The First League fixture at Doosan Aréna on Saturday sees home team Viktoria Plzeň go up against opponents Slovan Liberec.
All Viktoria Plzeň v Slovan Liberec game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below (plus the best game odds).
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Form Guide
Viktoria Plzeň
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Viktoria Plzeň, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 First League victory vs Baumit Jablonec.
In that game, Viktoria Plzeň had 56% possession and 15 shots on goal with 6 on target. For Viktoria Plzeň, the goals were scored by Lukáš Hejda (20') and Tomáš Chorý (84'). For their opponents, Jablonec had 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Jan Chramosta (73') was the scorer for Baumit Jablonec.
Their more recent scorelines really do illustrate the point that much solidity has been shown by the Viktoria Plzeň defence. Viktoria Plzeň have given the opposition little, with the tally of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their last 6 games standing at 3.
Going into this one, Viktoria Plzeň have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches at home.
Slovan Liberec
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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Slavia Prague in First League competition, Slovan Liberec and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that match, Slovan Liberec managed 33% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For their opponents, Slavia Prague got 16 shots on goal with 7 on target. Václav Jurečka (15', 90') and Mojmír Chytil (83') scored for Slavia Prague.
Throughout their six previous matches, Luboš Kozel's Slovan Liberec have slotted home 7 times therefore giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.17.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Slovan Liberec:
- have not won against Viktoria Plzeň when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
- have not won away from home in their last 12 matches in the league. It's not a good run at all.
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Head to head
An examination of their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 06/02/2021 shows us that Viktoria Plzeň have won 4 of these & Slovan Liberec 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.
12 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 for Viktorka and 6 netted by Modrobílí. That’s an average goals per game of 2.
The last league fixture featuring the two was First League match day 12 on 21/10/2023 when the final score was Slovan Liberec 3-0 Viktoria Plzeň.
The referee was Marek Radina.
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Team News: Viktoria Plzeň
The Viktoria Plzeň manager Miroslav Koubek doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever before this match thanks to a completely injury-free squad to choose from.
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Team News: Slovan Liberec
Slovan Liberec manager Luboš Kozel has multiple availability issues to deal with. Lukas Letenay (unknown injury), Daniel Tetour (unknown injury), Hugo Jan Backovsky (concussion), Dominik Plechaty (Ligament injury) and Christian Frydek (Knee injury) will not be playing here.
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Prediction
Slovan Liberec will likely be able to find the back of the net against this Viktoria Plzeň lineup, although that probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid defeat.
We’re going for a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Viktoria Plzeň at full-time. It really should be an interesting one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
09:03 28/03/2024
⚽️ 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), Conference League (Quarter-finals)
⭐ Star Player: Tomáš Chorý
Usually deployed in the Striker position, Tomáš Chorý was born in Czech Republic. After having played his first senior match for Sigma Olomouc in the 2013 - 2014 season, the accomplished Forward has managed to score 8 league goals in this First League 2023 - 2024 season so far in 22 appearances.