Sheriff host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round game. Viktoria Plzeň will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Doosan Aréna before the return leg in 9 days.
Viktoria Plzeň have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sheriff and Viktoria Plzeň.
Sheriff form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League for Sheriff, as the manager Tomas led his troops to eliminate Maribor and Zrinjski, and reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Last season, Sheriff's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.On the other hand, in the Champions League, Sheriff has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
An away draw last time out for Sheriff, facing Zimbru in a game that ended 1-1.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated HJK in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Viktoria Plzeň's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 2nd qualifying round.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Viktoria Plzeň playing as the away team in the Czech Liga this season.
Viktoria has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Teplice for a 2-2 draw. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Viktoria Plzeň's duel with Teplice. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Mosquera found the equalizer. As mentioned above, Viktoria Plzeň drew the match against Teplice. Manager Bílek brought on Mosquera to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
A quick return to home after this game, as Viktoria are hosting Pardubice in the Czech Liga only four days away.
2 goals so far away for Viktoria Plzeň, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mosquera Rebolledo 1 goals | J. Kliment 1 goals |
Sheriff missing players
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
| Sheriff | Viktoria Plzeň | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 13 | 56 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 72% | 91% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 12% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.1 | ||
| 3 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 5 | ||
| 37% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 42% | ||
| 6.2 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Zimbru | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | CSF Balti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Dacia-Buiucani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Dinamo-Auto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Milsami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Petrocub | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sigma Olomouc | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Slovacko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Teplice | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Zbrojovka Brno | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Mlada Boleslav | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Zlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Bohemians 1905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ceske Budejovice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hradec Kralove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Jablonec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Pardubice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Slavia Praha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Slovan Liberec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sparta Praha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Banik Ostrava | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
