📊 Form Guide

Karviná

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Karviná will be wanting a better result here after the 2-1 First League defeat last time out to Hradec Králové.

In that match, Karviná had 37% possession and 9 shots at goal with 5 on target. The scorer for Karviná was Dávid Krčík (65' Own goal). At the other end, Hradec Kralove had 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Štěpán Harazim (25') and Jakub Klíma (35' Own goal) scored for Hradec Králové.

Three or more goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Karviná have played. Their opponents scored 12 of them in these games whereas Karviná managed to get a total of 6.

Viktoria Plzeň

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After a loss in their previous game against Slovan Liberec in First League action, Viktoria Plzeň will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Viktoria Plzeň managed 58% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player to score for Viktoria Plzeň was Idjessi Metsoko (67'). Slovan Liberec had 14 shots at goal with 6 on target. Matěj Chaluš (63') and Luka Kulenović (69', 79') scored for Slovan Liberec.

Miroslav Koubek's Viktoria Plzeň have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 10 times throughout their most recent six matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during the equivalent period equals 6.

Heading into this fixture, Viktoria Plzeň are undefeated in their last 8 away league matches. They really have been good on their travels.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 24/11/2019, there has been little to separate the clubs with Karviná winning 2 of those games, Viktoria Plzeň 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A combined sum of 9 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 4 from Karviná and 5 being from Viktorka. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.

The last league encounter between these clubs was First League match day 13 on 29/10/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Viktoria Plzeň 0-1 Karviná.

The referee was Dominik Starý.

📰 Team News: Karviná

The Karviná boss Juraj Jarábek does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash thanks to a completely healthy group available to select from.

🗞️ Team News: Viktoria Plzeň

With a completely injury-free group available to select from, the Viktoria Plzeň manager Miroslav Koubek has no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Karviná will likely create enough chances to put a goal past this Viktoria Plzeň team, however a single goal isn’t likely to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’re going for a very close game with a 1-2 winning score for Viktoria Plzeň when the full-time whistle blows. Should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 12:12 06/04/2024