Sunday , 15 November 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 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 10.7 goals/game 🟥 1 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 KI Klaksvik A 2–3 L
23 Jul KI Klaksvik 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' In just a few seconds Generali Arena will turn into a battlefield for AC Sparta Praha and Malmo FF.
  • 5' The 35-year-old Jens Stryger Larsen has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 10' Taha Ali, a Sweden , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Henrik Rydström will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 16' That is a card for Malmo FF. Nils Zatterstrom will be fuming at that decision.
  • 21' Malmo FF fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 25' The referee shows AC Sparta Praha player a card on 25.
  • 30' Malmo FF have won 152 goals from 248 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 35' Malmo FF started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 35.
  • 40' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both AC Sparta Praha and Malmo FF are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 41' The referee calls foul for Sergio Pena. He receives a card.
  • 45' The referee has no hesitation. Filip Panak is booked for AC Sparta Praha — card on 45.
  • 50' A quiet spell here at Generali Arena. AC Sparta Praha seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 55' AC Sparta Praha are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Malmo FF's shape.
  • 59' Erik Botheim has so much to prove this time. He replaces Soren Rieks on 59 minute.
  • 64' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 69' AC Sparta Praha is showing some good football. However, AC Sparta Praha are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 70' Another substitution for AC Sparta Praha to replace Tomas Wiesner by Angelo Preciado on 70 minute.
  • 73' The supporters are chanting for Taha Ali. He replaces Anders Christiansen on 73 minute.
  • 78' AC Sparta Praha are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 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' AC Sparta Praha receives a card for a hard tackle on 84.
  • 87' Malmo FF ring the changes. Lasse Berg Johnsen has done his job and it is now time for Zakaria Loukili to step up.
  • 89' AC Sparta Praha make a change. Lukas Haraslin trudges off to be replaced by Ermal Krasniqi on 89 minutes.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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.