PRAGUE. Sparta Praha found a way to reverse the scoreline against Zbrojovka Brno. It was Zbrojovka Brno to score first with a goal from J. Řezníček. However, later Sparta Praha found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with Ladislav Krejci (20′), Jan Kuchta (24′) and T. Wiesner (50′). Sparta Praha was truly superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Epet Arena stadium in Prague on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Marek Radina assisted by Jiří Kříž and Jakub Hrabovský. The 4th official was Dominik Starý. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.1 degrees Celsius or 39.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 14 Total 8
- 5 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 121 Attack 92
- 83 Dangerous attack 61
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 17 Total 10
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Sparta Praha was in firm control of the ball 63% while Zbrojovka Brno was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the match.
Sparta Praha shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Zbrojovka Brno shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Sparta Praha received 3 yellow cards (Kaan Kairinen, Lukas Sadilek and Jakub Jankto ). Talking about the opposition, Zbrojovka Brno received 3 yellow cards (J. Hlavica, Mun-sun Lee and J. Šural).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sparta Praha will have 57 points like Slavia Praha to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Zbrojovka Brno will stay with 27 points to sit in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Sparta Praha will play away against Slovan Liberec on the 30th of April with a 17-11 head to head stats in favor of Sparta Praha (9 draws).
Zbrojovka Brno will play away agasint Slovácko on the 30th of April with a 10-7 head to head record in favor of Zbrojovka Brno (6 draws).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
82'
50'
90'
Sparta Praha started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Brian Priske Pedersen decided to play with the following team: Matej Kovar, Asger Sørensen, Martin Vitík, Ladislav Krejčí, Tomáš Wiesner, Lukáš Sadílek, Kaan Kairinen, Jaroslav Zelený, Tomáš Čvančara, Jan Kuchta and Lukáš Haraslín.
The home team had on the bench: Filip Panak, Jakub Jankto, Vojtěch Vorel, Martin Minchev, David Pavelka, Casper Højer Nielsen, Krystof Danek, Qazim Laci, Milan Heča, Jan Mejdr and Awer Mabil.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 5 changes: Lukas Haraslin for Martin Minchev (56′), Kaan Kairinen for Qazim Laci (71′), T. Čvančara for Jakub Jankto (71′), Jan Kuchta for Awer Mabil (82′) and T. Wiesner for Jan Mejdr (82′).
Zbrojovka Brno – Formation
Zbrojovka Brno
Zbrojovka Brno started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Richard Dostalek played with: Martin Berkovec, Jan Hlavica, Jakub Šural, Denis Granečný, Matěj Hrabina, Wale Musa Alli, Jiří Texl, Šimon Falta, Josef Divisek, Michal Ševčík and Jakub Řezníček.
These were the players on the bench: Adam Fousek, Jan Hladík, Filip Blecha, Róbert Matějov, Lukáš Rogožan, Jan Štěrba, Jakub Nečas and Vlastimil Hruby.
Substitutions
Zbrojovka Brno made 2 changes: M. Ševčík for Adam Fousek (71′) and Mun-sun Lee for Lukas Rogozan (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Bohemians 1905 – Slovácko – 1-0
- Sparta Praha – Zbrojovka Brno – 3-1
- Jablonec – Pardubice – 1-0
- Teplice – Hradec Králové – 1-0
