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' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Spain and Czechia.
- 5' A quiet spell here at . Spain seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
- 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
- 15' Ladislav Krejci needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 20' Spain have won 64 goals from 126 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
- 25' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
- 30' Czechia fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
- 35' 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 Nolito suffering a number of foals already.
- 40' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
- 45' , a , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
- 50' Spain is showing some good football. However, Spain are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 55' Tomas Rosicky has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
- 60' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 61' Poor challenge from David Limbersky. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
- 62' Alvaro Morata makes way for Aduriz at the 62 minute mark. A tactical switch from Spain.
- 67' 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.
- 70' A tactical swap from Spain — Thiago Alcantara on, Fabregas off on 70 minutes.
- 75' David Lafata is ready to make an impact after coming on for Tomas Necid at the 75 minute mark.
- 80' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
- 82' Time for substitution for Spain. Nolito is replaced by Pedro.
- 86' The whistle greets Theodor Gebre Selassie as he departs to be replaced by Josef Sural.
- 87' Pique does the damage! The net is bulging and Spain surge ahead!
- 88' David Pavelka gets the nod from Czech Republic. He replaces Tomas Rosicky and will look to change the dynamic.
- Spain celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.
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.