📊 Form Guide

Sigma Olomouc

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Sigma Olomouc go into this game following on from a 2-2 First League tied result versus Slavia Prague.

In that match, Sigma Olomouc managed 22% possession and 2 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. For Sigma Olomouc, goals were scored by Jakub Pokorný (52') and Pavel Zifčák (66'). For their opponents, Slavia Prague had 22 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Jan Bořil (77') and Mojmír Chytil (84') scored for Slavia Prague.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Sigma Olomouc have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Sigma Olomouc have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 10 goals on the way.

Going into this contest, Sigma Olomouc are winless against Sparta Prague in their previous 4 league matches.

Sparta Prague

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Sparta Prague will go into the meeting following on from a 4-3 First League win in the defeat of Baník Ostrava in their last outing.

In that match, Sparta Prague managed 59% possession and 22 shots on goal with 11 on target. For Sparta Prague, the scorers were Veljko Birmančević (41'), Jan Kuchta (48', 52'), Ladislav Krejčí (54' Own goal) and Lukáš Haraslín (63'). Banik Ostrava had 16 shots on goal with 8 on target. Jiří Klíma (79') and Filip Kubala (85') scored for Baník Ostrava.

Indicating their involvement in high-scoring encounters, goals have been scored 24 times in the previous six matches in which Sparta Prague have taken to the field, yielding a mean average of 4 goals for each meeting. Opposition teams have managed 12 of this grand total. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Their previous form shows that Sparta Prague:

• haven't been defeated by Sigma Olomouc when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 24/07/2021 tells us that Sigma Olomouc have won 1 of these games & Sparta Prague 4, with the number of draws being 1.

A total of 14 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for Hanáci and 9 being from Železná Sparta. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

📋 Team News: Sigma Olomouc

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Sigma Olomouc manager to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Denis Kramar (Ankle injury) misses out. Jiri Spacil will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

📋 Team News: Sparta Prague

Sparta Prague manager Brian Priske has to contend with a number of unavailable players. David Pavelka (unknown injury), Adam Sevinsky (Ill) and Andreas Vindheim (unknown injury) are not able to play.

✨ Prediction

We feel that in this game, Sparta Prague will, in all probability, be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

At the same time, Sigma Olomouc may well struggle to make a breakthrough although we reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage here.

We’re tipping a decent 1-3 victory for Sparta Prague at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Lucas Pereira, 12:01 28/04/2024