PRAGUE. Sparta Praha found a way to reverse the score against Hradec Králové to win 2-1. It was Hradec Králové to strike first with a goal of F. Kubala at the 13′. Then it was a goal in the 52′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, gave the win to Sparta Praha in the 57′ minute.

Sparta Praha remained in players after T. Cvancara received a red card in the 27′. Still, Sparta Praha still was able to win this match competing only in 10​. On the other side, also V. Smrz received a red card (72′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Hradec Králové lost the match.

The match was played at the Generali Arena stadium in Prague on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Lukáš Nehasil with the assistance of Kamil Hájek and Tomáš Mokrusch. The 4th official was Marek Radina. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was the same 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. Sparta Praha was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Hradec Králové that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Hradec Králové had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Sparta Praha managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Sparta Praha shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hradec Králové shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Sparta Praha received 2 yellow cards (J. Jankto and C. Hojer). On the opposite side, Hradec Králové received 5 yellow cards (P. Rybicka, D. Vasulin, S. Harazim, M. Koubek and P. Kodes).

(Sparta Praha) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (27′).

Also, Hradec Králové didn’t finish the match with 11 players after V. Smrz (Hradec Králové) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (72′).

Standings

After this match, Sparta Praha will have 17 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Hradec Králové will stay with 14 points like Slovan Liberec and Zbrojovka Brno to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Fortuna Liga, Sparta Praha will play away against Slavia Praha on the 22nd of October with a 15-12 head to head in favor of Sparta Praha (10 draws).

Hradec Králové will play away agasint České Budějovice on the 22nd of October with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of České Budějovice (4 draws).

Sparta Praha – Formation

Sparta Praha started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Brian Priske Pedersen decided to play with the following team: Matej Kovar, Tomáš Wiesner, Asger Sørensen, Jaroslav Zelený, Casper Højer, Krystof Daněk, Lukáš Sadílek, Ladislav Krejčí II, Jakub Jankto, Jan Kuchta and Tomáš Čvančara.

The home team had on the bench: Adam Karabec, Michal Sáček, Martin Minchev, Jan Fortelny, Vojtěch Vorel, Martin Vitík, Lukáš Juliš, Filip Panak and Jan Mejdr.

Substitutions

Sparta Praha made 3 changes: J. Jankto for M. Minchev (70′), K. Danek for J. Mejdr (78′) and J. Kuchta for M. Sacek (88′).

Hradec Králové – Formation

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

Miroslav Koubek played with: Michal Reichl, Jakub Klíma, Filip Čihák, František Čech, Stepan Harazim, Vojtech Smrz, Petr Kodes, Filip Novotny, Petr Rybicka, Filip Kubala and Daniel Vasulin.

These were the players on the bench: Patrik Vízek, Adam Gabriel, Jakub Rada, Jakub Kucera, Ondřej Ševčík, Michal Leibl, Pavol Bajza, Pavel Dvořák, Matěj Koubek and Matej Trusa.

Substitutions

Hradec Králové made 4 changes: P. Rybicka for J. Kucera (46′), S. Harazim for J. Rada (66′), F. Cech for A. Gabriel (66′) and P. Kodes for M. Koubek (84′).

Results of the day

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

• Bohemians 1905 – Viktoria Plzeň – 1-1
• Sparta Praha – Hradec Králové – 2-1
• Mladá Boleslav – Sigma Olomouc – 1-1
• Baník Ostrava – České Budějovice – 1-2