PRAHA. Slavia Praha succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Viktoria Plzeň to win 2-1. It was Viktoria Plzeň to strike first with a goal of Tomas Chory at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 51′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ondrej Lingr gave the win to Slavia Praha in the 75′ minute.
The match was played at the Sinobo stadium stadium in Praha on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Dalibor Černý with the support of Ivo Nádvorník and Kamil Hájek. The 4th official was Dominik Starý. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 0.6 degrees Celsius or 33.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 15 Total 2
- 4 On Target 1
- 9 Off Target 1
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 111 Attack 51
- 103 Dangerous attack 38
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 15 Corners 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 18
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Slavia Praha was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Viktoria Plzeň that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Slavia Praha was more aggressive with 103 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Slavia Praha won the match.
Slavia Praha shot 15 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Viktoria Plzeň shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Slavia Praha received 3 yellow cards (Ivan Schranz , M. Jurásek and Tomas Holes ). Talking about the opposition, Viktoria Plzeň received 2 yellow cards (Lukas Kalvach and Jhon Mosquera).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Slavia Praha will have 53 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Viktoria Plzeň will stay with 49 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Slavia Praha will play away against Sparta Praha on the 15th of April with a 15-13 head to head stats in favor of Sparta Praha (10 draws).
Viktoria Plzeň will play away agasint Baník Ostrava on the 16th of April with a 20-6 head to head statistic in favor of Viktoria Plzeň (9 draws).
Slavia Praha – Formation
Slavia Praha started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Jindřich Trpišovský decided to play with the following team: David Jurásek, Ondřej Kolář, David Doudera, Igoh Ogbu, Jakub Hromada, Oscar Dorley, Tomáš Holeš, Petr Ševčík, Peter Olayinka, Ivan Schranz and Stanislav Tecl.
The home team had on the bench: Taras Kacharaba, Petr Hronek, Václav Jurečka, Matěj Jurásek, Mick van Buren, Ibrahim Benjanim Traore, Ondrej Lingr, Aiham Ousou, Christos Zafeiris, Lukáš Masopust and Aleš Mandous.
Substitutions
Slavia Praha made 5 changes: Jakub Hromada for Mick van Buren (46′), Stanislav Tecl for Ondřej Lingr (46′), David Doudera for Matěj Jurásek (62′), Ivan Schranz for Lukáš Masopust (70′) and Oscar Dorley for Taras Kacharaba (85′).
Viktoria Plzeň – Formation
Viktoria Plzeň started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Michal Bílek played with: Jindřich Staněk, Libor Holík, Václav Jemelka, Lukáš Hejda, Milan Havel, Roman Kvet, Lukáš Kalvach, Jan Kopic, Pavel Bucha, Jhon Mosquera and Tomáš Chorý.
These were the players on the bench: Marián Tvrdoň, Erik Jirka, Modou Birame N’diaye, Jan Sýkora, Adam Vlkanova, Rafiu Durosinmi, Václav Pilař, Matěj Vydra, Luděk Pernica, Filip Kaša and Jan Kliment.
Substitutions
Viktoria Plzeň made 5 changes: Tomas Chory for Jan Kliment (60′), Roman Kvet for Matěj Vydra (61′), Jan Kopic for Rafiu Durosinmi (85′), Jhon Mosquera for Erik Jirka (83′) and Milan Havel for Jan Sýkora (87′).
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