OSTRAVA. Baník Ostrava manages to recover against Sparta Praha with a goal on the J. Pesek 31′ and a penalty kick on the D. Hancko 71′. Baník Ostrava was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%)
B. Dockal missed a decisive penalty (65′). That would have allowed Sparta Praha to win the match.
B. Dockal missed 1 penalty (65′) for Sparta Praha.
The match was played at the Městský stadion – Vítkovice Aréna stadium in Ostrava on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Ondřej Berka with the assistance of Ivo Nádvorník and Jan Paták. The 4th official was Ondřej Cieslar. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 16 Total 17
- 7 On Target 10
- 9 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 102 Attack 94
- 62 Dangerous attack 64
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 2
- 6 Corners 5
Fouls
- 15 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Baník Ostrava had a strong ball possession 57% while Sparta Praha was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 10 were on target. However, that was not enough Sparta Praha to win the encounter.
Baník Ostrava shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sparta Praha shot 17 times, 10 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Baník Ostrava received 3 yellow cards (N. Kuzmanovic, Y. Sor and J. Pokorny). Talking about the opposition, Sparta Praha received 2 yellow cards (O. Celustka and D. Hancko).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Baník Ostrava will have 23 points to stay in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Sparta Praha will have 30 points to stay in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Baník Ostrava will play away against Hradec Králové on the 6th of November with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Baník Ostrava (1 draw).
Sparta Praha will host Teplice on the 7th of November with a 16-5 head to head statistic in favor of Sparta Praha (12 draws).
Baník Ostrava – Formation
Baník Ostrava
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73'
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Baník Ostrava started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Ondrej Smetana decided to play with the following team: Viktor Budinský, Gigli Ndefe, Jakub Pokorný, Jaroslav Svozil, Jiři Fleisman, Jan Juroska, David Buchta, Daniel Tetour, Filip Kaloc, Nemanja Kuzmanovic and Ladislav Almási.
The home team had on the bench: Lukas Budinsky, Radovan Murin, Dyjan Carlos De Azevedo, Adam Jánoš, Yira Collins Sor, Jiří Klíma and Roman Potocny.
Substitutions
Baník Ostrava made 4 changes: N. Kuzmanovic for J. Klima (73′), F. Kaloc for L. Budinsky (78′), G. Ndefe for Y. Sor (78′) and D. Buchta for R. Potocny (90′).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
Sparta Praha started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the opposite side, Pavel Vrba played with: Florin Niță, Ondřej Čelůstka, Dávid Hancko, Filip Panák, Tomáš Wiesner, Bořek Dočkal, David Pavelka, Lukáš Haraslín, Michal Sáček, Adam Hložek and Jakub Pešek.
They had on the bench: Milan Heča, Ladislav Krejčí, Lukáš Štetina, Andreas Vindheim, Adam Karabec, Martin Minchev and Matej Pulkrab.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 3 changes: M. Sacek for L. I. Krejci (59′), L. Haraslin for M. Minchev (67′) and B. Dockal for M. Pulkrab (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Jablonec – Pardubice – 1-1
- Slavia Praha – Viktoria Plzeň – 2-0
- Mladá Boleslav – Hradec Králové – 3-2
- Baník Ostrava – Sparta Praha – 2-2
