MLADá BOLESLAV. Sparta Praha was able to reverse the score against Mladá Boleslav. It was Mladá Boleslav to score first with a goal from D. Donat. Nonetheless, later Sparta Praha found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with L. Julis (50′), A. Sorensen (58′) and T. Cvancara (89′). Sparta Praha was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Adidas Aréna stadium in Mladá Boleslav on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Petr Hocek with the support of Kamil Hájek and Jakub Hrabovský. The 4th official was Tomáš Klíma. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.4 degrees Celsius or 63.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 4 Total 13
- 2 On Target 6
- 2 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 87 Attack 122
- 32 Dangerous attack 78
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 6
Fouls
- 5 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Sparta Praha had a strong ball possession 70% while Mladá Boleslav was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was more pushing with 78 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sparta Praha won the contest.
Mladá Boleslav shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sparta Praha shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Mladá Boleslav received 6 yellow cards (M. Suchy, V. Stransky, M. Matejovsky, D. Simek, P. Hoftych and L. Krobot). Regarding the opposition, Sparta Praha received 3 yellow cards (D. Pavelka, J. Jankto and B. Priske).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Mladá Boleslav will stay with 2 points to climb in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Sparta Praha will have 9 points to move down in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Mladá Boleslav will play away with Pardubice on the 27th of August with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Mladá Boleslav (2 draws).
Sparta Praha will host Bohemians 1905 on the 27th of August with a 17-2 head to head record in favor of Sparta Praha (8 draws).
Mladá Boleslav – Formation
Mladá Boleslav
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Mladá Boleslav started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Pavel Hoftych decided to play with the following team: Martin Polaček, David Pech, Marek Suchý, David Šimek, Ondrej Karafiat, Vojtech Stransky, Denis Donát, Marek Matějovský, Tomáš Ladra and Milan Škoda.
The home team had on the bench: Patrik Žitný, Denis Darmovzal, Radek Látal, Jan Seda, P. Žitný, Lukas Masek, Jiří Skalák, Jakub Fulnek, Ladislav Dufek and Ladislav Krobot.
Substitutions
Mladá Boleslav made 4 changes: V. Stransky for J. Fulnek (66′), D. Donat for L. Krobot (71′), S. Dancak for P. Zitny (86′) and T. Ladra for J. Skalak (86′).
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
Sparta Praha started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Michal Horňák played with: Dominik Holec, Jan Mejdr, Asger Sørensen, Jaroslav Zelený, Casper Højer, David Pavelka, Lukáš Sadílek, Adam Karabec, Krystof Daněk and Jakub Pešek, Lukáš Juliš.
These were the players on the bench: Michal Sáček, Martin Minchev, Jan Fortelný, Václav Drchal, Tomáš Wiesner, Jakub Jankto, Milan Heča, Tomáš Čvančara and Filip Panák.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 5 changes: J. Pesek for J. Jankto (24′), A. Karabec for T. Cvancara (46′), L. Julis for V. Drchal (71′), J. Jankto for J. Fortelny (71′) and K. Danek for T. Wiesner (83′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Fortuna Liga.
- Mladá Boleslav – Sparta Praha – 1-3
- Baník Ostrava – Teplice – 1-2
