PRAHA. Sparta Praha beats Karviná 3-1. Sparta Praha got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Adam Karabec (6′) and Matej Rynes (27′). Karviná tried to recover with a goal from Rajmund Mikuš (82′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (87′) scored by David Pavelka for Sparta Praha.
Sparta Praha remained in players after Adam Karabec received a red card in the 57′. Notwithstanding, Sparta Praha still found a way to win this contest playing only in players.
The match was played at the Epet Arena stadium in Praha on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. In front of 16,256 spectators. The referee was Jan Machálek assisted by Jan Váňa and Petr Antoníček. The 4th official was Vit Zaoral. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.52 degrees Celsius or 63.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 19 Total 7
- 11 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 114 Attack 116
- 68 Dangerous attack 57
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 6
Fouls
- 11 Total 7
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Ball possession
Sparta Praha had a strong ball possession 55% while Karviná was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the match.
Sparta Praha shot 19 times, 11 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Karviná shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sparta Praha didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Karviná received 1 yellow card (Daniel Bartl).
(Sparta Praha) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (57′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sparta Praha will have 16 points like Slavia Praha to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Karviná will stay with 4 points like Pardubice, Zlín and Jablonec to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Sparta Praha will host Slovácko on the 17th of September with a 24-6 head to head in favor of Sparta Praha (4 draws).
Karviná will play away agasint Slavia Praha on the 3rd of September with a 8-1 head to head statistic in favor of Slavia Praha (3 draws).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
87'
57'
61'
Sparta Praha adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Brian Priske Pedersen decided to play with the following team: Peter Vindahl Jensen, Martin Vitik, James Gomez, Asger Sörensen, Adam Karabec, Lukas Sadilek, David Pavelka, Matej Rynes, Veljko Birmancevic, Victor Olatunji and Jakub Pesek.
The home team had on the bench: Kaan Kairinen, Jan Kuchta, Martin Minchev, Lukas Haraslin, Vojtech Vorel, Patrik Vydra, Filip Panak, Tomas Wiesner, Michal Sevcik, Jaroslav Zeleny and Vaclav Sejk.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 3 changes: Veljko Birmancevic for Patrik Vydra (61′), Victor Olatunji for Vaclav Sejk (46′) and Jakub Pesek for Kaan Kairinen (86′).
Karviná – Formation
Karviná
75'Also Karviná adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Tomáš Hejdušek played with: Jiri Ciupa, Rajmund Mikuš, Jaroslav Svozil, Jiří Bederka, Andrija Ražnatović, Dávid Krčík, Patrik Čavoš, Amar Memić, Dominik Žák, Papalelé and Lucky Ezeh.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Vladimir Neuman, Sebastian Boháč, Dominik Soukenik, Jaroslav Málek, Adeleke Akinyemi, Daniel Bartl and Martin Doležal.
Substitutions
Karviná made 5 changes: Papalelé for Daniel Bartl (46′), Andrija Ražnatović for Dominik Soukenik (46′), Lucky Ezeh for Martin Doležal (66′), Dominik Žák for Adeleke Akinyemi (66′) and Patrik Čavoš for Jaroslav Málek (76′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Jablonec – Slavia Praha – 1-1
- Sparta Praha – Karviná – 3-1
- Sigma Olomouc – Slovan Liberec – 2-0
- Bohemians 1905 – Hradec Králové – 2-1
