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Slavia Prague will be facing visiting team Baník Ostrava at Fortuna Arena in the First League game on Saturday.
Our tips, poll and stats for Slavia Prague v Baník Ostrava can all be found here (plus the best game odds).
📏 Form Guide
Slavia Prague
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Slavia Prague will be looking for another win after the 1-2 First League success against Hradec Králové.
In that game, Slavia Prague had 63% possession and 12 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Slavia Prague, the goalscorers were Lukáš Provod (41') and Ondřej Zmrzlý (43'). For their opponents, Hradec Kralove had 6 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. Karel Spáčil (91') scored for Hradec Králové.
It has been seldom in recent games that Slavia Prague have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Slavia Prague have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 6 goals in the process. Nonetheless, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern will be sustained in this upcoming match.
Baník Ostrava
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In their last game, Baník Ostrava drew 2-2 in the First League tie with Slovan Liberec.
In that game, Baník Ostrava had 57% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Baník Ostrava, the goalscorers were Ewerton (20') and Patrick Kpozo (46'). For their opponents, Slovan Liberec had 13 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Ľubomír Tupta (55') and Filip Prebsl (68') scored for Slovan Liberec.
Illustrating their penchant for productive matches, goals have been seen as many as 26 times in the previous 6 matches in which Baník Ostrava have taken to the field, giving a mean average of 4.33 goals each fixture. Opposing teams have got 11 of this grand total.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A study of past results between these clubs stretching back to 19/12/2021 reveals that these fixtures have not been fruitful for Baník Ostrava. They have not managed to come away with any wins at all while Slavia Prague have managed to find a way, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those match-ups.
In all, 20 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 13 of them from Červenobílí and 7 created by Baníček. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.
The last league match featuring these clubs was First League match day 19 on 17/12/2023 when it finished Baník Ostrava 2-3 Slavia Prague.
On that day, Baník Ostrava had 45% possession and 13 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by David Buchta (27') and Tomáš Rigo (29').
For their opponents, Slavia Prague got 23 shots on goal with 9 on target. Václav Jurečka (26'), Mick van Buren (45') and Jan Bořil (59') scored.
The match was refereed by Karel Rouček.
🗞️ Team News: Slavia Prague
Jan Sirotnik (Wrist fracture) and Ondrej Kolar (Eye injury) won’t be able to feature for Slavia Prague manager Jindřich Trpišovský.
ℹ️ Team News: Baník Ostrava
Thanks to a fully injury-free squad ready to go, the Baník Ostrava manager Pavel Hapal has no fitness concerns at all ahead of this match.
💭 Prediction
In this game, Baník Ostrava will have a tough assignment to score against a Slavia Prague side who will likely set up a big win.
We can see a comprehensive 3-0 winning scoreline for Slavia Prague at the end of this one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 15:14 04/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Slavia Prague
Formed: 1892
Stadium: Fortuna Arena (19,370)
Captain: Jan Bořil
Chairman: Jaroslav Tvrdík
Manager: Jindřich Trpišovský
Competitions: First League position 2, Europa League Qualifiers (Play-Offs)
🔑 Key Man: Mojmír Chytil
Usually deployed in the Striker position, Mojmír Chytil was born in Czech Republic. After having made a senior debut playing for Sigma Olomouc in the 2018 - 2019 season, the skilful Forward has managed 13 league goals in this First League 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in 29 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 76 | WDWWW |
2 |
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30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 72 | WWLDW |
3 |
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30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 62 | LDWDW |
4 |
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30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 45 | WWDLD |
5 |
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30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 44 | WDLWD |
6 |
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30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 41 | LLLDD |
7 |
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30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 40 | WWLDD |
8 |
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30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 37 | LLWDL |
9 |
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30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 37 | WWWDL |
10 |
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30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 36 | LLWDL |
11 |
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31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | -12 | 35 | LLDWL |
12 |
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31 | 7 | 12 | 12 | -9 | 33 | LLDDW |
13 |
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31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 31 | DDLLW |
14 |
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31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -27 | 27 | DWDDW |
15 |
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31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -23 | 25 | DDDWL |
16 |
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31 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -27 | 25 | WDDLL |
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Viktoria Plzeň |
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Sigma Olomouc |
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Mladá Boleslav |
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Slovan Liberec |
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Karviná |
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Sigma Olomouc |
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Bohemians |
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Slovan Liberec |
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Teplice |
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Pardubice |
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Baumit Jablonec |
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Pardubice |
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Goals scored | 2.4 |
Goals conceded | 0.8 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 53 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 5-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 42 |
Time first goal conceded | 37 |
Yellow cards | 2.6 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Václav Jurečka | 17 |
Mojmír Chytil | 15 |
Matěj Jurásek | 5 |
Mick van Buren | 5 |
Conrad Wallem | 5 |
Ewerton | 12 |
Abdullahi Tanko | 9 |
David Buchta | 6 |
Filip Kubala | 3 |
Tomáš Rigo | 3 |
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