Ace Football previews the Europa League game between Sparta Prague and Bournemouth who meet up this coming Thursday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
As the early season favourites, Sparta Prague will look to justify their title credentials this coming Thursday when they take on Bournemouth for a round 4 match in the Europa League.
Form: Sparta Prague vs Bournemouth
Sparta Prague Form
Sparta Prague collected one of each from their previous three matches, as they were defeated 1-0 against Olympiacos. They retaliated in a 5-1 win against Slovacko, before drawing 0-0 with Bohemians 1905. Sparta Prague claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Europa League. They also drew two and lost one, as they scored ten and conceded nine goals.
Bournemouth Form
Bournemouth are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Manchester United got left behind in a 0-3 win, before Aston Villa got hammered in a 3-0 victory. Leeds was the most recent victim in a 2-0 win for Bournemouth. Bournemouth only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Europa League. In these six matches they drew zero and lost zero as well as being outscored by one goals to two.
Betting stats and facts for Sparta Prague and Bournemouth
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Sparta Prague and Bournemouth played across all tournaments.
- In 5 of the last 7 Sparta Prague matches in the Europa League, the sum of goals was over 4.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Sparta Prague matches in the Europa League, the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Sparta Prague matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Sparta Prague matches in the Europa League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Sparta Prague matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 8 Bournemouth away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Bournemouth have won the last 5 matches in a row while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 9 of the last 11 Bournemouth matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Bournemouth have won the last 3 matches in a row while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- Bournemouth have won the last 5 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 3.5
In-form players: Sparta Prague vs Bournemouth
Tobias Guddal is the most prolific Europa League marksman for the home team, scoring twice recently. Bournemouth look to Justin Kluivert, hoping he can add to his current total of two Europa League goals in his latest games.
Betting markets: Sparta Prague vs Bournemouth
Full-time result
Sparta Prague won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing one and losing two as well. Bournemouth won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost three in this run. Bournemouth won their last 6 matches.
Both teams to score
Sparta Prague scored first in six of their last ten home games. Bournemouth scored the opening goal in six of the last ten away from home. Bournemouth have not conceded a goal in 6 consecutive games. Bournemouth have kept their opponents from scoring six times in their previous 10 matches. Meanwhile, Sparta Prague have been able to keep a clean sheet in five of their last 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Sparta Prague, who scored an average of 1.7 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Bournemouth, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 2.1 times goals per game themselves. Bournemouth won their last two matches without conceding a goal.
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