Wednesday , 28 October 2026

FC Viktoria Plzeň vs Royal Antwerp FC, Europe 2019-20 3RD QUALIFYING ROUND

UEFA Europa League · 2019-20
FC Viktoria Plzeň
2 – 1
Full Time
Royal Antwerp FC
Thu 15 Aug 2019 · 18:00 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'
Y 18' Simen Juklerod
Y 57' Faris Haroun
Y 82' Sinan Bolat
R 101' Abdoulaye Seck
Y 101' Abdoulaye Seck
Ondrej Mihalik 109' Y
Patrik Hrosovsky 117' Y
Y 117' Didier Lamkel Ze

Overview

Match Preview

FC Viktoria Plzeň vs Royal Antwerp FC — Europe .

Match Details

  • Referee Alessandro Giallatini
  • Referee Davide Massa
  • Referee Rosario Abisso
  • Referee Damiano Di Iorio

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvárosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzeň 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahçe SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
1
FC Viktoria Plzeň 2 games · Avg 2.0 goals Royal Antwerp FC
Last 5 meetings
2019-08-15 FC Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2019-08-08 Royal Antwerp FC 1–0 FC Viktoria Plzeň

Recent Form

FC Viktoria Plzeň
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Aug Royal Antwerp FC H 2–1 W
08 Aug Royal Antwerp FC A 0–1 L
30 Jul PAE Olympiakos SFP A 0–4 L
23 Jul PAE Olympiakos SFP H 0–0 D
21 Feb GNK Dinamo Zagreb A 0–3 L
14 Feb GNK Dinamo Zagreb H 2–1 W
Royal Antwerp FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Aug FC Viktoria Plzeň A 1–2 L
11 Aug Sporting du Pays de Charleroi A 1–2 L
08 Aug FC Viktoria Plzeň H 1–0 W
04 Aug KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren H 4–1 W
01 Aug Farul Constanța A 1–2 L
28 Jul KAS Eupen A 4–1 W

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
FC Viktoria Plzeň this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Viktoria Plzeň
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/1
31-45
–/2
46-60
–/2
61-75
1/1
76+
1/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for FC Viktoria Plzen and Royal Antwerp FC.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' Simen Juklerod needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 18' Royal Antwerp FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 18.
  • 23' Royal Antwerp FC is showing some good football. However, Royal Antwerp FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 28' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Viktoria Plzen needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 33' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 38' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Viktoria Plzen that had 153 games and scored 73 goals.
  • 43' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 45' A change in the Royal Antwerp FC ranks — Jonathan Bolingi exits the field as Dieumerci Mbokani enters on 45.
  • 50' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pavel Vrba will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 55' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Faris Haroun made 311 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 57' Controversy at the stadium! Faris Haroun argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 62' Royal Antwerp FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 67' FC Viktoria Plzen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 67.
  • 72' Both keepers have barely been tested. FC Viktoria Plzen and Royal Antwerp FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 75' Lukas Kalvach makes way for Tomas Chory at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Viktoria Plzen.
  • 80' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Viktoria Plzen side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 81' The deadlock is broken! Michal Krmencik gets on the scoresheet on 81 minutes.
  • 82' Sinan Bolat was booked on 82.
  • 84' Another substitution for Royal Antwerp FC to replace Ivo Rodrigues by Didier Lamkel Ze on 84 minute.
  • 89' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • FC Viktoria Plzen celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

FC Viktoria Plzeň Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pavel Vrba

Royal Antwerp FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Laszlo Boloni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Michal Krmencik 2
Ivo Rodrigues 1
Dieumerci Mbokani 1

Head to Head

2019-08-15 FC Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 Royal Antwerp FC 2019-08-08 Royal Antwerp FC 1–0 FC Viktoria Plzeň

FC Viktoria Plzeň Form

2019-08-15 FC Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 Royal Antwerp FC W 2019-08-08 Royal Antwerp FC 1–0 FC Viktoria Plzeň L 2019-07-30 PAE Olympiakos SFP 4–0 FC Viktoria Plzeň L 2019-07-23 FC Viktoria Plzeň 0–0 PAE Olympiakos SFP D 2019-02-21 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 3–0 FC Viktoria Plzeň L 2019-02-14 FC Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb W

Royal Antwerp FC Form

2019-08-15 FC Viktoria Plzeň 2–1 Royal Antwerp FC L 2019-08-11 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 2–1 Royal Antwerp FC L 2019-08-08 Royal Antwerp FC 1–0 FC Viktoria Plzeň W 2019-08-04 Royal Antwerp FC 4–1 KV RS Waasland-SK Beveren W 2019-08-01 Farul Constanța 2–1 Royal Antwerp FC L 2019-07-28 KAS Eupen 1–4 Royal Antwerp FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.37 FC Viktoria Plzeň xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.08 Royal Antwerp FC xG
I would bet for: FC Viktoria Plzeň or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Viktoria Plzeň44% Draw29% Royal Antwerp FC27%
Actual: FC Viktoria Plzeň win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes50% 0% No50%
Avg goals/match: 2.45
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 70%
30%
± 2.5 44%
56%
± 3.5 23%
77%
± 4.5 11%
89%

Double Chance

FC Viktoria Plzeň or Draw
72%
Draw or Royal Antwerp FC
56%
FC Viktoria Plzeň or Royal Antwerp FC
71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Viktoria Plzeň30% Draw49% Royal Antwerp FC21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.7%
0 – 0
10.8%
1 – 0
10.8%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 1
8.2%
2 – 0
7.9%
1 – 2
6.6%
0 – 2
4.9%
2 – 2
4.6%
3 – 1
3.9%
3 – 0
3.5%
1 – 3
2.4%

Asian Handicap — FC Viktoria Plzeň

Handicap FC Viktoria Plzeň covers Push Royal Antwerp FC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 13% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 22% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 17% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

FC Viktoria Plzeň keeps clean sheet
35% ✓
Royal Antwerp FC keeps clean sheet
26% ✓

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