Soccer betting preview: Zlín welcomes Baník Ostrava in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Czech Republic Fortuna Liga
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Letná (8000 seats)

Fortuna Liga: Zlín are 8 points short of Baník Ostrava, but are inspired to go full force. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Zlín have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Fortuna Liga
  • Baník Ostrava have yet to win a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Zlín form and stats

Zlín's struggle is real here at Stadion Letná with only 8 points collected from 8 Fortuna Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-4. It's trouble wherever Zlín are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

Zlín's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 0-3 vs Slovan Liberec (in Tipsport Malta Cup).

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Sandhausen in the Tipsport Malta Cup.

Goals are appearing in numbers in this team's league rounds, with 5 in a row containing at least three goals (over 2.5).

Early season league goal statistics from Zlín's 8 home games: {8 goals}, 16 conceded.

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Baník Ostrava form and stats

There's been little loot from Baník Ostrava's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Fortuna Liga. Baník Ostrava only have 0 wins to counter their 2 defeats and 5 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Ostrava are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a Czech Cup home loss versus Sparta Praha with 2-3 on the scoreboard.

The fixture before that was the Czech Cup-battle against Sparta Praha, a home loss (2-3).

Take note that 12 of this club's 16 most recent league matches have ended with three goals or more.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Baník Ostrava have conceded 11 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Baník Ostrava have not lost in the last 7 matches (4-3-0) facing Zlín.

This was the score when the squads met earlier this campaign; Baník Ostrava - Zlín 3-1.

Top Goalscorers

Baník OstravaL. Almási
L. Almási
5 goals
Baník OstravaN. Kuzmanovič
N. Kuzmanovič
3 goals
Baník OstravaJ. Klíma
J. Klíma
3 goals

Zlín missing players

Baník Ostrava missing players

Zlín Baník Ostrava
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 1 7 16
2 2 1 Won W 0 0 5
6 2 1 Drew D 1 5 5
8 4 1 Lost L 0 2 6
15 8 2 Scored S 1 7 26
30 16 3 Conceded C 1 11 24
75% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 71% 88%
75% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 88%
69% 75% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 75%
44% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 44%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 12%
56% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 71% 75%
25% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 19%
44% 50% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 19%
 
4.2 5.1 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 6.3
6.4 5.4 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.3 5
2 1.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10 11.9 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 10 11.9
4.1 4.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4 4.9
23% 22% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 33%
 
9.4 7.8 6 Shots against (avg) S A 6 11.7 10.8
4.4 3.9 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 6.3 5.3
Key stats in Fortuna Liga this season:
  • Baník Ostrava have yet to win a game away.
  • Zlín have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zlín have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Fortuna Liga
  • Zlín have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Viktoria Plzen 16 12 3 1 34 10 7 6 0 1 17 3 9 6 3 0 17 7 24 39
2 Slavia Praha 16 12 1 3 51 14 8 8 0 0 35 4 8 4 1 3 16 10 37 37
3 Sparta Praha 16 9 5 2 30 15 9 5 3 1 17 7 7 4 2 1 13 8 15 32
4 Sigma Olomouc 16 7 3 6 25 18 7 3 1 3 11 9 9 4 2 3 14 9 7 24
5 Hradec Kralove 16 7 2 7 19 19 9 4 2 3 11 9 7 3 0 4 8 10 0 23
6 Mladá Boleslav 16 6 4 6 26 24 7 2 3 2 13 12 9 4 1 4 13 12 2 22
7 Bohemians 1905 16 6 4 6 27 29 8 1 3 4 11 17 8 5 1 2 16 12 -2 22
8 Slovacko 16 6 4 6 20 27 7 3 1 3 8 10 9 3 3 3 12 17 -7 22
9 Slovan Liberec 16 6 3 7 21 21 7 3 2 2 11 6 9 3 1 5 10 15 0 21
10 Baník Ostrava 16 5 5 6 26 24 9 5 0 4 19 13 7 0 5 2 7 11 2 20
11 Zbrojovka Brno 16 6 2 8 27 34 8 2 2 4 13 18 8 4 0 4 14 16 -7 20
12 Teplice 16 5 4 7 23 35 9 4 3 2 16 12 7 1 1 5 7 23 -12 19
13 Ceske Budejovice 16 5 3 8 17 30 8 1 2 5 7 17 8 4 1 3 10 13 -13 18
14 Jablonec 16 4 4 8 22 27 9 3 2 4 14 14 7 1 2 4 8 13 -5 16
15 Zlín 16 2 6 8 15 30 8 2 2 4 8 16 8 0 4 4 7 14 -15 12
16 Pardubice 16 3 1 12 13 39 8 2 1 5 5 13 8 1 0 7 8 26 -26 10