Viktoria Plzeň should be favourites to win this home game versus Pardubice, if the league table is anything to judge by. Or are we in for a surprise?
- Viktoria Plzeň is in the best form (5-1-0) in Fortuna Liga
- Viktoria Plzeň have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Pardubice have scored away.
The visiting Pardubice played their last game only four days ago, a Fortuna Liga match.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
Viktoria Plzeň have been outstanding at home so far in the Fortuna Liga with 10 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. The Viktoria Plzeň fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Doosan Aréna and will expect new points from this game. Viktoria Plzeň has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
A good away victory last time out for Viktoria Plzeň, who won 1-0 against Ceske Budejovice (placed 8th).
Before that, Viktoria played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Sparta Praha.Viktoria Plzeň are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found seven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew one and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 11 games), Viktoria Plzeň's attacking play is working. Viktoria Plzeň are not conceding a lot of goals here at Doosan Aréna in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Pardubice form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Fortuna Liga travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. Having won their last three away games Pardubice has no reason to fear anyone.
Cerny was the last player to score for the away team. Pardubice haven't scored a league goal in the last 214 minutes. Pardubice have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jiri Letacek. It's been 203 minutes since they last conceded in Fortuna Liga.
There were no winners in Pardubice's previous match, the home game that ended 0-0 vs Slovácko (placed 5th).
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Hradec Kralove.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Pardubice played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, one were draw and the home team won as expected two times.
The visiting Pardubice have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Pardubice has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The duelists have played before this season: Pardubice - Viktoria Plzeň 0-1. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Viktoria Plzeň victories, zero draws and one Pardubice win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 2 red cards from the last three encounters.Top Goalscorers
  J. Beauguel 10 goals | J. Mosquera Rebolledo 5 goals |  R. Řezník 4 goals |
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
Pardubice missing players
| Viktoria Plzeň | Pardubice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 17 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 40 | 27 | 15 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 41 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 64% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 81% |
| 50% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 44% | 43% |
| 14% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 24% |
| 41% | 45% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 62% |
| 50% | 55% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.4 | 6.1 |
| 2 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11.3 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 8.1 | 8.3 |
| 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 38% | 51% | 68% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | 28% |
| 7.9 | 6.6 | 5.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.7 | 9.8 |
| 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
- All of Pardubice's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Pardubice have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Pardubice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Pardubice haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Viktoria Plzeň have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as Pardubice have scored away.
- Viktoria Plzeň have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Fortuna Liga
- Viktoria Plzeň have the most points (31) at home in Fortuna Liga
- Viktoria Plzeň have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Viktoria Plzeň is in the best form (5-1-0) in Fortuna Liga
| 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 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 38 | 54 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzeň | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 54 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 47 |
| 4 | Baník Ostrava | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 42 |
| 5 | Slovácko | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 40 |
| 6 | Mladá Boleslav | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Hradec Kralove | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 27 |
| 8 | Ceske Budejovice | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Slovan Liberec | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -10 | 25 |
| 11 | Zlin | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 12 | Bohemians 1905 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 31 | -18 | 21 |
| 13 | Teplice | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -14 | 20 |
| 14 | Jablonec | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 | -19 | 20 |
| 15 | Pardubice | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Karvina | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | -20 | 9 |
