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SPARTA IN FREE FALL, SIGMA CAN COMPLETE REIGNING CHAMPIONS' MISERY

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  May 24, 2025   AC Sparta Praha - SK Sigma Olomouc   Letná Stadium, Prague On Saturday, May 24, 2025, AC Sparta Praha will face SK Sigma Olomouc in the 35th round of the Chance Liga. The match offers a clash between two teams experiencing a significant results slump at the end of the season. AC Sparta Praha have lost four league matches in a row for the first time in Czech league history and have also become the first team to lose the first four games of a championship round in a single season since its introduction in the 2018-19 season. The reigning champions are thus experiencing an unexpected collapse at the end of the season. SK Sigma Olomouc have just one win in the last nine Chance Liga matches (D3 L5) and gained just six points in this timeframe – only České Budějovice have fewer points since matchday 26 (2; Mladá Boleslav also 6) in the Chance Liga. The Haná team is thus also going through a difficult period. AC Sparta Praha have conceded two and more goals...

VIKTORIA PLZEŇ VERSUS JABLONEC: A CLASH OF SPRING'S BEST TEAMS

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  May 24, 2025   FC Viktoria Plzeň - FK Jablonec   Doosan Arena, Plzeň On Saturday, May 24, 2025, second-placed Viktoria Plzeň will face the excellent spring-season performers Jablonec in the 35th round of the Chance Liga. The duel at Plzeň's Doosan Arena will offer a clash between two teams currently in top form in the Czech top flight. FC Viktoria Plzeň are still second in the table and can reach their highest league position since the 2021-22 season when they won the championship title. For Plzeň, it would be their eighth second place and their 15th placement in the top 3 of the league table. Only Sparta (28) and Slavia (22) have finished the season in the Czech league's top three more often. The Plzeň team is among the most offensively dangerous squads across Europe this season when it comes to goals after high pressing. Viktoria has scored 10 goals from high turnover situations in this Chance Liga season – the only club in the top 10 European competitions to scor...

EADER-STRONG VIKTORIA CHALLENGES GOAL-STARVED SIGMA IN KEY CLASH

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  May 18, 2025 SK Sigma Olomouc - FC Viktoria Plzeň   Andrův stadion, Olomouc On Sunday, May 18, 2025, SK Sigma Olomouc will face FC Viktoria Plzeň in the 34th round of the Chance Liga. The match offers a clash between two teams with different ambitions at the end of the season. SK Sigma Olomouc have won just one of the last eight Chance Liga matches – a 3-0 home victory against České Budějovice on matchday 30. Since matchday 26, only Slovácko and Bohemians have as few wins as Sigma (1; D3 L4), with only České Budějovice recording no win in this timeframe. The home team is thus experiencing a significant results slump. FC Viktoria Plzeň have exactly as many points (68) as they had at this stage of the previous Chance Liga season. However, since the league reform in the 2018-19 season, Viktoria were below 68 points at this stage only once (58 in 2022-23; 55 in 2020-21 when no extra rounds were played). Viktoria have their highest position (2nd) since 2021-22 when they won ...

SLAVIA CAN EQUAL SPARTA'S HISTORIC RECORD IN PRAGUE DERBY

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  May 10, 2025   SK Slavia Praha - AC Sparta Praha   Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic On Saturday, May 10, 2025, the highlight of the 33rd round of the Chance Liga will take place in Eden in the form of the Prague derby between SK Slavia Praha and AC Sparta Praha. The clash of traditional rivals brings not only the usual emotions but also interesting statistical connections and the possibility of equaling a historic record. SK Slavia Praha won their 19th consecutive home league game against Plzeň in the last round. If Slavia defeats Sparta, they will equal the longest streak of consecutive home wins in the Czech league, held by Sparta themselves from the period between October 1999 and March 2001 (20 wins). Ironically, the "sewn ones" could equal their biggest rival's record in a direct confrontation. AC Sparta Praha is experiencing an unusual crisis in the championship playoff round. While in previous seasons they did not lose any of the first two matches in the ch...

RECORD-BREAKING BANÍK HOSTS DEFENSIVE POWERHOUSE JABLONEC IN CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND OPENER

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  April 27, 2025 FC Baník Ostrava - FK Jablonec Sunday's opening match of the Chance Liga championship round features a clash between record-setting Baník Ostrava and the defensively exceptional FK Jablonec. Both teams enter the championship group with contrasting historical statistics. Baník Ostrava has recorded their most successful regular season in Chance Liga history with 64 points and will be playing in the championship round for the fifth time. However, in their previous four championship rounds, Baník gained a maximum of only four points (in seasons 2021-22 and 2023-24) and achieved their highest finish last season (4th place). Notably, Ostrava has lost all four of their opening championship round matches (either to Sparta or Slavia), a statistic they're eager to overturn. FK Jablonec has played their best regular Chance Liga season since 2020-21, when they accumulated 62 points after 30 matchdays under Petr Rada (51 points now). The Northern Czech side has excelle...

SIGMA ENTERS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND AGAINST IN-FORM SLAVIA WITH RECORD POINTS TALLY

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  April 26, 2025 SK Sigma Olomouc vs SK Slavia Praha The championship round of the Chance Liga kicks off with an attractive clash between Sigma Olomouc and Slavia Prague. While the home side is enjoying their best season in recent years, the visitors are chasing a historic points record in the Czech league. Sigma Olomouc enters the championship group with great confidence after winning their final regular season match against České Budějovice. The Haná club collected 43 points in the regular season, their best result since the 2017-18 season when they amassed 55 points. Sigma will play in the championship group for only the second time in their history. In the 2022-23 season, they lost their first playoff match at home to Sparta 0-1, but now hope for a better start. Slavia Prague has 78 points after the regular season, which is a historically exceptional achievement. Only Slavia themselves in the 2020-21 season (78) and Sparta in the 2013-14 season (79) have ever collected so ...