PRAHA. Sparta Praha defeats Zlín 2-0 after V. Birmancevic scores a double.
The match was played at the Epet Arena stadium in Praha on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Jan Všetečka with the support of Kamil Hájek and Jakub Hrabovský. The 4th official was Vit Zaoral. The weather was light snow. The temperature was quite cold at 1.08 degrees Celsius or 33.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 13 Total 10
- 7 On Target 4
- 7 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 130 Attack 110
- 69 Dangerous attack 49
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 5
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
The overall ball possession was just 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. Sparta Praha was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Zlín that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was putting more pressure with 69 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the match.
Sparta Praha shot 13 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zlín shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Sparta Praha didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Zlín received 1 yellow card (Jakub Cernin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sparta Praha will have 41 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Zlín will stay with 11 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Sparta Praha will play away against Sigma Olomouc on the 27th of April with a 22-6 head to head in favor of Sparta Praha (6 draws).
Zlín will play away agasint Viktoria Plzeň on the 24th of February with a 16-4 head to head record in favor of Viktoria Plzeň (5 draws).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Brian Priske Pedersen decided to play with the following team: Peter Vindahl Jensen
, Martin Vitik , Filip Panak , Asger Sörensen , Tomas Wiesner , Kaan Kairinen , Lukas Sadilek , Jaroslav Zeleny , Veljko Birmancevic , Lukas Haraslin and Jan Kuchta .The home team had on the bench: Ángelo Preciado, Victor Olatunji
, David Pavelka, Adam Karabec , Qazim Laçi , Jakub Pesek , Vojtech Vorel, Michal Sevcik, Matej Rynes, Ladislav Krejci and Vaclav Sejk.Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 5 changes: Kaan Kairinen for Qazim Laçi (72′), Kaan Kairinen for Victor Olatunji (72′), Lukas Haraslin for Adam Karabec (62′), Martin Vitik for Ladislav Krejci (62′) and Veljko Birmancevic for Jakub Pesek (79′).
Player of the match: Veljko Birmancevic
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sparta Praha was Veljko Birmancevic.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 33 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.Zlín – Formation
Zlín started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Bronislav Cervenka played with: Stanislav Dostal
, Martin Cedidla , Jakub Cernin , Joss Didiba , Antonin Fantis , Jakub Janetzky , Alexandr Buzek , Selmir Pidro , Lukas Bartosak , David Tkac and Vukadin Vukadinovic .These were the players on the bench: Matej Rakovan, Dominik Simersky
, Tomas Celustka, Rudolf Reiter , Filip Zak , Tom Sloncik , Youba Dramé , Adam Číž and Nedjeljko Kovinic.Substitutions
Zlín made 5 changes: Alexandr Buzek for Dominik Simersky (84′), David Tkac for Filip Zak (77′), Antonin Fantis for Rudolf Reiter (77′), Lukas Bartosak for Youba Dramé (60′) and Jakub Janetzky for Tom Sloncik (60′).
Player of the match: Stanislav Dostal
The player that probably impressed the most for Zlín was the goalkeeper: Stanislav Dostal. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Sparta Praha – Zlín – 2-0
- Slovácko – Baník Ostrava – 2-0
- Jablonec – Pardubice – 2-1