A key match in Fortuna Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Viktoria Plzeň in 3rd position and Sparta Praha placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was also an away game, at Celtic. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
Perfect Fortuna Liga season at home so far for Viktoria Plzeň 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Viktoria travelled for their previous game, a trip to Sigma Olomouc that ended 2-2. Prior to that, an away loss at Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Europa League.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Viktoria have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost zero.
Viktoria are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Doosan Aréna in their league games, having scored an impressive 9 goals in 3 matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Sparta Praha are yet to lose a point on their Fortuna Liga travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Two travels in a row for Sparta Praha, whose manager V. Kotal could celebrate last time after the Europa League win against Celtic. Preceding that game, the 0-3 loss visiting Milan's place.
It's hard not to mention Lukáš Juliš's lethal finishing against Celtic. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. The 4-1 victory against Celtic could easily have been bigger as the victors made a valiant effort at breaking the goal posts, hitting them three times.
The Sparta Praha manager V. Kotal has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 12 goals in 3 league matches away. Sparta Praha have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Viktoria won six games, one match ended with a draw and Sparta Praha has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourViktoria Plzeň missing players
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| Viktoria Plzeň | Sparta Praha | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 12 | 20 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 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 |
| 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | 38 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 22 | 64 |
| 17 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 34 |
| 94% | 64% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 59% |
- All of Sparta Praha's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- All of Viktoria Plzeň's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Sparta Praha has the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha has the most points (9) away in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha has the most points from losing position (6) in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha has the most scored goals (12) away in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha has the most scored goals (20) in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha has the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha has the the best goal difference (+8) away in Fortuna Liga
- Sparta Praha have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sparta Praha have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sparta Praha have won all their games so far.
- Sparta Praha haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sparta Praha is in the best form (6-0-0)
- Viktoria Plzeň have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Viktoria Plzeň have scored in all their matches so far.
- Viktoria Plzeň have won all their matches at home so far.
- Viktoria Plzeň 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 | Sparta Praha | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | Viktoria Plzeň | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Pardubice | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Slovan Liberec | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Jablonec | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Karviná | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Bohemians 1905 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Slovácko | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Zlín | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 12 | Teplice | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| 13 | Baník Ostrava | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Mladá Boleslav | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Opava | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 16 | Zbrojovka Brno | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 4 |
| 17 | České Budějovice | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 3 |
| 18 | Příbram | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -10 | 1 |