The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam Viktoria Plzeň will try to edge Gzira United in their own ballpark.
This football field has grass, unlike Gzira United's home ground. The former 22 games by the away team on grass have given 9 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses.
Gzira United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Viktoria Plzeň have less rest than Gzira United in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Czech Liga game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Doosan Aréna. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Gzira United have had more rest.
Viktoria Plzeň form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa Conference League for Viktoria, as the manager Koubek led his troops to eliminate Drita, and reach the 3rd Qualifying Round. Viktoria Plzeň was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa Conference League. CSKA Sofia was too strong.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Viktoria Plzeň's two home games in the Czech Liga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Doosan Aréna.
The Viktoria Plzeň followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Banik Ostrava and win 3-1.
Before that, a fine away victory at Drita. A Europa Conference League game.
The manager Koubek will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ceske Budejovice in only three days.
At Doosan Aréna, Viktoria Plzeň has the goal stats of 4-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Gzira United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated F91 Dudelange and Glentoran in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round, when Wolfsberger AC drew the shortest straw.Gzira United's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Gzira United collect 28 points from their 13 away matches in the Premier League. 8 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Gzira United have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper David Cassar. It's been 195 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Two away matches in a row for Gzira, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against F91 Dudelange in the Europa Conference League.
Before that match, the win at home hosting F91 Dudelange in the Europa Conference League (2-0).
Gzira United are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Hejda 1 goals |  T. Chorý 1 goals |  P. Bucha 1 goals |
Viktoria Plzeň missing players
Gzira United missing players
| Viktoria Plzeň | Gzira United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 48 | 41 | Scored | S | 18 | 44 | ||
| 31 | 21 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.8 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.7 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 8.7 | 6.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sparta Praha | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Mlada Boleslav | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Teplice | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Sigma Olomouc | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Bohemians 1905 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Hradec Kralove | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Slovan Liberec | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Slovacko | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Viktoria Plzeň | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Karvina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Jablonec | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 |
| 13 | Banik Ostrava | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Pardubice | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Zlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| 16 | Ceske Budejovice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 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 | Hamrun Spartans | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 35 | 69 |
| 2 | Birkirkara | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | Gzira United | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 27 | 48 |
| 4 | Mosta | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 46 |
| 5 | Hibernians | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 46 |
| 6 | Balzan | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 46 |
| 7 | Valletta | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 37 |
| 8 | Floriana | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 37 |
| 9 | Sirens | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 33 |
| 10 | Gudja United | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -11 | 29 |
| 11 | Marsaxlokk | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -10 | 25 |
| 12 | Santa Lucia | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -29 | 15 |
| 13 | Zebbug Rangers | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 31 | -37 | 14 |
| 14 | Pieta Hotspurs | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -43 | 12 |
