LIBEREC. Slovan Liberec overcame Mladá Boleslav to win 2-1. A. Ghali was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Slovan Liberec to strike first with an early goal of Ahmad Ghali at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 10′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ahmad Ghali gave the win to Slovan Liberec in the 70′ minute with a goal scoring a double.
The match was played at the Stadion u Nisy stadium in Liberec on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Karel Roucek with the help of Ivo Nádvorník and Tomáš Mokrusch. The 4th official was Ladislav Szikszay. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing at -0.03 degrees Celsius or 31.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 15 Total 13
- 7 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 5
- 87 Attack 95
- 64 Dangerous attack 75
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
Fouls
- 12 Total 19
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Slovan Liberec was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Mladá Boleslav that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Mladá Boleslav was more pushing with 75 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Slovan Liberec managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Slovan Liberec shot 15 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Mladá Boleslav shot 13 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Slovan Liberec received 2 yellow cards (Filip Prebsl and Jan Mikula). Regarding the opposition, Mladá Boleslav received 1 yellow card (Benson Sakala ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Slovan Liberec will have 21 points like Bohemians 1905 to hold in the 8th place. On the other side, Mladá Boleslav will stay with 26 points like Viktoria Plzeň to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Slovan Liberec will host Slovácko on the 6th of April with a 18-6 head to head stats in favor of Slovan Liberec (9 draws).
Mladá Boleslav will play away agasint Sparta Praha on the 6th of April with a 25-9 head to head record in favor of Sparta Praha (3 draws).
Slovan Liberec – Formation
Slovan Liberec
21'
62'
6', 70'
Slovan Liberec started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Luboš Kozel decided to play with the following team: Hugo Jan Backovsky, Dominik Preisler, Matej Chalus, Filip Prebsl, Jan Mikula, Lukas Cerv, Jan Žambůrek, Ahmad Ghali, Christian Frydek, Luka Kulenovic and Lubomir Tupta.
The home team had on the bench: Olivier Vliegen, Denis Visinsky, Ivan Varfolomeev, Michael Rabusic, Jakub Hudák, Filip Horsky, Ondrej Lehoczki, Nicolas Penner, Chidera Micheal Okoh, Michal Fukala and Marios Pourzitidis.
Substitutions
Slovan Liberec made 4 changes: Lubomir Tupta for Michael Rabusic (83′), Christian Frydek for Filip Horsky (62′), Solomon John for Marios Pourzitidis (90′) and Matej Pulkrab for Michal Fukala (90′).
Mladá Boleslav – Formation
Mladá Boleslav
Mladá Boleslav started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marek Kulič played with: Matouš Trmal, Dominik Kostka, Marek Suchý, Ondrej Karafiat, Martin Suchomel, Marek Matějovský, Benson Sakala , Solomon John, Daniel Mareček, Vasil Kusej and Matej Pulkrab.
The following players were sitting on the bench: David Šimek, Yusuf, Tomáš Ladra, Jakub Fulnek, Andrej Kadlec, Vojtech Kubista, Lukas Masek, Lamin Jawo, Florent Poulolo and Petr Mikulec.
Substitutions
Mladá Boleslav made 5 changes: Matej Pulkrab for Yusuf (62′), Benson Sakala for Vojtech Kubista (85′), Marek Matějovský for Tomáš Ladra (79′), Lubomir Tupta for Lamin Jawo (62′) and Marek Matějovský for David Šimek (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Slavia Praha – České Budějovice – 2-1
- Hradec Králové – Viktoria Plzeň – 1-1
- Slovan Liberec – Mladá Boleslav – 2-1
- Karviná – Sigma Olomouc – 0-2
- Teplice – Bohemians 1905 – 1-1
