Champions Group Preview: Slavia v Plzeň

23.6.2020, Klub

Slavia face Viktoria Plzeň home at Sinobo Stadium in 2 ^nd round of Champions Group on Wednesday, 24 June, from 8 pm. Both teams entered the Champions Group with a win. The red and whites won 3-1 away at Baník, Plzeň defeated Jablonec 2-0 home.

Viktoria won all their spring games under new manager Adrián Guľa, except of the one away at Slavia (0-0 draw). In 11 games, they scored impressive 27 goals and conceded only 3. Viktoria lost only one game in spring 2020, the MOL Cup semi-final at Sparta (1-2) a week ago.

Slavia are now 6 points clear on top of the league with 4 games left. If the red and whites win, they would be 9 points ahead of Viktoria with better mutual games (1-0 and 0-0 this season) which means they would secure the Czech title. In case of a draw, Slavia will have to get at least 3 points in remaining 3 games. In case of a loss, the gap between both clubs will shrink to 3 points.

2019/20 FORTUNA:LIGA

Face to Face in Czech league

Last games

Slavia 0-0 Viktoria
Round 28, 7 June 2020
Yellow cards: Provod, Bořil - Hejda, Řezník, Kopic, Chorý
Referee: Franěk - Vlček, Flimmel

Slavia: Kolář; Coufal, Kúdela, Zima, Bořil; Ševčík, Holeš (90´ Frydrych); Masopust (87´ Hellebrand), Stanciu, Provod; Tecl (87´ Musa)
Viktoria: Hruška; Řezník, Hejda, Brabec, Limberský; Bucha, Kalvach, Čermák - Kayamba (90´ Havel) , Beauguel (90´ Chorý), Kovařík (71´ Kopic)

Viktoria 0-1 Slavia
Round 14, 27 October 2019
Goals: Hušbauer 45´
Yellow cards: Kayamba, Procházka, Limberský, Chorý - Olayinka, Ševčík, Hovorka, Frydrych, Traoré
Referee: Franěk - Kříž, Flimmel

Viktoria: Hruška; Řezník (31´ Mihálik), Hejda, Brabec, Limberský; Kalvach, Procházka; Kayamba, Hořava, Hloušek; Krmenčík (79´ Beauguel)
Slavia: Kolář; Coufal, Kúdela, Hovorka (61´ Frydrych), Bořil; Souček; Ševčík, Stanciu, Hušbauer (66´ Traoré), Olayinka; Tecl (82´ Škoda)