Sunday , 16 August 2026

AC Sparta Praha vs Malmo FF, Champions League Q 2024 PLAYOFFS

Champions League Qualification · 2024
AC Sparta Praha
2 – 0
Full Time
Malmo FF
Tue 27 Aug 2024 · 19:00 UTC Generali Arena HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 16' Nils Zatterstrom
Martin Vitik 25' Y
Y 41' Sergio Pena
Filip Panak 45' Y
Y 45' Anders Christiansen
Albion Rrahmani 84' Y

Overview

Match Preview

AC Sparta Praha vs Malmo FF — Champions League Q at Generali Arena.

Match Details

  • Referee Clement Turpin
16 games this season 🟨 1.7/game ⚽ 5.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Head-to-Head

2
AC Sparta Praha 2 games · Avg 2.0 goals Malmo FF
Last 5 meetings
2024-08-27 AC Sparta Praha 2–0 Malmo FF 2024-08-21 Malmo FF 0–2 AC Sparta Praha

Recent Form

AC Sparta Praha
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Aug Malmo FF H 2–0 W
21 Aug Malmo FF A 2–0 W
13 Aug FCSB Bukarest A 3–2 W
06 Aug FCSB Bukarest H 1–1 D
30 Jul Shamrock Rovers FC H 4–2 W
23 Jul Shamrock Rovers FC A 2–0 W
Malmo FF
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Aug AC Sparta Praha A 0–2 L
21 Aug AC Sparta Praha H 0–2 L
13 Aug PAOK Thessaloniki FC A 4–3 W
06 Aug PAOK Thessaloniki FC H 2–2 D
30 Jul KÍ Klaksvík A 2–3 L
23 Jul KÍ Klaksvík H 4–1 W

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
AC Sparta Praha this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

AC Sparta Praha
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/1
46-60
–/–
61-75
2/2
76+
–/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' AC Sparta Praha have kicked off against Malmo FF. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Henrik Rydström might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 10' A quiet spell here at Generali Arena. Malmo FF seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 15' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 16' A meaty challenge results in booking for Nils Zatterstrom on 16.
  • 21' Both keepers have barely been tested. AC Sparta Praha and Malmo FF are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 25' AC Sparta Praha receives a card for a hard tackle on 25.
  • 30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 35' Over 35 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 40' The travelling Malmo FF supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 41' That is a card for Malmo FF. Sergio Pena will be fuming at that decision.
  • 45' AC Sparta Praha player sees a card in front of him.
  • 50' Matej Rynes has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 46 appearances.
  • 55' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Malmo FF that had 248 games and scored 152 goals.
  • 59' Erik Botheim has so much to prove this time. He replaces Soren Rieks on 59 minute.
  • 64' AC Sparta Praha have won 68 goals from 46 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 69' Malmo FF are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 70' It is a substitution in AC Sparta Praha team. Tomas Wiesner is replaced by Angelo Preciado on 70 minute.
  • 73' Another substitution for Malmo FF to replace Anders Christiansen by Taha Ali on 73 minute.
  • 78' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 80' What a strike from Lukas Haraslin! The score is 1-0.
  • 83' The deadlock is broken! Albion Rrahmani gets on the scoresheet on 83 minutes.
  • 84' Albion Rrahmani catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 84.
  • 87' The whistle greets Lasse Berg Johnsen as he departs to be replaced by Zakaria Loukili.
  • 89' It is a substitution in AC Sparta Praha team. Lukas Haraslin is replaced by Ermal Krasniqi on 89 minute.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

AC Sparta Praha Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Lars Friis

Malmo FF Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Henrik Rydström

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.81 AC Sparta Praha xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.94 Malmo FF xG
I would bet for: AC Sparta Praha to win 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
AC Sparta Praha60% Draw23% Malmo FF17%
Actual: AC Sparta Praha win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes51% 0% No49%
Avg goals/match: 2.75
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 76%
24%
± 2.5 51%
49%
± 3.5 30%
70%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

AC Sparta Praha or Draw
83%
Draw or Malmo FF
40%
AC Sparta Praha or Malmo FF
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
AC Sparta Praha40% Draw45% Malmo FF15%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.7%
1 – 0
10.8%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
9.5%
0 – 0
8.2%
3 – 0
6.1%
3 – 1
5.8%
0 – 1
5.1%
1 – 2
4.9%
2 – 2
4.5%
3 – 2
2.8%
4 – 0
2.8%

Asian Handicap — AC Sparta Praha

Handicap AC Sparta Praha covers Push Malmo FF covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 18% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 24% 44%
-0.5 56% — 44%
+0.5 82% — 18%
+1 82% 12% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

AC Sparta Praha keeps clean sheet
40% ✗
Malmo FF keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.