Can České Budějovice surprise Viktoria Plzeň in their own stadium?

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Doosan Aréna (11700 seats)

The Fortuna Liga league standings tell a story about these squads to this date, with Viktoria Plzeň in front of České Budějovice by 24 points. Get your full match preview:

Insights:
  • Viktoria Plzeň have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Fortuna Liga
  • Viktoria Plzeň have scored more than double the goals of České Budějovice.

This promises to be an engaging game with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Viktoria Plzeň form and stats

Viktoria Plzeň are steadily winning Fortuna Liga games and points here at Doosan Aréna. 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

A strong away win for Viktoria against Zbrojovka Brno the last match, as Bucha, Kopic and Vlkanova were on target.

Ahead of that match, Viktoria Plzeň lost 1-2 at home to Hradec Králové.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (18 in 8 games), Viktoria's attacking play is working. Viktoria Plzeň have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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České Budějovice form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Fortuna Liga. Three has not been a lucky number for Budějovice as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Zbrojovka Brno match.

The attacking players of České Budějovice have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 278 minutes.

Home advantage was not enough for České Budějovice in their previous game as they lost hosting Slovan Liberec, 0-2.

Before that match, the win at home hosting Hradec Králové in the Czech Cup (2-0).

The visiting Budějovice have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, České Budějovice have conceded 14 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The 4 latest matches featuring these sides have all finished as Viktoria Plzeň victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.

The latest head to head meeting ended České Budějovice - Viktoria Plzeň 0-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Viktoria PlzeňT. Chorý
T. Chorý
10 goals
ViktoriaJ. Mosquera Rebolledo
J. Mosquera Rebolledo
6 goals
Viktoria PlzeňM. Havel
M. Havel
3 goals

Viktoria Plzeň missing players

České Budějovice missing players

Viktoria Plzeň České Budějovice
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 4 9 18
13 6 2 Won W 1 4 5
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
2 2 0 Lost L 3 4 10
38 18 6 Scored S 3 10 17
13 5 1 Conceded C 9 14 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 78% 83%
67% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 50%
28% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 11% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 11%
50% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 39%
44% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 11%
6% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 50%
 
7.1 6.2 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 3.7 4.2
5.8 6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 8.2 6.9
1.7 1.1 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 6
 
11.9 12 17 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 6.2 6.4
5.2 5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 2.7 2.8
40% 45% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 42% 34%
 
9.1 9 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 15.9 14.2
3.3 3.1 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 7 6.3
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • Viktoria Plzeň have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have scored more than double the goals of České Budějovice.
  • Viktoria Plzeň have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Fortuna Liga
  • Viktoria Plzeň have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Fortuna Liga
  • Viktoria Plzeň haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • České Budějovice have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won 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 19 15 1 3 60 15 10 10 0 0 42 5 9 5 1 3 18 10 45 46
2 Viktoria Plzeň 18 13 3 2 38 13 8 6 0 2 18 5 10 7 3 0 20 8 25 42
3 Sparta Praha 18 10 6 2 35 17 10 6 3 1 21 8 8 4 3 1 14 9 18 36
4 Slovacko 19 8 5 6 22 27 9 4 2 3 9 10 10 4 3 3 13 17 -5 29
5 Bohemians 1905 18 8 4 6 31 29 9 2 3 4 13 17 9 6 1 2 18 12 2 28
6 Sigma Olomouc 18 7 5 6 26 19 8 3 2 3 12 10 10 4 3 3 14 9 7 26
7 Hradec Králové 18 8 2 8 21 22 10 4 2 4 11 11 8 4 0 4 10 11 -1 26
8 Slovan Liberec 19 7 4 8 24 23 9 3 3 3 12 8 10 4 1 5 12 15 1 25
9 Banik Ostrava 19 6 6 7 33 27 10 5 0 5 20 15 9 1 6 2 13 12 6 24
10 Mladá Boleslav 18 6 5 7 27 28 8 2 4 2 13 12 10 4 1 5 14 16 -1 23
11 Zbrojovka Brno 19 6 3 10 28 39 9 2 2 5 14 21 10 4 1 5 14 18 -11 21
12 Jablonec 19 5 5 9 27 35 10 3 3 4 16 16 9 2 2 5 11 19 -8 20
13 Teplice 19 5 4 10 24 44 10 4 3 3 16 17 9 1 1 7 8 27 -20 19
14 České Budějovice 18 5 3 10 17 33 9 1 2 6 7 19 9 4 1 4 10 14 -16 18
15 Zlin 19 3 8 8 20 34 10 3 3 4 11 18 9 0 5 4 9 16 -14 17
16 Pardubice 18 3 2 13 14 42 9 2 1 6 5 15 9 1 1 7 9 27 -28 11