Spain vs Czechia, European Championship 2016 GROUP STAGE
Overview
Match Preview
Spain vs Czechia — European Championship .
Match Details
- Referee Tomasz Musial
- Referee Aliaksei Kulbakov
- Referee Szymon Marciniak
- Referee Pawel Sokolnicki
- Referee Tomasz Listkiewicz
- Referee Pawel Raczkowski
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetings
Recent Form
Key Stats
40%
Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
H2H (5 games)
20%
Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
H2H history
43%
Clean Sheets
Spain this season
Spain this season
0%
Clean Sheets
Czechia this season
Czechia this season
Goal Timing (This Season)
Spain
0-15
1/1
16-30
3/–
31-45
3/–
46-60
3/–
61-75
1/1
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Czechia
0-15
–/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
–/1
46-60
1/1
61-75
2/–
76+
–/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Top Scorers (This Season)
Spain
| Dani Olmo | 3 G | 2 A |
| Fabian Ruiz | 2 G | 2 A |
| Nico Williams | 2 G | 1 A |
| Alvaro Morata | 1 G | |
| Dani Carvajal | 1 G |
Czechia
| Lukas Provod | 1 G |
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Czechia is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' Sergio Ramos has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
- 15' A quiet spell here at . Spain seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
- 20' Spain currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
- 25' Juanfran has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 523 appearances.
- 30' Czechia fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
- 35' It’s high time Pavel Vrba made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 40' 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.
- 45' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Del Bosque will be considering his options from the bench.
- 50' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for David Lafata suffering a number of foals already.
- 55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
- 60' The home supporters are growing impatient. Spain must find a spark to ignite this game.
- 61' David Limbersky has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 61.
- 62' Time for substitution for Spain. Alvaro Morata is replaced by Aduriz.
- 67' The 42-year-old David Limbersky has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
- 70' Spain ring the changes. Fabregas has done his job and it is now time for Thiago Alcantara to step up.
- 75' Fresh legs for Czech Republic! David Lafata comes on to replace Tomas Necid.
- 80' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 82' A change in the Spain ranks — Nolito exits the field as Pedro enters on 82.
- 86' Czech Republic make a change. Theodor Gebre Selassie trudges off to be replaced by Josef Sural on 86 minutes.
- 87' The Spain Pique breaks the deadlock on 87 minutes. 1-0!
- 88' David Pavelka gets the nod from Czech Republic. He replaces Tomas Rosicky and will look to change the dynamic.
- With this win, Spain is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
Lineups
Spain Lineups
Starting XI
-
10
Fabregas ↓ Thiago Alcantara 70'
-
7
Alvaro Morata ↓ Aduriz 62'
- 21
- 13
- 16
- 22
- 3
- 18
- 5
- 15
- 6
Bench
- 12
- 2
-
11
Pedro ↑ 82'
- 23
-
14
Thiago Alcantara ↑ 70'
- 8
- 17
-
20
Aduriz ↑ 62'
- 4
- 9
- 19
- 1
Coach
Del Bosque
Czechia Lineups
Starting XI
- 4
- 1
-
7
Tomas Necid ↓ David Lafata 75'
- 13
- 2
- 22
- 19
- 8
- 5
-
10
Tomas Rosicky C ↓ David Pavelka 88'
- 6
Bench
- 20
- 11
- 23
- 16
- 9
- 14
- 12
-
21
David Lafata ↑ 75'
- 3
-
12
David Pavelka ↑ 88'
-
18
Josef Sural ↑ 86'
Coach
Pavel Vrba
H2H
Head to Head
Spain Form
Czechia Form
Predictions
Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.17
Spain xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.53
Czechia xG
I would bet for:
Under 2.5 goals 76% + Under — clean sheet likely 70%
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Spain win
Both Teams to Score
✓ Correct
Avg goals/match: 1.7
Actual: No — clean sheet
Over / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5| Line | Over | Under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ± 0.5 | 79% |
|
21% |
| ± 1.5 | 51% |
|
49% |
| ± 2.5 | 24% |
|
76% |
| ± 3.5 | 10% |
|
90% |
| ± 4.5 | 4% |
|
96% |
Double Chance
Spain or Draw
83%
Draw or Czechia
48%
Spain or Czechia
69%
Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HT
Correct Score
✓ In top 12
0 – 0
20.8%
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 1
12.1%
2 – 0
11.9%
0 – 1
8.3%
2 – 1
6.6%
3 – 0
4.6%
1 – 2
2.9%
3 – 1
2.7%
0 – 2
2.3%
2 – 2
1.9%
4 – 0
1.4%
Asian Handicap — Spain
| Handicap | Spain covers | Push | Czechia covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.5 | 8% | — | 92% |
| -2 | 8% | 15% | 78% |
| -1.5 | 22% | — | 78% |
| -1 | 22% | 28% | 50% |
| -0.5 | 50% | — | 50% |
| +0.5 | 85% | — | 15% |
| +1 | 85% | 12% | 3% |
| +1.5 | 97% | — | 3% |
| +2 | 97% | 3% | 1% |
| +2.5 | 99% | — | 1% |
Clean Sheet
Spain keeps clean sheet
59%
✓
Czechia keeps clean sheet
32%
✓
Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.