Fortuna Liga: Sparta Praha recovers a 0-1 deficit to top Hradec Králové 2-1
PRAGUE. Sparta Praha was able to turn the table against Hradec Králové to win 2-1.
PRAGUE. Sparta Praha succeeded in turn the table 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, J. Kuchta gave the win to Sparta Praha in the 57′ minute with a goal.
Sparta Praha remained in 10 people after T. Cvancara received a red card in the 27′. Anyway, Sparta Praha still was able to win this match playing only with 10 players. In fact, on the other side, 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 around 11.3 degrees Celsius or 52.32 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 89%.
Match Statistics
The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.
There wasn’t much of a difference in 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.
Hradec Králové was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Sparta Praha succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Sparta Praha shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, 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 other side, Hradec Králové received 5 yellow cards (P. Rybicka, D. Vasulin, S. Harazim, M. Koubek and P. Kodes).
(Sparta Praha) was sent out after receiving a red card in the (27′).
Also, Hradec Králové didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after V. Smrz (Hradec Králové) was sent out after receiving a straight red card in the (72′).
After playing this encounter, Sparta Praha will have 14 points like Slovan Liberec, Bohemians 1905, Zbrojovka Brno and Hradec Králové to move up in the 4th place. On the other side, Hradec Králové will stay with 14 points like Sparta Praha, Slovan Liberec, Bohemians 1905 and Zbrojovka Brno to stay in the 7th place.
Match Events
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10'10'
P. Rybicka
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13'13'
F. Kubala
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14'14'
D. Vasulin
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27'27'
T. Cvancara
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35'35'
S. Harazim
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46'46'
J. Kucera
P. Rybicka
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52'52'
A. Sorensen
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57'57'
J. Kuchta
C. Hojer
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65'65'
J. Jankto
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66'66'
J. Rada
S. Harazim
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66'66'
A. Gabriel
F. Cech
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70'70'
M. Minchev
J. Jankto
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72'72'
V. Smrz
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73'73'
M. Koubek
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78'78'
J. Mejdr
K. Danek
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82'82'
P. Kodes
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84'84'
M. Koubek
P. Kodes
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88'88'
M. Sacek
J. Kuchta
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90'90'
C. Hojer
Next match
In the upcoming Fortuna Liga match, Sparta Praha will play away with Zbrojovka Brno on the 8th of October with a 16-5 head to head in favor of Sparta Praha (5 draws).
Hradec Králové will host Teplice on the 8th of October with a 9-2 head to head in favor of Hradec Králové (3 draws).
Sparta Praha: Formation and Lineups
Sparta Praha started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Brian Priske Pedersen chose 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.
Substitutes
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 and Lineups
Hradec Králové started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
On the opposite side, 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.
Substitutes
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
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