Teplice will arrive at Doosan Aréna on Sunday for the First League clash with home team Viktoria Plzeň.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Viktoria Plzeň v Teplice, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Viktoria Plzeň
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Viktoria Plzeň enter this match after a 1-1 First League tied result against FC Slovácko.
In that match, Viktoria Plzeň managed 53% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Viktoria Plzeň was Idjessi Metsoko (41'). Slovacko had 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Vlastimil Daníček (73') was the scorer for FC Slovácko.
Viktoria Plzeň have struggled with their forward play of late. Their goals record equals just 3 versus opposition teams during the course of their previous six matches. In those meetings, Viktoria Plzeň have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 6. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be carried forward into this match, of course.
Coming into this meeting, Viktoria Plzeň have not registered a win against Teplice in their previous 3 matches in the league.
Teplice
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Previously, Teplice drew 2-2 in the First League tie with Dynamo České Budějovice.
In that game, Teplice managed 48% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Teplice, the goals were scored by Lukáš Mareček (25' Own goal), Daniel Fila (33') and Štěpán Chaloupek (40'). On the other side, Dynamo Ceske Budejovice had 14 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Jan Suchan (67') was the scorer for Dynamo České Budějovice.
The stats tell the story, and Teplice have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 13 goals in total. At the back, Teplice have not been doing too well.
Going into this contest, Teplice have not beaten Viktoria Plzeň in games played away from home for the previous 15 league games. An unbelievably poor away record.
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Head to head
Looking over their past head to head clashes stretching back to 21/04/2021 shows us that Viktoria Plzeň have won 3 of these games & Teplice 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.
A combined sum of 10 goals were produced between them in this period, with 6 of them from Viktorka and 4 being from Skláři. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 1.67.
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Team News: Viktoria Plzeň
The Viktoria Plzeň manager Miroslav Koubek will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this game owing to a fully injury-free group ready to go.
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Team News: Teplice
Teplice boss Zdenko Frťala has multiple availability issues to deal with. Tomas Grigar (Muscle injury), Michael Lüftner (Knee injury) and Yegor Tsykalo (Ankle injury) will not be playing here.
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Prediction
We feel that Viktoria Plzeň have it within them to get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.
At the other end, Teplice will not find it easy to find the back of the net but we can see them converting at least once here.
We reckon that it will be a decent 3-1 margin for Viktoria Plzeň by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
16:05 26/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Viktoria Plzeň
Formed: 1911
Stadium: Doosan Aréna (11,700)
Captain: Lukáš Hejda
Chairman: Adolf Šádek
Manager: Miroslav Koubek
Competitions: First League position 3, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
🔑 Star Player: Tomáš Chorý
Generally used in the Striker position, Tomáš Chorý was born in Czech Republic. Having made a first senior appearance for Sigma Olomouc in the 2013 - 2014 season, the skilful Forward has scored 8 league goals in the First League 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in 24 appearances.