PLZEň. Viktoria Plzeň was eventually too strong for Zlín with the goal of Jhon Mosquera (20′), Pavel Šulc (48′) and Pavel Šulc (87′).

The match was played at the Doosan Aréna stadium in Plzeň. In front of 9,134 spectators.​ The referee was Ondřej Berka with the assistance of Matěj Vlček and Michal Novák. The 4th official was Vojtěch Opočenský. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.53 degrees Celsius or 47.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just 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. Viktoria Plzeň was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Zlín that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Viktoria Plzeň was more aggressive with 81 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Viktoria Plzeň won the match​.

Viktoria Plzeň shot 23 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zlín shot 9 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Viktoria Plzeň received 3 yellow cards (Miroslav Koubek, Lukas Kalvach and Cadu). On the other side, Zlín received 2 yellow cards (Alexandr Buzek and Bronislav Cervenka).

Standings

After this contest, Viktoria Plzeň has 45 points to hold in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Zlín will stays with 18 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Viktoria Plzeň will play away with Pardubice on the 2nd of March with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Viktoria Plzeň (1 draw).

Zlín will host Baník Ostrava on the 2nd of March with a 12-5 head to head statistic in favor of Baník Ostrava (9 draws).

Viktoria Plzeň – Formation

Viktoria Plzeň started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Miroslav Koubek decided to play with the following team: Martin Jedlička (7.3), Robin Hranáč (7.1), Lukáš Hejda (7.5), Vaclav Jemelka  (7.5), Jan Kopic (7.0), Lukas Kalvach (7.1), Lukas Cerv (7.1), Cadu (7.9), Tomas Chory (7.5), Jhon Mosquera (8.8) and Pavel Šulc (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Jan Paluska, Jan Sýkora, Jan Kliment, Matěj Vydra (6.8), Ibrahim Traoré (6.7), Marián Tvrdoň, Radim Řezník, Cheick Souare, Viktor Baier, Sampson Dweh and Idjessi Metsoko.

Substitutions

Viktoria Plzeň made 4 changes: Lukas Cerv for Ibrahim Traoré (63′), Jhon Mosquera for Matěj Vydra (63′), Tomas Chory for Jan Kliment (89′) and Pavel Šulc for Jan Sýkora (89′).

Player of the match: Jhon Mosquera​

The player that probably impressed the most for Viktoria Plzeň was Jhon Mosquera.

His rating is 8.8 with 1 goal, 14 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

Zlín – Formation

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

Bronislav Cervenka played with: Stanislav Dostal (7.1), Martin Cedidla (6.6), Jakub Kolar (7.0), Jakub Cernin (6.7), Tomas Celustka (6.7), Jakub Janetzky (7.0), Alexandr Buzek (7.5), Emiliano Bonazzoli (7.0), Tom Sloncik (7.1), Lukas Bartosak (6.4) and Kenneth Ikugar (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Dominik Simersky, Selmir Pidro (7.1), Rudolf Reiter, Zviad Natchkebia  (6.7), Antonin Fantis (6.4), Tomas Schanelec (6.4), Štěpán Bachůrek and Cletus Nombil (6.8).

Substitutions

Zlín made 5 changes: Tomas Celustka for Selmir Pidro (70′), Lukas Bartosak for Tomas Schanelec (70′), Emiliano Bonazzoli for Zviad Natchkebia  (59′), Jakub Janetzky for Cletus Nombil (59′) and Kenneth Ikugar for Antonin Fantis (78′).

Player of the match: Alexandr Buzek​

The most impressive player for Zlín was Alexandr Buzek.

His rating is 7.5 with 36 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• Viktoria Plzeň – Zlín – 3-0
• Slovan Liberec – Jablonec – 3-3
• Teplice – Karviná – 2-2
• Baník Ostrava – Bohemians 1905 – 1-1
• Hradec Králové – Mladá Boleslav – 0-0