📊 Form Guide

Sparta Prague

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Sparta Prague, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-3 First League victory against Bohemians 1905.

In that match, Sparta Prague managed 59% possession and 16 shots at goal with 9 on target. For Sparta Prague, the scorers were Martin Vitík (45') and Veljko Birmančević (48', 74'). At the other end, Bohemians 1905 had 12 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Lukáš Hůlka (40') was the scorer for Bohemians 1905.

It has not been often in recent times where Sparta Prague have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Sparta Prague have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 13 goals in the process. Let’s find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Sparta Prague:

• have not lost a league tie with Baník Ostrava in their previous 12 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
• are unbeaten in their last 14 home league matches. Incredible, really.

Baník Ostrava

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Previously, Baník Ostrava drew 2-2 in the First League match with Karviná.

In that match, Baník Ostrava had 62% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Baník Ostrava was Ewerton (19', 74'). Karvina got 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Martin Regáli (62') and Andrija Ražnatović (80') scored for Karviná.

In their last six outings, Baník Ostrava have amassed a total of 12 goals. Baník Ostrava have also scored on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, they’ve seen 7 goals scored by their opponents.

Their previous form shows that Baník Ostrava:

• have not won against Sparta Prague when they have played them away from home in the previous 8 matches in the league. It has been a terrible run on the road.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A study of past results between these clubs stretching back to 31/10/2021 shows that these encounters have been miserable for Baník Ostrava. They have not managed to get any wins whatsoever while Sparta Prague have managed to find a way, finishing as winners in 67% of those matches.

A combined sum of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 12 of them for Železná Sparta and 5 created by Baníček. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league game featuring the two was First League match day 15 on 12/11/2023 when it ended Baník Ostrava 0-1 Sparta Prague.

In that game, Baník Ostrava managed 60% possession and 26 shots at goal with 6 on target.

Sparta Prague had 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Filip Panák (48') scored.

The match was refereed by Jan Petřík.

📋 Team News: Sparta Prague

Qazim Laci (unknown injury), David Pavelka (unknown injury), Jan Mejdr (unknown injury), Adam Sevinsky (Ill) and Andreas Vindheim (unknown injury) will not be taking part for Sparta Prague manager Brian Priske. Jaroslav Zelený will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

🗞️ Team News: Baník Ostrava

With a completely injury-free group available for selection, the Baník Ostrava boss Pavel Hapal doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match.

✨ Prediction

For this match, we think that Sparta Prague should be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

In contrast, Baník Ostrava might well find it a difficult task getting goals but we can see them being dangerous for periods.

We can therefore see a 3-1 win for Sparta Prague come full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 12:06 20/04/2024