Sparta Prague vs. Slovan Liberec: Preview and betting tips
It will be the final duel of the opening round of the Fortuna League. Sparta Praha will host Slovan Liberec at its stadium, and the Prague team will want to enter the new league season victorious. And he will also want to make amends for the recent game against Viking Stavanger. Will the Spartans accomplish this important mission?
Sparta Praha has had an unflattering start to the new season, perhaps downright tragic. The Prague club was already eliminated in the preliminary round of the European Conference League, when it was eliminated by the fourth team of the Norwegian league, Viking Stavanger.
For the third time in a row, they will not appear in the European Cup group. Brian Priske’s men will not only want to improve their reputation, but also enter the new league season with a win.
The fans also still remember the loss from the MOL Cup final against Slovácko, and they simply have had enough of failure. So Sparta has a lot to fix.
Sparta will enter the new season without Adam Hložek, who left for Leverkusen to join Patrik Schick. At the moment, it is noticeable in Sparta’s game that it lacks a central midfielder or a playmaker.
Lukáš Haraslín and Jakub Pešek are not in ideal form, on the contrary, Adam Karabec and Jan Fortelný were active especially in the first match against Stavanger, who could revive Sparta’s game in the upcoming league match.
In any case, everyone expects a lot from Sparta and the club itself does not hide its ambitions to win the title. After all, the club management also brought Jan Kuchta into the attack, but Sparta also has to select several players.
Slovan Liberec will be a team this season that can think about the elite six. The North Bohemians have not changed the composition of their squad too much, while they will certainly not give Sparta anything for free and will also want to enter the new season successfully.
In addition, it appeared quite solid for Liberec – out of nine matches, Slovan’s players won five, drew twice and lost twice. In attack, Liberec has several options to choose from – Mick van Buren, Imad Rondič, Michael Rabušic or Matyáš Kozák.
The backup with the defense doesn’t look bad at all either. Liberec last managed to beat Sparta in 2020, in the 21st round of the Fortuna League on its territory. However, Sparta won three times in five mutual matches, two duels ended in a draw.
Due to the distribution of the strengths of both teams, we could see attractive matches in which it is possible that if Sparta is thinking about victory, only one scored goal may not be enough for them to do so.