JABLONEC NAD NISOU. Jablonec managed to find the solution against Pardubice to win 2-1. M. Kratochvil was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Pardubice to strike first with a goal of Tomas Zlatohlavek at the 12′. Then it was a goal in the 36′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Milos Kratochvil gave the win to Jablonec in the 75′ minute scoring a double.

Krystof Danek missed a decisive penalty (45′). That would have allowed Pardubice to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Stadion Střelnice stadium in Jablonec nad Nisou on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Stanislav Volek assisted by Jan Paták and Jan Dohnálek. The 4th official was Karel Roucek. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing at -2.99 degrees Celsius or 26.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Jablonec 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

Jablonec was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Jablonec won the match​.

Jablonec shot 17 times, 11 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Pardubice shot 11 times, 7 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Jablonec received 2 yellow cards (Haiderson Hurtado and Radoslav Látal). Regarding the opposition, Pardubice received 3 yellow cards (Tomáš Solil, Pablo Ortiz and Vojtech Patrak).

Standings

After this match, Jablonec will have 16 points to remain in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Pardubice will stay with 13 points like Karviná to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Jablonec will host Viktoria Plzeň on the 16th of March with a 24-7 head to head in favor of Viktoria Plzeň (8 draws).

Pardubice will host Viktoria Plzeň on the 2nd of March with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Viktoria Plzeň (1 draw).

Jablonec – Formation

Jablonec started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Radoslav Látal decided to play with the following team: Jan Hanus, David Stepanek, Nemanja Tekijaski, Haiderson Hurtado, Vakhtang Chanturishvili, Michal Cernak, Milos Kratochvil, Jakub Martinec, Alexis Alégué, Dominik Plestil and Matous Krulich .

The home team had on the bench: Tomas Hübschman, Filip Soucek, David Houska, David Nykrin, Jan Chramosta, Vladimir Jovovic, Adrian Slavik and Vilem Fendrich.

Substitutions

Jablonec made 4 changes: Dominik Plestil for Vladimir Jovovic (65′), Matous Krulich  for David Houska (65′), Tomas Zlatohlavek for Tomas Hübschman (80′) and Alexis Alégué for Adrian Slavik (90′).

Pardubice – Formation

Pardubice started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Radoslav Kováč played with: Viktor Budinský, Dominik Mareš, Denis Halinsky, Pablo Ortiz, Emil Tischler, Michal Hlavatý, Kamil Vacek, Tomáš Solil, Krystof Danek, Tomas Zlatohlavek and Vojtech Patrak.

The following players were sitting on the bench: Denis Donát, Marek Icha, Pavel Černý, Bartosz Pikul, Denis Darmovzal, Stepan Misek, Matěj Helešic, Michal Surzyn, William Eseme Mukwelle and Ondřej Kukučka.

Substitutions

Pardubice made 4 changes: Milos Kratochvil for Bartosz Pikul (77′), Krystof Danek for Denis Donát (85′), Kamil Vacek for Pavel Černý (85′) and Vojtech Patrak for William Eseme Mukwelle (77′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.​

• Sparta Praha – Zlín – 2-0
• Slovácko – Baník Ostrava – 2-0
• Jablonec – Pardubice – 2-1