Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the Viktoria Plzeň - Qarabağ clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 23.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Doosan Aréna (11700 seats)

The first leg ended Qarabağ-Viktoria Plzeň 0-0. All is set for the decider in this Champions League Play-offs fixture!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Qarabağ, who are travelling more than 3600 kilometers to play this game.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Viktoria Plzeň form and stats

Viktoria have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sheriff and HJK. Viktoria Plzeň participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the play-offs.

Viktoria Plzeň have collected 3 points from their Czech Liga home games so far after 1-0-0. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Viktoria Plzeň has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

The Viktoria coach Bílek and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Qarabağ in the Champions League. The goalie Staněk was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.32 out of ten. Staněk topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that match, a Czech Liga win away at Hradec Kralove.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Viktoria Plzeň handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

Early season league goal statistics from Viktoria Plzeň's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

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Qarabağ form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Lech Poznan, Ferencvaros and Zurich in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round.

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Qarabağ have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-3D-1L. This is both home and away.

Qarabağ delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Viktoria Plzeň in their previous game; a Champions League duel. Midfield player Janković was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Janković hit one key pass and had 30 successful passes (of 34 total).

Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Sumqayt with the score of 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Qarabağ have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

2 goals so far away for Qarabağ, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

The sides have met each other before in this season, with the result Qarabağ - Viktoria Plzeň 0-0 written in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Viktoria zero wins, three draws and Qarabağ zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Viktoria PlzeňJ. Kliment
J. Kliment
2 goals
QarabağM. Gurbanli
M. Gurbanli
2 goals
QarabağR. Şeydayev
R. Şeydayev
2 goals

Viktoria Plzeň missing players

Qarabağ missing players

Viktoria Plzeň Qarabağ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   10 25
16 11   Won W   7 16
8 2   Drew D   2 8
1 1   Lost L   1 1
50 36   Scored S   23 69
16 9   Conceded C   7 17
84% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 88%
56% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 64%
24% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 52%
8% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 28%
52% 50%   BTTS BTTS   40% 52%
48% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 44%
16% 7%   Failed to Score F T   10% 12%
 
5.7 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6.8 7.2
3.8 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 2.9
1.5 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3 2.3
4 3   Red cards R C   0 1
 
10.4 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 14.3
4.9 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 6.9
41% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 41%
 
7 6.8   Shots against (avg) S A   5.8 5.6
2.8 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.5 2.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bohemians 1905 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 7
2 Zbrojovka Brno 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 7
3 Viktoria Plzeň 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 7
4 Slovan Liberec 3 2 0 1 8 4 1 1 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 6
5 Slavia Praha 3 2 0 1 7 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 6
6 Sparta Praha 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
7 Slovacko 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 5
8 Ceske Budejovice 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
9 Banik Ostrava 3 1 1 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 4
10 Sigma Olomouc 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 -1 3
11 Hradec Kralove 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 3
12 Pardubice 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 3
13 Mlada Boleslav 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 2
14 Jablonec 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 -4 1
15 Teplice 3 0 1 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 -5 1
16 Zlin 3 0 1 2 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 1
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sabah 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 6
2 Neftci 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Qabala 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 Qarabağ 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
5 Zira 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
6 Turan 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
7 Kesl FK 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
8 Sebail 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
9 Kapaz 2 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 -4 0
10 Sumqayt 2 0 0 2 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.