Slovan Liberec face off with visiting side Hradec Králové at Stadión U Nisy in the First League tie on Sunday.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Slovan Liberec v Hradec Králové match are shown here - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Slovan Liberec
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Slovan Liberec will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 3-2 First League defeat in their last game at the hands of Dynamo České Budějovice.
In that game, Slovan Liberec managed 57% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Slovan Liberec was Jan Žambůrek (6'). Dynamo Ceske Budejovice got 15 shots at goal with 9 on target. Patrik Hellebrand (45'), Zdeněk Ondrášek (67'), Florent Poulolo (93' Own goal) and Jan Suchan (96') scored for Dynamo České Budějovice.
Matches involving Slovan Liberec have tended to be engaging ones recently with high scoring being the norm. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, a grand total of 20 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 10 of them belonging to Slovan Liberec. Such a trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, however.
Their prior results show that Slovan Liberec:
- haven't lost in the league to Hradec Králové in their last 13 games. It's quite some record.
- are undefeated in their last 8 home league matches. A very good run at home.
Hradec Králové
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Hradec Králové will go into the match following a 1-0 First League win in the defeat of FC Slovácko in their previous outing.
In that game, Hradec Králové managed 57% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Hradec Králové was Štěpán Harazim (77'). At the other end, Slovacko had 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target.
A succession of dependable showings by the Hradec Králové defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their previous 6 clashes in total. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 8.
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Head to head
Looking at their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 04/12/2021 shows that Slovan Liberec have won 4 of these games and Hradec Králové 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.
A total of 17 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 12 of them for Modrobílí and 5 created by Votroci. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.
The last league meeting between these clubs was First League match day 15 on 11/11/2023 when it ended Hradec Králové 1-1 Slovan Liberec.
The match was refereed by Ladislav Szikszay.
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Team News: Slovan Liberec
Dominik Plechaty (Ligament injury), Christian Frydek (Knee injury), Lukas Letenay (unknown injury), Daniel Tetour (unknown injury) and Hugo Jan Backovsky (concussion) will be missing for Slovan Liberec gaffer Luboš Kozel.
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Team News: Hradec Králové
Due to a fully healthy squad available to select from, the Hradec Králové boss David Horejš has zero fitness worries at all ahead of this match.
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Prediction
In this game, Hradec Králové certainly have the ability to break down this Slovan Liberec lineup, although it possibly won’t quite be as many as they will have scored against them.
We reckon that it will be a close game with a 2-1 victory for Slovan Liberec by the conclusion of the game. We are expecting it to be pretty even.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
10:07 19/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Slovan Liberec
Formed: 1921
Stadium: Stadión U Nisy (9,900)
Captain: Jan Mikula
Chairman: Zbyněk Štiller
Manager: Luboš Kozel
Competitions: First League position 7
🔑 Star Player: Luka Kulenović
Mostly taking to the field in the Striker position, Luka Kulenović was born in Canada. Having made his senior debut playing for Slovan Liberec in the 2023 - 2024 season, the accomplished Forward has scored 7 league goals in this First League 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in a total of 27 appearances.