Baník Ostrava vs Sparta Prague Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Baník Ostrava

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Baník Ostrava, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 5-2 First League triumph vs Pardubice.

In that game, Baník Ostrava had 55% possession and 21 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Baník Ostrava, the goalscorers were Matěj Šín (17'), Filip Kubala (34'), Ewerton (67'), Tomáš Zlatohlávek (84') and Dennis Owusu (90'). Pardubice got 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Vojtěch Sychra (10') scored for Pardubice.

Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that huge efforts have been put in by the Baník Ostrava backline. Baník Ostrava have been stingy, seeing the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their past 6 matches standing at 4.

Going into this encounter, Baník Ostrava are unbeaten in their last 5 league matches at home.

Sparta Prague

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Viktoria Plzeň in First League competition, Sparta Prague will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Sparta Prague managed 59% possession and 15 shots at goal with 10 on target. For Sparta Prague, the goals were scored by Lukáš Haraslín (8') and Filip Panák (48'). Viktoria Plzen got 11 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. Pavel Šulc (14'), Rafiu Durosinmi (37', 53') and Matěj Vydra (61') scored for Viktoria Plzeň.

Looking at their form, and Sparta Prague have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in all. Defensively, Sparta Prague have seen their frailties exposed. That pattern might not be sustained into this game, however.

Ahead of this clash, Sparta Prague are undefeated by Baník Ostrava when having played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. A very good record, indeed.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their past head to head meetings going back to 17/09/2022 shows that Baník Ostrava have won 1 of these games & Sparta Prague 4, with the number of draws standing at 1.

A combined total of 20 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them from Baníček and 12 coming from Železná Sparta. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.33.

The previous league contest featuring the two was First League match day 14 on 02/11/2024 when it ended Sparta Prague 1-3 Baník Ostrava.

In that game, Sparta Prague had 64% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Asger Sørensen (12').

On the other side, Baník Ostrava had 14 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Ewerton (22', 86') and Erik Prekop (45') scored.

The referee was Dalibor Černý.

📰 Team News: Sparta Prague

Sparta Prague boss Lars Friis has not got a full squad to pick from. Indrit Tuci (unknown injury), Imanol García de Albéniz (Knee injury) and Angelo Preciado (Meniscus injury) can’t be considered.

🧠 Prediction

In our view, Sparta Prague and Baník Ostrava should both be able to score here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

It could well end in a draw. We’re therefore tipping a very even match with a 1-1 score draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Lucas Pereira, 20:07 02/04/2025