PRAGUE. Sparta Praha snatched a late win Mladá Boleslav 1-0 after A. Hlozek scored just 1 goal (90′).
The match was played at the Generali Arena stadium in Prague on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Pavel Julínek with the help of Petr Caletka and Adam Horak. The 4th official was Marek Radina. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
- 11 Total 18
- 7 On Target 7
- 4 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 115 Attack 138
- 32 Dangerous attack 66
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 18 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sparta Praha was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Mladá Boleslav that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the match.
Sparta Praha shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Mladá Boleslav shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Sparta Praha received 4 yellow cards (B. Dockal, D. Pavelka, A. Karabec and D. Holec). Regarding the opposition, Mladá Boleslav received 2 yellow cards (M. Matejovsky and D. Jurasek).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sparta Praha will have 29 points to stay in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Mladá Boleslav will stay with 14 points to stay in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Sparta Praha will play away with Baník Ostrava on the 31st of October with a 19-5 head to head record in favor of Sparta Praha (8 draws).
Mladá Boleslav will host Hradec Králové on the 31st of October with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Mladá Boleslav (7 draws).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
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75'
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Sparta Praha started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Pavel Vrba decided to play with the following team: Florin Niță, Tomáš Wiesner, Filip Panák, Ondřej Čelůstka, Dávid Hancko, David Pavelka, Lukáš Haraslín, Adam Hložek, Bořek Dočkal, Jakub Pešek and Martin Minchev.
The home team had on the bench: Dominik Holec, Lukáš Štetina, Adam Karabec, David Moberg Karlsson, Michal Sáček, Matěj Polidar and Matej Pulkrab.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 4 changes: L. Haraslin for D. Karlsson (56′), M. Minchev for A. Karabec (56′), O. Celustka for L. Stetina (68′) and B. Dockal for M. Pulkrab (85′).
Mladá Boleslav – Formation
Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the opposite side, Karel Jarolím played with: Jan Seda, Marek Suchý, Ondrej Karafiat, Samuel Dancak, David Doudera, Marek Matejovsky, Michal Hlavatý, David Jurasek, Tomáš Ladra, Milan Škoda and Ewerton Paixao Da Silva.
These were the players on the bench: Pavel Halouska, Lukas Masek, Jiří Skalák, Vojtech Smrz, Daniel Fila, Vojtech Stransky and Ondrej Zahustel.
Substitutions
Mladá Boleslav made 3 changes: T. Ladra for J. Skalak (61′), M. Matejovsky for D. Fila (61′) and Ewerton for L. Masek (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Hradec Králové – Teplice – 3-0
- Viktoria Plzeň – Jablonec – 5-0
- České Budějovice – Slavia Praha – 2-2
- Sparta Praha – Mladá Boleslav – 1-0
