Fortuna Liga prediction and preview: Viktoria Plzeň modest favorites to beat Baník Ostrava

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sun 23.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Doosan Aréna (11700 seats)

Viktoria Plzeň are placed 5th so far, while Baník Ostrava are lagging 4 points behind in the table. Can they reduce the gap?

Insights:
  • Viktoria Plzeň have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Czech Cup match only three days ago. This match was also played here at Doosan Aréna. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Baník Ostrava have had more rest.

For Ostrava most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

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Viktoria Plzeň form and stats

Viktoria Plzeň are steadily winning Fortuna Liga games and points here at Doosan Aréna. 11 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 16 games.

The Viktoria Plzeň crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Slavia Praha here at Doosan Aréna in a Czech Cup match.

Heartbreak before that as Viktoria lost 0-3 at Pardubice's place.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Viktoria's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost one.

The Viktoria Plzeň manager M. Bílek has got the team scoring with 35 from 16 home games in the league. Viktoria are not conceding a lot of goals here at Doosan Aréna in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 16 matches.

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Baník Ostrava form and stats

5-4-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Baník Ostrava in their Fortuna Liga matches away.

The supporters enjoyed Baník Ostrava's previous game versus Zlin (placed 14th), a Fortuna Liga 4-2 win played at home. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Ostrava, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Sparta Praha's place.

The visiting Ostrava have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 16 games. Ostrava have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Baník Ostrava - Viktoria 0-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Viktoria Plzeň wins - draws - Baník Ostrava wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ViktoriaJ. Beauguel
J. Beauguel
12 goals
Baník OstravaD. De Azevedo
D. De Azevedo
10 goals
Baník OstravaT. Zajíc
T. Zajíc
8 goals

Viktoria Plzeň missing players

Baník Ostrava missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Viktoria Plzeň Baník Ostrava
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
15 11 4 Won W 0 5 13
7 2 0 Drew D 1 4 9
10 3 1 Lost L 4 7 10
53 35 8 Scored S 3 20 47
44 15 3 Conceded C 9 19 33
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 91%
75% 81% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 75%
56% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 50%
44% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 22%
22% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
53% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 53%
28% 25% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 34%
25% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 25% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 1.9 1.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
11.9 13.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 8.2 9.7
5.5 5.6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.2 4.1
30% 39% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 38% 36%
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • Viktoria Plzeň have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Viktoria Plzeň 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 32 25 7 0 82 18 16 14 2 0 43 8 16 11 5 0 39 10 64 82
2 Sparta Praha 32 21 5 6 74 41 16 12 1 3 40 20 16 9 4 3 34 21 33 68
3 Jablonec 32 20 5 7 57 32 16 13 1 2 33 15 16 7 4 5 24 17 25 65
4 Slovacko 32 17 6 9 55 33 16 8 4 4 28 14 16 9 2 5 27 19 22 57
5 Viktoria Plzeň 32 15 7 10 53 44 16 11 2 3 35 15 16 4 5 7 18 29 9 52
6 Slovan Liberec 32 14 9 9 43 30 16 7 7 2 26 13 16 7 2 7 17 17 13 51
7 Pardubice 32 14 7 11 40 41 16 8 6 2 26 17 16 6 1 9 14 24 -1 49
8 Baník Ostrava 32 13 9 10 47 33 16 8 5 3 27 14 16 5 4 7 20 19 14 48
9 Bohemians 1905 32 10 13 9 38 32 16 7 7 2 22 12 16 3 6 7 16 20 6 43
10 Sigma Olomouc 32 10 12 10 38 36 16 5 5 6 20 17 16 5 7 4 18 19 2 42
11 Ceske Budejovice 32 9 11 12 32 44 16 5 4 7 14 23 16 4 7 5 18 21 -12 38
12 Karvina 32 8 11 13 34 48 16 3 6 7 16 23 16 5 5 6 18 25 -14 35
13 Mlada Boleslav 32 8 9 15 43 53 16 4 5 7 24 27 16 4 4 8 19 26 -10 33
14 Zlin 32 8 7 17 30 48 16 4 3 9 17 28 16 4 4 8 13 20 -18 31
15 Teplice 32 7 8 17 32 62 16 4 5 7 15 22 16 3 3 10 17 40 -30 29
16 Pribram 32 5 9 18 24 62 16 3 4 9 13 30 16 2 5 9 11 32 -38 24
17 Zbrojovka Brno 32 4 11 17 28 50 16 1 5 10 11 27 16 3 6 7 17 23 -22 23
18 Opava 32 3 8 21 21 64 16 2 5 9 10 26 16 1 3 12 11 38 -43 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 32 25 7 0 82 18 16 14 2 0 43 8 16 11 5 0 39 10 64 82
2 Sparta Praha 32 21 5 6 74 41 16 12 1 3 40 20 16 9 4 3 34 21 33 68
3 Jablonec 32 20 5 7 57 32 16 13 1 2 33 15 16 7 4 5 24 17 25 65
4 Slovacko 32 17 6 9 55 33 16 8 4 4 28 14 16 9 2 5 27 19 22 57
5 Viktoria Plzeň 32 15 7 10 53 44 16 11 2 3 35 15 16 4 5 7 18 29 9 52
6 Slovan Liberec 32 14 9 9 43 30 16 7 7 2 26 13 16 7 2 7 17 17 13 51
7 Pardubice 32 14 7 11 40 41 16 8 6 2 26 17 16 6 1 9 14 24 -1 49
8 Baník Ostrava 32 13 9 10 47 33 16 8 5 3 27 14 16 5 4 7 20 19 14 48
9 Bohemians 1905 32 10 13 9 38 32 16 7 7 2 22 12 16 3 6 7 16 20 6 43
10 Sigma Olomouc 32 10 12 10 38 36 16 5 5 6 20 17 16 5 7 4 18 19 2 42
11 Ceske Budejovice 32 9 11 12 32 44 16 5 4 7 14 23 16 4 7 5 18 21 -12 38
12 Karvina 32 8 11 13 34 48 16 3 6 7 16 23 16 5 5 6 18 25 -14 35
13 Mlada Boleslav 32 8 9 15 43 53 16 4 5 7 24 27 16 4 4 8 19 26 -10 33
14 Zlin 32 8 7 17 30 48 16 4 3 9 17 28 16 4 4 8 13 20 -18 31
15 Teplice 32 7 8 17 32 62 16 4 5 7 15 22 16 3 3 10 17 40 -30 29
16 Pribram 32 5 9 18 24 62 16 3 4 9 13 30 16 2 5 9 11 32 -38 24
17 Zbrojovka Brno 32 4 11 17 28 50 16 1 5 10 11 27 16 3 6 7 17 23 -22 23
18 Opava 32 3 8 21 21 64 16 2 5 9 10 26 16 1 3 12 11 38 -43 17

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