Viktoria Plzeň and FC Barcelona get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for FC Barcelona, who are travelling more than 1600 kilometers to play this game.
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 Viktoria Plzeň and FC Barcelona.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
Viktoria Plzeň have collected 15 points from their Czech Liga home games so far after 5-0-0. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Viktoria Plzeň has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.
Viktoria Plzeň are returning here after visiting Zlin and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. Jirka (2) and Chorý scored the goal(s).
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Inter in the Champions League.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sparta Praha are coming to town in four days.
Viktoria are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). Viktoria Plzeň have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
FC Barcelona form and stats
FC Barcelona's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.The strength of FC Barcelona on their travels this season is incredible with 15 points collected from 6 La Liga away games. FC Barcelona has 5-0-1 on the road, with 14 goals scored and 4 conceded. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-1D-3L. This is both home and away.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. FC Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen is eager to challenge this, with his 270 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two away games in a row for Barcelona, whose coach Xavi could celebrate last time after the win against Valencia. The end of the last match, against Valencia, was very satisfying as Lewandowski scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Lewandowski, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.42. Lewandowski scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
The game before was the Champions League-battle against FC Bayern München, a home defeat (0-3).
A new game in only four days for FC Barcelona, the La Liga home match versus Almeria. Busy days.
The FC Barcelona manager Xavi has got the team scoring on the road, with 14 away goals in 6 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived history involving both these sides is the FC Barcelona - Viktoria 5-1 played previously this season. Last three meetings between these participants: Viktoria Plzeň won zero, FC Barcelona triumphed in three and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. Lewandowski likes to meet Viktoria Plzeň and have scored 3 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 13 goals |   T. Chorý 7 goals |  J. Mosquera Rebolledo 6 goals |
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
FC Barcelona missing players
| Viktoria Plzeň | FC Barcelona | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 47 | 24 | Scored | S | 27 | 61 | ||
| 35 | 10 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 2.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.3 | 17.1 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 40% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 11.8 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.6 | ||
| 5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
| 2 | Inter | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | FC Barcelona | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 4 | Viktoria Plzeň | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -17 | 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 | Viktoria Plzeň | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 28 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Hradec Kralove | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Bohemians 1905 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Slovan Liberec | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Banik Ostrava | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Zbrojovka Brno | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 10 | Jablonec | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Mlada Boleslav | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Slovacko | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Ceske Budejovice | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -13 | 15 |
| 14 | Teplice | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -11 | 13 |
| 15 | Zlin | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -10 | 12 |
| 16 | Pardubice | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 25 | -25 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Barcelona | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 31 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Villarreal | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| 10 | Valencia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Valladolid | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 13 | Almeria | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Espanyol | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Celta de Vigo | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 11 |
| 16 | Getafe | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Sevilla | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Cadiz | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 10 |
| 19 | Girona | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | Elche | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -18 | 4 |
