PRAHA. Sparta Praha was able to reverse the score against Teplice to win 2-1. It was Teplice to strike first with a goal of Mohamed Yasser at the 12′. Then it was a goal in the 72′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Victor Olatunji gave the win to Sparta Praha in the 90′ minute.
Sparta Praha remained in 10 after Lukas Sadilek received a red card in the 4′. Anyway, Sparta Praha still managed to win this encounter playing only in 10.
The match was played at the Epet Arena stadium in Praha on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Dominik Starý with the collaboration of Lukáš Matousek and Lukáš Machač. The 4th official was Adam Trska. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.33 degrees Celsius or 43.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 16 Total 16
- 7 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 120 Attack 87
- 58 Dangerous attack 42
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 6 Total 19
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Sparta Praha was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Teplice that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the match.
Sparta Praha shot 16 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Teplice shot 16 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Sparta Praha received 1 yellow card (Ladislav Krejci). Talking about the opposition, Teplice received 3 yellow cards (Jakub Kristan, Stepan Chaloupek and Yegor Tsykalo).
(Sparta Praha) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (4′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Sparta Praha has 50 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Teplice will stays with 20 points like Jablonec and Hradec Králové to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Sparta Praha will play away against Karviná on the 10th of February with a 10-1 head to head statistic in favor of Sparta Praha (2 draws).
Teplice will host Zlín on the 10th of February with a 15-8 head to head stats in favor of Teplice (5 draws).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
46'
30'
4'
72'
Sparta Praha started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Brian Priske Pedersen decided to play with the following team: Peter Vindahl Jensen , Asger Sörensen , Filip Panak , Ladislav Krejci , Tomas Wiesner , Lukas Sadilek , Kaan Kairinen , Matej Rynes , Veljko Birmancevic , Lukas Haraslin and Jan Kuchta .
The home team had on the bench: Victor Olatunji , David Pavelka , Adam Karabec, Jan Mejdr, Qazim Laçi , Jakub Pesek , Vojtech Vorel, Patrik Vydra, Michal Sevcik, Jaroslav Zeleny and Vaclav Sejk.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 5 changes: Filip Panak for Qazim Laçi (46′), Veljko Birmancevic for David Pavelka (89′), Kaan Kairinen for Jaroslav Zeleny (60′), Tomas Wiesner for Jakub Pesek (79′) and Lukas Haraslin for Victor Olatunji (79′).
Player of the match: Veljko Birmancevic
The most impressive player for Sparta Praha was Veljko Birmancevic even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 24 passes (75% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 17 crosses.
Teplice – Formation
Teplice
Teplice started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Zdenko Frťala played with: Tomas Grigar , Jan Knapík , Stepan Chaloupek , Nemanja Mićević , Michal Bilek , Jakub Kristan , Daniel Trubač , Filip Havelka , Matej Radosta , Daniel Fila and Mohamed Yasser .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Tadeas Vachousek , Petr Hronek, Yegor Tsykalo , Jakub Hora, Abdallah Gning , Jakub Urbanec , Samuel Bednár, Soufiane Dramé, Jonáš Bzura and Filip Mucha.
Substitutions
Teplice made 4 changes: Daniel Fila for Abdallah Gning (60′), Jakub Kristan for Yegor Tsykalo (79′), Michal Bilek for Jakub Urbanec (71′) and Mohamed Yasser for Tadeas Vachousek (71′).
Player of the match: Stepan Chaloupek
The player that probably impressed the most for Teplice was Stepan Chaloupek.
His rating is with 36 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Sparta Praha – Teplice – 2-1
- Sigma Olomouc – Viktoria Plzeň – 1-3
- Baník Ostrava – Slavia Praha – 2-3
