OSTRAVA. Sparta Praha was in the end too much to handle for Baník Ostrava with the goal of Jan Kuchta (18′), T. Čvančara (20′) and T. Čvančara (51′).
The match was played at the Městský stadion – Vítkovice Aréna stadium in Ostrava on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Pavel Orel with the collaboration of Jan Paták and Petr Antoníček. The 4th official was Josef Krejsa. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.3 degrees Celsius or 36.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 9 Total 10
- 4 On Target 8
- 3 Off Target 2
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 100 Attack 81
- 53 Dangerous attack 25
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 2
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 15
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Baník Ostrava was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Sparta Praha that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Baník Ostrava was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Sparta Praha succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Baník Ostrava shot 9 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sparta Praha shot 10 times, 8 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Baník Ostrava received 4 yellow cards (Muhammed Sanneh, Jiri Klima, Eneo Bitri and M. Tijani). On the opposite side, Sparta Praha received 3 yellow cards (T. Čvančara, Lukas Sadilek and M. Minčev).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Baník Ostrava will stay with 25 points like České Budějovice to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Sparta Praha will have 51 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Baník Ostrava will host Viktoria Plzeň on the 16th of April with a 20-6 head to head statistic in favor of Viktoria Plzeň (9 draws).
Sparta Praha will host Slavia Praha on the 15th of April with a 15-13 head to head record in favor of Sparta Praha (10 draws).
Baník Ostrava – Formation

Baník Ostrava started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Pavel Hapal decided to play with the following team: Jan Laštůvka, Muhammed Sanneh, Karel Pojezný, Enea Bitri, Jiři Fleisman, Cadu, Filip Kaloč, Srđan Plavšić, Matej Sin, Ladislav Almási and Jiří Klíma.
The home team had on the bench: Daniel Smekal, Robert Mišković, Martin Hruby, Jan Juroska, David Buchta, Jaroslav Svozil, Muhamed Tijani, Nemanja Kuzmanovic, Jiri Boula, Petr Jaroň and Eldar Šehić.
Substitutions
Baník Ostrava made 6 changes: Eneo Bitri for Jiří Boula (65′), Muhammed Sanneh for Jan Juroška (65′), Matěj Šín for Nemanja Kuzmanovič (66′), Ladislav Almasi for Muhamed Tijani (66′), Jiri Klima for Petr Jaroň (83′) and Jiri Klima for Petr Jaroň (83′).
Sparta Praha – Formation

Sparta Praha started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Brian Priske Pedersen played with: Matej Kovar, Asger Sørensen, Martin Vitík, Ladislav Krejčí, Jan Mejdr, Lukáš Sadílek, Kaan Kairinen, Jaroslav Zelený, Tomáš Čvančara, Jan Kuchta and Lukáš Haraslín.
They had on the bench: Qazim Laci, Jakub Jankto, Vojtěch Vorel, Tomáš Wiesner, Adam Karabec, Filip Panák, Patrik Vydra, Awer Mabil, Jakub Tuma, Krystof Daněk and Martin Minchev.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 5 changes: J. Mejdr for Tomáš Wiesner (46′), T. Čvančara for Martin Minchev (63′), Jan Kuchta for Krystof Danek (73′), Lukas Sadilek for Qazim Laci (73′) and Lukas Haraslin for Jakub Jankto (80′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Baník Ostrava – Sparta Praha – 0-3
- Slavia Praha – Viktoria Plzeň – 2-1
- Zlín – Hradec Králové – 2-2
- Sigma Olomouc – České Budějovice – 3-0