PRAHA. Sparta Praha liquidates České Budějovice 4-0 with goals of Kaan Kairinen (17′), Jakub Pesek (45′), Asger Sörensen (46′) and Michal Sevcik (76′).
The match was played at the Epet Arena stadium in Praha on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ondřej Berka with the help of Tomáš Mokrusch and Martin Leška. The 4th official was Vojtěch Opočenský. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 16 degrees Celsius or 60.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 18 Total 11
- 9 On Target 0
- 6 Off Target 9
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 112 Attack 82
- 59 Dangerous attack 41
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
Sparta Praha was in firm control of the ball 55% while České Budějovice was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the match.
Sparta Praha shot 18 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, České Budějovice shot 11 times, 0 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Sparta Praha received 2 yellow cards (Kaan Kairinen and Filip Panak). On the other side, České Budějovice didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Sparta Praha will have 32 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, České Budějovice will stay with 10 points like Karviná and Pardubice to sit in the 14th 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).
České Budějovice will host Slovácko on the 27th of April with a 9-5 head to head stats in favor of Slovácko (7 draws).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
78'
45'
69'
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, Martin Vitik, Filip Panak, Asger Sörensen, Tomas Wiesner, Lukas Sadilek, Kaan Kairinen, Matej Rynes, Jakub Pesek, Jan Kuchta and Adam Karabec.
The home team had on the bench: Ángelo Preciado, James Gomez, David Pavelka, Veljko Birmancevic, Jan Mejdr, Qazim Laçi, Vojtech Vorel, Patrik Vydra, Michal Sevcik, Jaroslav Zeleny and Vaclav Sejk.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 5 changes: Jan Kuchta for Vaclav Sejk (78′), Kaan Kairinen for Qazim Laçi (60′), Adam Karabec for Michal Sevcik (60′), Martin Vitik for James Gomez (71′) and Jakub Pesek for Veljko Birmancevic (71′).
České Budějovice – Formation
České Budějovice
České Budějovice started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Marek Nikl played with: Dávid Sípoš, Pavel Osmančík, Lukáš Havel, Martin Králik, Matous Nikl, Vincent Trummer, Marcel Čermák, Jakub Hora, Patrik Hellebrand, Wale Musa Alli and Samuel Šigut.
The following players were sitting on the bench: David Broukal, Alen Dejanović, Quadri Adebayo Adediran, Jiří Skalák, Jan Suchan, Vojtěch Hora, Michael Hubínek, Tomáš Hák, Martin Sladký, Andrew Colin and Martin Janáček.
Substitutions
České Budějovice made 5 changes: Samuel Šigut for Quadri Adebayo Adediran (59′), Pavel Osmančík for Jiří Skalák (59′), Patrik Hellebrand for Jan Suchan (75′), Marcel Čermák for Michael Hubínek (75′) and Wale Musa Alli for Martin Sladký (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Sparta Praha – České Budějovice – 4-0
- Teplice – Baník Ostrava – 0-1
- Jablonec – Bohemians 1905 – 0-1
