CESKé BUDEJOVICE. České Budějovice topped Pardubice 3-1 thanks to M. Cermak who scored in the 42nd and 67th minute. České Budějovice was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Marcel Cermak (42′), Patrik Cavos (54′) and Marcel Cermak (67′). Pardubice reduced the distance with a goal (89′) by R. Hranáč, but there was not much to do for them.
The match was played at the Fotbalový stadion Střelecký ostrov stadium in Ceské Budejovice on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Miroslav Zelinka with the collaboration of Jan Hurych and Karel Mikeska. The 4th official was Lukas Raplik. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.2 degrees Celsius or 59.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.
Match Statistics
- 0 Ball Possession 0
Shots
- 10 Total 13
- 5 On Target 7
- 5 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 135 Attack 107
- 71 Dangerous attack 58
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 7
- 5 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 8 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. České Budějovice was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Pardubice that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
České Budějovice was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why České Budějovice won the match.
České Budějovice shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Pardubice shot 13 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, České Budějovice will have 35 points like Baník Ostrava and Jablonec to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Pardubice will stay with 28 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, České Budějovice will host Slovan Liberec on the 7th of May with a 13-3 head to head in favor of Slovan Liberec (7 draws).
Pardubice will play away agasint Teplice on the 6th of May with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Pardubice (0 draws).
České Budějovice – Formation
České Budějovice
87'
54'
České Budějovice started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Marek Nikl decided to play with the following team: Martin Janáček, Martin Králik, Ondrej Coudek, Lukáš Havel, Lukáš Čmelík, Patrik Čavoš, Jakub Hora, Nicolas Penner, Marcel Čermák, Quadri Adebayo Adediran and Patrik Hellebrand.
The home team had on the bench: Branislav Sluka, Daniel Hais, Dávid Sípoš, David Broukal, Jakub Matoušek, Roman Potočný, Lukáš Skovajsa and Tomáš Zajíc.
Substitutions
České Budějovice made 4 changes: Nicolas Penner for Roman Potočný (75′), Quadri Adediran for Tomáš Zajíc (82′), Jakub Hora for David Broukal (87′) and Marcel Cermak for Daniel Hais (87′).
Pardubice – Formation
Pardubice
Pardubice started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Radoslav Kováč played with: Florin Niță, Marek Icha, Dominik Janošek, Robin Hranáč, Martin Chlumecky, Dominik Kostka, Kamil Vacek, Michal Hlavatý, Matěj Helešic, Denis Darmovzal and Pavel Černý.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Tomáš Koukola, Emil Tischler, David Huf, Vojtěch Sychra, Samuel Šimek, Jan Jeřábek, Viktor Budinský and Bartosz Pikul.
Substitutions
Pardubice made 5 changes: Dominik Kostka for Bartosz Pikul (59′), Denis Darmovzal for Vojtěch Sychra (59′), Pavel Cerny for David Huf (73′), Pavel Cerny for Emil Tischler (73′) and Kamil Vacek for John Jerabek (79′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Slavia Praha – Hradec Králové – 1-1
- Viktoria Plzeň – Teplice – 1-1
- Slovan Liberec – Sparta Praha – 1-3
- Slovácko – Zbrojovka Brno – 1-0
- Bohemians 1905 – Jablonec – 4-1
- Mladá Boleslav – Zlín – 1-1
- Sigma Olomouc – Baník Ostrava – 1-4
- České Budějovice – Pardubice – 3-1
