Viktoria Plzeň come up against visitors Slovan Liberec at Doosan Aréna in this First League match on Saturday.
Our Viktoria Plzeň v Slovan Liberec predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
Viktoria Plzeň
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Viktoria Plzeň, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 First League victory against Baumit Jablonec.
In that match, Viktoria Plzeň managed 56% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 on target. For Viktoria Plzeň, the scorers were Lukáš Hejda (20') and Tomáš Chorý (84'). Jablonec got 11 attempts 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 a loss in their previous game against Slavia Prague in First League competition, Slovan Liberec will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Slovan Liberec managed 33% possession and 11 shots at goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Slavia Prague got 16 attempts 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
Looking over their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 06/02/2021 shows us that Viktoria Plzeň have won 4 of these games and Slovan Liberec 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 0.
In all, 12 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 of them from Viktorka and 6 created by Modrobílí. The average goals per game has been 2.
The last league match featuring these sides was First League match day 12 on 21/10/2023 which ended up with the score at 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 will be happy not to have any fitness worries at all coming into this game owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from.
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Team News: Slovan Liberec
Slovan Liberec manager Luboš Kozel has not got a full squad to pick from. Christian Frydek (Knee injury), Lukas Letenay (unknown injury), Daniel Tetour (unknown injury), Hugo Jan Backovsky (concussion) and Dominik Plechaty (Ligament injury) are not able to play.
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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,
08:08 29/03/2024
⚽️ 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.