TřINEC. Slovan Liberec defeated Slovácko to win 2-1. It was Slovan Liberec to strike first with a goal of T. Gebre Selassie at the 45′. Then M. van Buren scored again for Slovan Liberec in the 50′ minute. Eventually, O. Mihalik reduced the distance for Slovácko a penalty (64′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Slovácko lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

V. Danicek received a red card (45′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Slovácko lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadion FK Chmel Blsany stadium in Třinec on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Marek Radina who had the assistance of Jan Váňa and Alexandr Černoevič. The 4th official was Michal Křepský. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.1 degrees Celsius or 71.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Slovácko had a superior ball possession 56% while Slovan Liberec was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Slovácko was putting more pressure with 99 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Slovan Liberec was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Slovácko shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Slovan Liberec shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Slovácko received 3 yellow cards (V. Levin, M. Havlik and P. Simko). Regarding the opposition, Slovan Liberec received 4 yellow cards (I. Varfolomeev, D. Preisler, J. Mikula and C. Frydek).

(Slovácko) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (45′).

Standings

After playing this match, Slovácko will stay with 8 points like Bohemians 1905 to hold in the 7th place. On the other side, Slovan Liberec will have 10 points like Sparta Praha and Viktoria Plzeň to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Slovácko will host Jablonec on the 18th of September with a 13-5 head to head statistic in favor of Jablonec (12 draws).

Slovan Liberec will host Viktoria Plzeň on the 3rd of September with a 17-10 head to head in favor of Viktoria Plzeň (9 draws).

Slovácko – Formation

Slovácko started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Martin Svědík decided to play with the following team: Filip Nguyen, Michal Tomič, Patrik Šimko, Michal Kadlec, Merchas Doski, Michal Kohút, Vlastimil Danicek, Marek Havlík, Vladislav Levin, Vlasiy Sinyavskiy and Libor Kozák.

The home team had on the bench: Ondřej Šašinka, Petr Reinberk, Milan Petržela, Ondřej Mihálik, Michal Trávník, Patrik Brandner, Jan Kalabiska, Tomáš Fryšták, Daniel Holzer and Stanislav Hofmann.

Substitutions

Slovácko made 5 changes: M. Kohut for D. Holzer (46′), L. Kozak for O. Mihalik (57′), V. Levin for M. Travnik (57′), V. Sinyavskiy for M. Petrzela (74′) and M. Tomic for P. Reinberk (80′).

Slovan Liberec – Formation

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

Luboš Kozel played with: Olivier Vliegen, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Dominik Plechatý, Jan Mikula, Lukáš Červ, Ivan Varfolomieiev, Ivan Varfolomieiev, Dominik Preisler, Christian Frydek, Jan Matoušek and Mick van Buren.

They had on the bench: Marios Pourzitidis, Matyáš Kozák, Tomáš Polyak, Karol Mészáros, Kamso Mara, Michal Rabušic, Imad Rondić, Jan Stejskal, Denis Višinský, Filip Prebsl and Michal Fukala.

Substitutions

Slovan Liberec made 5 changes: D. Preisler for K. Meszaros (59′), I. Varfolomeev for K. Mara (59′), D. Plechaty for F. Prebsl (76′), J. Matousek for D. Visinsky (76′) and C. Frydek for M. Pourzitidis (85′).

Results of the day

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

• Slovácko – Slovan Liberec – 1-2
• Zbrojovka Brno – Slavia Praha – 0-4
• Hradec Králové – Sigma Olomouc – 1-0