TřINEC. Sparta Praha overcomes Slovácko 3-1.

The match was played at the Stadion FK Chmel Blsany stadium in Třinec on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Ladislav Szikszay with the help of Jakub Hrabovský and Michal Volf. The 4th official was Karel Roucek. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.92 degrees Celsius or 51.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Slovácko was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sparta Praha that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sparta Praha was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the encounter.​

Slovácko shot 13 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Sparta Praha shot 13 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Slovácko received 4 yellow cards (Merchas Doski, Pavel Juroška, Rigino Cicilia and Michal Trávník). On the other side, Sparta Praha received 8 yellow cards (Patrik Vydra, Peter Vindahl Jensen, Veljko Birmancevic, Ladislav Krejci, Asger Sörensen, Lukas Sadilek, Matej Rynes and Brian Priske Pedersen).

Standings

After playing this match, Slovácko stays with 35 points to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Sparta Praha will has 59 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Slovácko will play away against Karviná on the 2nd of March with a 9-1 head to head statistic in favor of Slovácko (4 draws).

Sparta Praha will host Slavia Praha on the 2nd of March with a 16-13 head to head in favor of Sparta Praha (12 draws).

Slovácko – Formation

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

The manager Martin Svědík decided to play with the following team: Milan Heča (6.1), Patrik Blahut (6.8), Stanislav Hofmann (6.7), Jan Kalabiška (7.1), Merchas Doski (6.8), Michal Kohút (6.4), Michal Trávník (6.8), Milan Petržela (7.0), Marek Havlík (7.0), Pavel Juroška (7.0) and Rigino Cicilia (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Tomáš Břečka, Filip Vecheta (6.4), Seung-bin Kim (6.4), Daniel Holasek, Marko Kvasina (6.7), Tomáš Fryšták, Alexandr Urban and Vlasiy Sinyavskiy (6.8).

Substitutions

Slovácko made 4 changes: Pavel Juroška for Filip Vecheta (82′), Rigino Cicilia for Marko Kvasina (82′), Michal Kohút for Seung-bin Kim (69′) and Milan Petržela for Vlasiy Sinyavskiy (68′).

Player of the match: Rigino Cicilia​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Slovácko was Rigino Cicilia.

His rating is 7.9 with 26 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 18.

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 (7.3), Martin Vitik (8.1), Patrik Vydra (6.4), Ladislav Krejci (6.7), Tomas Wiesner (7.1), Lukas Sadilek (6.8), Markus Solbakken (6.6), Jaroslav Zeleny (6.8), Adam Karabec (7.3), Veljko Birmancevic (9.1) and Indrit Tuci (7.0).

They had on the bench: Ángelo Preciado, Kaan Kairinen (6.6), Victor Olatunji (7.0), Jan Kuchta, Qazim Laçi, Jakub Pesek, Lukas Haraslin (7.3), Vojtech Vorel, Asger Sörensen, Filip Panak (6.4) and Matej Rynes (7.0).

Substitutions

Sparta Praha made 5 changes: Adam Karabec for Lukas Haraslin (66′), Indrit Tuci for Victor Olatunji (66′), Jaroslav Zeleny for Matej Rynes (66′), Patrik Vydra for Filip Panak (46′) and Lukas Sadilek for Kaan Kairinen (79′).

Player of the match: Veljko Birmancevic​

The most impressive player for Sparta Praha was Veljko Birmancevic.

His rating is 9.1 with 1 goal, 23 passes (65% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 10 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Slovácko – Sparta Praha – 1-3
• Slavia Praha – Pardubice – 3-0
• České Budějovice – Sigma Olomouc – 2-1