It's game one of two in the Europa Conference League as Sparta Praha host Partizan. This is a Knockout Round Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's quite the trip for Partizan when visiting Sparta Praha as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Sparta Praha have less rest than Partizan in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Czech Liga game only four days ago. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Partizan have had more rest.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Home games in the Czech Liga have been a walk in the park for Sparta Praha so far, with 29 points won from 11 matches; 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
The home fans saw a 2-2 draw versus Viktoria Plzen last time out and are looking for a victory here.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sparta Praha have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost zero.
Sparta are traveling soon after this match as the Czech Liga match at Jablonec awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Sparta Praha are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 11 league matches. Sparta are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Partizan form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Santa Clara, Anorthosis, Flora, Gent, DAC and Sochi in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa Conference League.Partizan have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 33 points collected from 11 Super Liga games. 11 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats is the record so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses 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. Partizan goalkeeper Aleksandar Popovic is eager to challenge this, with his 492 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Two travels in a row for Partizan, whose manager Stanojević could celebrate last time after the win against Radnički Niš.
Prior to that match, the Partizan manager Stanojević faced defeat when travelling to Istanbul Basaksehir and losing 0-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Partizan are hosting Radnicki Kragujevac in the Super Liga only three days away.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 31 goals in 11 league games away this season. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Partizan are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sparta Praha missing players
Partizan missing players
| Sparta Praha | Partizan | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 52 | 29 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 30 | 11 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 1.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.1 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slavia Praha | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 37 | 51 |
| 2 | Viktoria Plzen | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 51 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 47 |
| 4 | Banik Ostrava | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Slovacko | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 39 |
| 6 | Ceske Budejovice | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -4 | 27 |
| 7 | Mladá Boleslav | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Hradec Kralove | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Sigma Olomouc | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Slovan Liberec | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -10 | 24 |
| 11 | Zlin | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -13 | 22 |
| 12 | Bohemians 1905 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30 | -17 | 21 |
| 13 | Jablonec | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 | -19 | 20 |
| 14 | Teplice | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 24 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -15 | 17 |
| 15 | Pardubice | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -17 | 17 |
| 16 | Karvina | 21 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -19 | 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 | Partizan | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 53 | 62 |
| 2 | Crvena Zvezda | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 40 | 57 |
| 3 | Cukaricki | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Vojvodina | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 33 |
| 5 | Napredak | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Proleter Novi Sad | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 30 |
| 7 | Vozdovac | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 8 | Radnički Niš | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | Mladost Lucani | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 10 | Spartak Subotica | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 27 |
| 11 | Backa Topola | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 12 | Kolubara | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -20 | 26 |
| 13 | Radnik Surdulica | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 24 |
| 14 | Metalac GM | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Novi Pazar | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
| 16 | Radnicki Kragujevac | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -22 | 16 |
