PRAHA. Sparta Praha demolishes Slovácko 5-0 with goals of Veljko Birmancevic (11′), Tomas Wiesner (20′), Lukas Haraslin (45′), Veljko Birmancevic (70′) and Victor Olatunji (81′).
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 17,039 spectators. The referee was Jan Všetečka with the assistance of Ivo Nádvorník and Jaroslav Kubr. The 4th official was Jan Petřík. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.06 degrees Celsius or 75.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 16 Total 7
- 9 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 80 Attack 86
- 53 Dangerous attack 39
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
Fouls
- 13 Total 7
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Sparta Praha had a strong ball possession 55% while Slovácko was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the match.
Sparta Praha shot 16 times, 9 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Slovácko shot 7 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sparta Praha didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Slovácko received 2 yellow cards (Merchas Doski and Merchas Doski).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Sparta Praha will have 22 points like Slavia Praha to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Slovácko will stay with 14 points to sit in the 5th 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 statistic in favor of Sparta Praha (6 draws).
Slovácko will play away agasint České Budějovice on the 27th of April with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Slovácko (7 draws).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
61'
45'
Sparta Praha started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Brian Priske Pedersen decided to play with the following team: Peter Vindahl Jensen, Asger Sörensen, Filip Panak, Ladislav Krejci, Tomas Wiesner, Lukas Sadilek, Kaan Kairinen, Matej Rynes, Veljko Birmancevic, Jan Kuchta and Lukas Haraslin.
The home team had on the bench: Ángelo Preciado, James Gomez, Victor Olatunji, David Pavelka, Qazim Laçi, Jakub Pesek, Vojtech Vorel, Michal Sevcik, Jaroslav Zeleny, Vaclav Sejk and Martin Vitik.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 5 changes: Tomas Wiesner for Ángelo Preciado (71′), Lukas Haraslin for Jakub Pesek (71′), Jan Kuchta for Victor Olatunji (61′), Asger Sörensen for Martin Vitik (61′) and Kaan Kairinen for Qazim Laçi (61′).
Slovácko – Formation
Slovácko
90'
Slovácko started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Martin Svědík played with: Milan Heča, Michal Kadlec, Jaromir Srubek, Petr Reinberk, Merchas Doski, Michal Trávník, Matěj Valenta, Vlasiy Sinyavskiy, Daniel Holzer, Filip Vecheta and Ondřej Mihálik.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Stanislav Hofmann, Patrik Brandner, Seung-bin Kim, Jan Kalabiška, Marek Havlík, Rigino Cicilia, Pavel Juroška, Vlastimil Danicek and Josef Andres.
Substitutions
Slovácko made 5 changes: Ondřej Mihálik for Seung-bin Kim (35′), Daniel Holzer for Pavel Juroška (68′), Matěj Valenta for Vlastimil Danicek (68′), Jaromir Srubek for Jan Kalabiška (79′) and Filip Vecheta for Rigino Cicilia (79′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Sparta Praha – Slovácko – 5-0
- Zlín – Viktoria Plzeň – 1-7
- Jablonec – Slovan Liberec – 1-1
