HLINSKO. Sparta Praha bested Pardubice to win 2-1. L. Krejci was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Sparta Praha to strike first with a goal of Ladislav Krejci at the 19′. Then it was a goal in the 26′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ladislav Krejci gave the win to Sparta Praha in the 65′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Sparta Praha took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Mestský stadion, Hlinsko stadium in Hlinsko on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Dalibor Černý who had the assistance of Jan Váňa and Petr Antoníček. The 4th official was Vit Zaoral. The weather was light snow. The temperature was freezing at -6.42 degrees Celsius or 20.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sparta Praha had a superior ball possession 58% while Pardubice was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sparta Praha was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the match.​

Pardubice shot 12 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Sparta Praha shot 24 times, 9 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Pardubice received 2 yellow cards (Kamil Vacek and Pablo Ortiz). On the opposite side, Sparta Praha received 2 yellow cards (Jan Kuchta and Kaan Kairinen).

Standings

After this match, Pardubice stays with 13 points like Karviná to sit in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Sparta Praha will has 44 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Pardubice will play away with Karviná on the 9th of December with a 3-1 head to head in favor of Pardubice (2 draws).

Sparta Praha will host Jablonec on the 9th of December with a 23-6 head to head statistic in favor of Sparta Praha (10 draws).

Pardubice – Formation

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

The manager Radoslav Kováč decided to play with the following team: Antonin Kinsky (8.2), Dominik Mareš (6.3), Denis Halinsky (7.0), Pablo Ortiz (7.0), Marek Icha (6.4), Stepan Misek (6.4), Kamil Vacek (7.0), Tomáš Solil (7.0), Michal Hlavatý (7.5), Tomas Zlatohlavek (7.5) and Vojtech Patrak (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Denis Donát (6.8), Pavel Černý, Bartosz Pikul, Emil Tischler (7.0), Denis Darmovzal, Matěj Helešic, Michal Surzyn, Filip Brdicka (6.4), Jakub Matoušek, William Eseme Mukwelle (6.7) and Viktor Budinský.

Substitutions

Pardubice made 3 changes: Tomáš Solil for Denis Donát (67′), Stepan Misek for Emil Tischler (67′) and Vojtech Patrak for William Eseme Mukwelle (62′).

Player of the match: Antonin Kinsky​

The most impressive player for Pardubice was the goalkeeper: Antonin Kinsky. His rating is 8.16. He performed 7 saves.

Sparta Praha – Formation

Sparta Praha started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Brian Priske Pedersen played with: Peter Vindahl Jensen (7.1), Martin Vitik (7.7), Patrik Vydra (7.5), Ladislav Krejci (9.4), Tomas Wiesner (7.3), David Pavelka (7.3), Lukas Sadilek (7.5), Matej Rynes (7.0), Adam Karabec (8.2), Jakub Pesek (6.4) and Victor Olatunji (7.0).

They had on the bench: Ángelo Preciado, James Gomez, Kaan Kairinen (6.7), Jan Kuchta (7.0), Veljko Birmancevic (7.3), Qazim Laçi, Lukas Haraslin (8.5), Vojtech Vorel, Michal Sevcik, Jaroslav Zeleny (6.4) and Vaclav Sejk.

Substitutions

Sparta Praha made 5 changes: Jakub Pesek for Lukas Haraslin (46′), Victor Olatunji for Jan Kuchta (46′), Adam Karabec for Veljko Birmancevic (62′), David Pavelka for Kaan Kairinen (74′) and Matej Rynes for Jaroslav Zeleny (83′).

Player of the match: Ladislav Krejci​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sparta Praha was Ladislav Krejci.

His rating is (9.4) with 2 goals, 76 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Pardubice – Sparta Praha – 1-2