The First League tie at Doosan Aréna on Sunday will see home side Viktoria Plzeň go up against Teplice.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Viktoria Plzeň v Teplice (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
Viktoria Plzeň
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Viktoria Plzeň head into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 First League drawn game vs FC Slovácko.
In that match, Viktoria Plzeň had 53% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The only player to score for Viktoria Plzeň was Idjessi Metsoko (41'). For their opponents, Slovacko got 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them 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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In their last game, Teplice drew 2-2 in the First League match with Dynamo České Budějovice.
In that game, Teplice had 48% possession and 14 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Teplice, the scorers were Lukáš Mareček (25' Own goal), Daniel Fila (33') and Štěpán Chaloupek (40'). At the other end, Dynamo Ceske Budejovice had 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Jan Suchan (67') scored 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
A look at their prior head-to-head clashes stretching back to 21/04/2021 tells us that Viktoria Plzeň have won 3 of them and Teplice 1, with the tally of drawn results being 2.
A combined total of 10 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 of them for Viktorka and 4 created by Skláři. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.
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Team News: Viktoria Plzeň
The Viktoria Plzeň manager Miroslav Koubek does not have any fitness worries to speak of before this match with a fully injury-free squad ready to go.
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Team News: Teplice
Teplice manager Zdenko Frťala has a number of players out of action. Michael Lüftner (Knee injury), Yegor Tsykalo (Ankle injury) and Tomas Grigar (Muscle injury) can’t be considered.
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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,
02:10 25/04/2024
⚽️ 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.