This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Sparta Praha at Generali Arena when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and Olympique Lyonnais with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
There have been limited time to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Czech Liga game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Pardubice.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Olympique Lyonnais, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Sparta Praha form and stats
Sparta participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the group stage.Sparta Praha have been outstanding at home so far in the Czech Liga with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Sparta tasted defeat here at Generali Arena, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.
It's back home for Sparta, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Pardubice away with the result 4-2. Jakub Pešek, Tomáš Wiesner and Martin Minchev (2) found the net in that victory. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that, Sparta had a Czech Liga home game versus Slavia Praha which ended with a victory 1-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Mlada Boleslav are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Sparta are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Defensively Sparta have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 6 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
Olympique Lyonnais's mission in Champions League last season failed in the semi-finals.1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympique Lyonnais in their Ligue 1 matches away.
Impressive finishing from Karl Toko Ekambi and Jason Denayer secured the home win 2-0 against Monaco in their previous game. Jason Denayer was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.35. The defender Denayer scored one goal and won 5 of 5 duels.
Before that, Olympique travelled to Saint-Etienne and returned home with a draw after the Ligue 1 game finished 1-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ligue 1 trip to Nice.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Olympique have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the former two meetings): Sparta won zero games, one match ended with a tie and Olympique Lyonnais managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneTop Goalscorers
  J. Pešek 5 goals |   L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima 4 goals |  M. Dembélé 4 goals |
Sparta Praha missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Sparta Praha | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 60 | 32 | Scored | S | 20 | 57 | ||
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 8% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 6 | 8 | ||
| 12.1 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13.4 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Olympique Lyonnais | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Brøndby | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 4 | Rangers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 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 Plzen | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 30 |
| 2 | Sparta Praha | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| 3 | Slavia Praha | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 25 |
| 4 | Slovacko | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 5 | Banik Ostrava | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Hradec Kralove | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Mlada Boleslav | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Ceske Budejovice | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Bohemians 1905 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 12 |
| 11 | Jablonec | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Zlin | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -13 | 9 |
| 13 | Slovan Liberec | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 8 |
| 14 | Pardubice | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Teplice | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 5 |
| 16 | Karvina | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 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 | PSG | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Lens | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Nice | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 16 |
| 5 | Angers SCO | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Rennes | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 8 | Strasbourg | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Nantes | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 10 | Monaco | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Lille | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 12 | Lorient | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Clermont | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 15 | Reims | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 16 | Troyes | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Metz | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 6 |
| 19 | Brest | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 5 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 4 |