PRAHA. Sparta Praha beat Slovan Liberec to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Sparta Praha to strike first with a goal of Lukas Haraslin at the 47′. Then Victor Olatunji scored again for Sparta Praha in the 49′ minute. Eventually, Filip Horsky reduced the distance for Slovan Liberec (68′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Epet Arena stadium in Praha on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. In front of 16,829 spectators. The referee was Jan Všetečka with the support of Kamil Hájek and Jaroslav Kubr. The 4th official was Vojtěch Opočenský. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 21 Total 15
- 8 On Target 7
- 5 Off Target 5
- 8 Shots blocked 3
- 101 Attack 73
- 80 Dangerous attack 48
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 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
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Sparta Praha was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Slovan Liberec that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha had a more offensive attitude with 80 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the match.
Sparta Praha shot 21 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Slovan Liberec shot 15 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Sparta Praha received 2 yellow cards (Tomas Wiesner and Jakub Pesek). Talking about the opposition, Slovan Liberec received 1 yellow card (Filip Horsky).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Sparta Praha has 56 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Slovan Liberec will stays with 28 points like Mladá Boleslav to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Sparta Praha will play away with Slovácko on the 24th of February with a 25-6 head to head record in favor of Sparta Praha (4 draws).
Slovan Liberec will host Jablonec on the 24th of February with a 16-11 head to head record in favor of Slovan Liberec (12 draws).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
78'
23'
47'
Sparta Praha adopted the 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 , Patrik Vydra , Filip Panak , Ladislav Krejci , Tomas Wiesner , Lukas Sadilek , Markus Solbakken , Jakub Pesek , Veljko Birmancevic , Lukas Haraslin and Victor Olatunji .
The home team had on the bench: Ángelo Preciado, Kaan Kairinen , Jan Kuchta , Adam Karabec, Indrit Tuci , Qazim Laçi, Vojtech Vorel, Asger Sörensen, Matej Rynes and Martin Vitik.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 4 changes: Jakub Pesek for Matej Rynes (46′), Victor Olatunji for Jan Kuchta (83′), Lukas Haraslin for Indrit Tuci (65′) and Lukas Sadilek for Kaan Kairinen (78′).
Player of the match: Peter Vindahl Jensen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sparta Praha was the goalkeeper: Peter Vindahl Jensen. His rating is 8.06. He performed 6 saves.
Slovan Liberec – Formation
Slovan Liberec
Also Slovan Liberec adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Luboš Kozel played with: Hugo Jan Backovsky , Filip Prebsl , Matej Chalus , Jan Mikula , Nicolas Penner , Mohamed Doumbia , Jan Žambůrek , Dominik Preisler , Olaf Kok , Luka Kulenovic and Lubomir Tupta .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Olivier Vliegen, Milan Govaers, Denis Visinsky , Ivan Varfolomeev , Michael Rabusic , Filip Horsky , Ondrej Lehoczki, Michal Fukala and Sebastian Kop.
Substitutions
Slovan Liberec made 5 changes: Jan Žambůrek for Ivan Varfolomeev (55′), Nicolas Penner for Michal Fukala (66′), Luka Kulenovic for Filip Horsky (67′), Olaf Kok for Michael Rabusic (78′) and Mohamed Doumbia for Denis Visinsky (78′).
Player of the match: Dominik Preisler
The player that probably impressed the most for Slovan Liberec was Dominik Preisler.
His rating is with 24 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Sparta Praha – Slovan Liberec – 2-1
- Karviná – Slavia Praha – 0-3
- Zlín – Slovácko – 2-1
