.

The visiting Viktoria have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. Viktoria's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Sparta Praha and Viktoria Plzeň have met before this season: Viktoria Plzeň - Sparta 3-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sparta Praha won two games, one match ended with a draw and Viktoria Plzeň has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Viktoria PlzeňJ. Beauguel
J. Beauguel
12 goals
Sparta PrahaL. Juliš
L. Juliš
11 goals
Sparta PrahaA. Hložek
A. Hložek
10 goals

Sparta Praha missing players

Viktoria Plzeň missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sparta Praha Viktoria Plzeň
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 14 30
19 11 2 Won W 0 4 15
5 1 1 Drew D 0 5 7
6 3 1 Lost L 4 5 8
66 37 4 Scored S 4 17 52
36 19 5 Conceded C 16 23 38
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 93%
77% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 73%
67% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 53%
47% 47% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 43%
23% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 75% 29% 23%
53% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 53%
33% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 30%
20% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.1 1.9
3 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11 12.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.4 12.4
5.3 6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 5.7 5.6
41% 41% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 21% 31%
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • Sparta Praha have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Viktoria Plzeň have scored away.
  • Sparta Praha have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Fortuna Liga
  • Sparta Praha have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Fortuna Liga
  • Sparta Praha have the most points from losing position (17) in Fortuna Liga
  • Sparta Praha haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 31 25 6 0 81 17 15 14 1 0 42 7 16 11 5 0 39 10 64 81
2 Jablonec 31 20 5 6 57 31 16 13 1 2 33 15 15 7 4 4 24 16 26 65
3 Sparta Praha 30 19 5 6 66 36 15 11 1 3 37 19 15 8 4 3 29 17 30 62
4 Slovacko 31 17 5 9 54 32 15 8 3 4 27 13 16 9 2 5 27 19 22 56
5 Viktoria Plzeň 30 15 7 8 52 38 16 11 2 3 35 15 14 4 5 5 17 23 14 52
6 Slovan Liberec 31 14 8 9 42 29 15 7 6 2 25 12 16 7 2 7 17 17 13 50
7 Pardubice 31 13 7 11 37 41 15 7 6 2 23 17 16 6 1 9 14 24 -4 46
8 Banik Ostrava 31 12 9 10 43 31 15 7 5 3 23 12 16 5 4 7 20 19 12 45
9 Bohemians 1905 31 10 12 9 37 31 16 7 7 2 22 12 15 3 5 7 15 19 6 42
10 Sigma Olomouc 31 9 12 10 36 35 16 5 5 6 20 17 15 4 7 4 16 18 1 39
11 Ceske Budejovice 31 9 11 11 32 42 16 5 4 7 14 23 15 4 7 4 18 19 -10 38
12 Karvina 31 8 10 13 33 47 16 3 6 7 16 23 15 5 4 6 17 24 -14 34
13 Mlada Boleslav 31 8 9 14 39 48 15 4 5 6 20 22 16 4 4 8 19 26 -9 33
14 Zlin 31 8 7 16 28 44 16 4 3 9 17 28 15 4 4 7 11 16 -16 31
15 Teplice 31 6 8 17 30 62 15 3 5 7 13 22 16 3 3 10 17 40 -32 26
16 Zbrojovka Brno 31 4 10 17 27 49 16 1 5 10 11 27 15 3 5 7 16 22 -22 22
17 Pribram 31 4 9 18 23 62 15 2 4 9 12 30 16 2 5 9 11 32 -39 21
18 Opava 31 3 8 20 20 62 15 2 5 8 9 24 16 1 3 12 11 38 -42 17

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 Slavia Praha 31 25 6 0 81 17 15 14 1 0 42 7 16 11 5 0 39 10 64 81
2 Jablonec 31 20 5 6 57 31 16 13 1 2 33 15 15 7 4 4 24 16 26 65
3 Sparta Praha 30 19 5 6 66 36 15 11 1 3 37 19 15 8 4 3 29 17 30 62
4 Slovacko 31 17 5 9 54 32 15 8 3 4 27 13 16 9 2 5 27 19 22 56
5 Viktoria Plzeň 30 15 7 8 52 38 16 11 2 3 35 15 14 4 5 5 17 23 14 52
6 Slovan Liberec 31 14 8 9 42 29 15 7 6 2 25 12 16 7 2 7 17 17 13 50
7 Pardubice 31 13 7 11 37 41 15 7 6 2 23 17 16 6 1 9 14 24 -4 46
8 Banik Ostrava 31 12 9 10 43 31 15 7 5 3 23 12 16 5 4 7 20 19 12 45
9 Bohemians 1905 31 10 12 9 37 31 16 7 7 2 22 12 15 3 5 7 15 19 6 42
10 Sigma Olomouc 31 9 12 10 36 35 16 5 5 6 20 17 15 4 7 4 16 18 1 39
11 Ceske Budejovice 31 9 11 11 32 42 16 5 4 7 14 23 15 4 7 4 18 19 -10 38
12 Karvina 31 8 10 13 33 47 16 3 6 7 16 23 15 5 4 6 17 24 -14 34
13 Mlada Boleslav 31 8 9 14 39 48 15 4 5 6 20 22 16 4 4 8 19 26 -9 33
14 Zlin 31 8 7 16 28 44 16 4 3 9 17 28 15 4 4 7 11 16 -16 31
15 Teplice 31 6 8 17 30 62 15 3 5 7 13 22 16 3 3 10 17 40 -32 26
16 Zbrojovka Brno 31 4 10 17 27 49 16 1 5 10 11 27 15 3 5 7 16 22 -22 22
17 Pribram 31 4 9 18 23 62 15 2 4 9 12 30 16 2 5 9 11 32 -39 21
18 Opava 31 3 8 20 20 62 15 2 5 8 9 24 16 1 3 12 11 38 -42 17

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