Slavia Prague vs Ostrava Prediction: A must win for the home team

Eden Arena will host this game one championship group encounter of the Czech Fortuna Liga, pitting Slavia Prague against Ostrava. Let’s preview this game and make a prediction.

Slavia Prague returned to winning ways last weekend after back-to-back winless games. In their game against Hradec Kralove, two goals in the first half from Lukas Provod and Ondrej Zmrzly were what Slavia Prague needed to take three points despite Karel Spacil's consolation goal for Kralove. In the meantime, their prior encounters to that game against Plzen ended in a defeat, while Sigma Olomouc held them to a 2-2 draw. Slavia Prague is four points adrift of first-placed Sparta Prague in the league standings.

Ostrava settled for a 2-2 draw with Liberec last Sunday, and they hope for a better result coming here. With that result, Ostrava have gone to play three games without a win. In that run, Ostrava were held to a 2-2 draw by Karvina, while they lost 4-3 to Sparta Prague. However, in consecutive runs, their recent wins came against FK Pardubice, Teplice and Jablonec. Ostrava have accumulated 45 points this season, positioning them 4th in the standings.

The last five games between these sides ended in four wins for Slavia Prague, while the remaining one ended in a 1-1 draw. Ostrava scored four goals in those matches, while Slavia Prague scored ten.

This should be a competitive game with many goals. Both sides have given up goals in their last meetings and have also been able to score. While we expect the hosts, Slavia Prague, to have the upper hand, given that they are at home and need to win the most in this game, a bet on goals should also be a good option.