Finally home! Pilsen hosts Sparta
After the outdoor trilogy, the blue and white will once again present themselves to their fans. And right away in a fight promising a great spectacle – Škoda will welcome Sparta!
43rd round ONLINE: PLZEN vs. SPARTA from 17:20!
HC ŠKODA PLZEŇ
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LOGSPEED CZ Arena, Pilsen January 29, 2023 43rd round of the Tipsport extra league |
Pilsen and Sparta establish the rule together in mutual duels: My house – my castle. The last time the visiting team was happy was in December 2020. This year, Prague won 3:2 and 3:0 at home, Škoda countered 4:0. How will both rivals fare now?
From the opponent’s camp
Prague finished third after the regular season last year, three points ahead of Třinec and seven points ahead of Mountfield. In the quarter-finals, Sparta eliminated Liberec with a score of 4:1, and České Budějovice with the same score of seven, but Třinec won the title after a total score of 4:2.
This year, the position is still close to the same, after a terrible start to the competition, the team once again dug itself out from the bottom to the top. Under him, Prague led twenty-one matches in the extra league and celebrated eighteen victories, most recently defeating Litvínov 3:2.
In Sparta’s jersey, Roman Horák stands out the most in terms of points, who scored eleven goals and added nineteen assists. He has David Tomášek behind him with a record of 9+17. Among the three poles, Jakub Kovář is number one, with a success rate of over ninety-one percent, Josef Kořenář is approximately one percent behind.
Prague’s numerous advantages are just ahead of Pilsen’s fifth in terms of utilization, the game in weakening is even the second best after Vítkovice. The number of penalty minutes collected is the eighth highest, the number of hits distributed is the lowest after Třinec and Olomouc, and the number of blocked shots is the lowest only after Mountfield.
Results of the last matches
HC Dynamo Pardubice 4
HC Škoda Plzeň 3
(1:2, 3:0, 0:1)
Goals and saves: 5. T. Zeman (Poulíček, D. Musil), 35. Vondráček (A. Musil), 38. Cienciala (Hyka, J. Kolář), 39. Košťálek (T. Dvořák, Zohorna) – 8. Baránek (Schleiss) , 10. Schleiss (Suchý), 56. Holešinský (Kodýtek).
HC Škoda Plzeň: Pavlát (Svoboda) – Baránek, Zámorský, Houdek, Kaňák, Piskáček (A), Jiříček – Schleiss (C), Suchý, Pour – Holešinský, Kodýtek, Rekonen – Blomstrand, Mertl (A), Malát – Bitten, Soukup, Adamec.
HC Sparta Prague 3
HC Verva Litvínov 2
(1:0, 2:1, 0:1)
Goals and saves: 17. Tomášek (Kaše), 32. Řepík (M. Forman, P. Kousal), 36. Řepík – 29. Hlava, 47. Demel (Šalda, Havelka).
HC Vítkovice Ridera: Kovář (Kořenář) – Němeček, Jandus, Kempný, Mikliš, Moravčík, Polášek (A), Krutil – Tomášek, Horák, P. Kousal – M. Forman, Sobotka (A), Řepík (C) – Buchtele, D. Vitouch, Safin – Kaše, G. Thorell, Vauhkonen.