PRAHA. Slavia Praha beat České Budějovice to win 2-1. It was Slavia Praha to strike first with an early goal of Václav Jurečka at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 20′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Mojmir Chytil gave the win to Slavia Praha in the 71′ minute with a goal.
The match was played at the Fortuna Arena stadium in Praha on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Kvítek with the support of Jaroslav Kubr and Jiří Kříž. The 4th official was Daniel Vokoun. The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold at 2.05 degrees Celsius or 35.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 33 Total 9
- 9 On Target 4
- 10 Off Target 2
- 14 Shots blocked 3
- 143 Attack 97
- 107 Dangerous attack 33
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 0
Fouls
- 15 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Slavia Praha was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. České Budějovice that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Slavia Praha was putting more pressure with 107 dangerous attacks and 33 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Slavia Praha won the match.
Slavia Praha shot 33 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, České Budějovice shot 9 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Slavia Praha received 1 yellow card (Jakub Hromada). Talking about the opposition, České Budějovice received 3 yellow cards (Tomás Zápotocny, Samuel Šigut and Quadri Adebayo Adediran).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Slavia Praha will have 39 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, České Budějovice will stay with 10 points to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Slavia Praha will play away with Hradec Králové on the 27th of April with a 8-3 head to head record in favor of Slavia Praha (5 draws).
České Budějovice will host Slovácko on the 27th of April with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Slovácko (7 draws).
Slavia Praha – Formation
Slavia Praha
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7'
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Slavia Praha started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Jindřich Trpišovský decided to play with the following team: Ales Mandous , Tomáš Vlček , Igoh Ogbu , Jan Bořil , Michal Tomic , Petr Ševčík , Jakub Hromada , Conrad Wallem , Václav Jurečka , Mick van Buren and Mojmir Chytil .
The home team had on the bench: Ondřej Kolář, Sheriff Sinyan, Lukas Masopust , Muhamed Tijani, Christos Zafeiris , Stanislav Tecl, Lukas Provod , Oscar Dorley, Andres Dumitrescu, Boluwatife Victor Ogungbayi and Ivan Schranz .
Substitutions
Slavia Praha made 5 changes: Jakub Hromada for Christos Zafeiris (46′), Mick van Buren for Lukas Provod (60′), Michal Tomic for Lukas Masopust (60′), Jakub Hromada for Ivan Schranz (77′) and Petr Ševčík for Oscar Dorley (90′).
Player of the match: Mojmir Chytil
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Slavia Praha was Mojmir Chytil.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
České Budějovice – Formation
České Budějovice
České Budějovice started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Marek Nikl played with: Dávid Sípoš , Martin Sladký , Matous Nikl , Martin Králik , Vincent Trummer , Michael Hubínek , Samuel Šigut , Patrik Hellebrand , Jan Suchan , Wale Musa Alli and Quadri Adebayo Adediran .
These were the players on the bench: David Broukal, Alen Dejanović, Thomas Jungbauer, Jiří Skalák , Vojtěch Hora , Pavel Osmančík , Ondrej Coudek, Marcel Čermák and Martin Janáček.
České Budějovice could not rely on the presence of Jiří Skalák (injured) and Vojtěch Hora (injured).
Substitutions
České Budějovice made 3 changes: Michal Tomic for Pavel Osmančík (63′), Wale Musa Alli for Jiří Skalák (78′) and Quadri Adebayo Adediran for Vojtěch Hora (86′).
Player of the match: Matous Nikl
The most impressive player for České Budějovice was Matous Nikl.
His rating is with 18 passes (56% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6.
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
