Sparta Prague vs Southampton Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Sparta Prague take on Southampton in the Europa League on Thursday. Read the match predictions to find out why a home win is the betting tip at Generali Arena. Southampton managed to hold a free-scoring Liverpool side to a 0-0 draw at the weekend while Sparta Prague won 3-0 at home to Karvina.
Sparta Prague vs Southampton Preview
Sparta Prague are expected to name an unchanged starting XI here. Michal Kadlec and Ondrej Mazuch will partner up in central defence and have played well together so far in this tournament. Up front, David Lafata will play alongside Borek Dockal who is a real danger for the hosts.
Southampton have Jérémy Pied, Matt Targett, Alex McCarthy and Jake Hesketh out injured. Florin Gardos is not expected to play and Dusan Tadic is a slight doubt with a broken nose but should come back into the team. Shane Long could also return to the first team after being out injured for 4 weeks.
Team Predictions Sparta Prague vs Southampton
Sparta Prague 4-4-2 formation: Koubek; Nhamoinesu, Kadlec, Mazuch, Karavayev; Holzer, Marecek, Holek, Julis; Lafata, Dockal
Southampton 4-3-2-1 formation: Forster; McQueen, van Dijk, Yoshida, Soares; Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Højbjerg; Tadic; Long, Austin
Sparta Prague vs Southampton Betting Tips
- Sparta Prague have won 6 drawn 3 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Southampton have won 3 drawn 4 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Sparta Prague have scored an average of 1.9 goals and conceded an average of 0.6 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Southampton have scored an average of 0.8 goals and conceded an average of 0.8 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Sparta Prague’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 3 of Southampton’s previous 10 matches
Sparta Prague vs Southampton Prediction
Sparta Prague went down 3-0 away to Southampton in the opening round of Group K fixtures but have subsequently changed managers and won the following 3 Europa League games. They sit top of the table and go into this match in good form, with no goals conceded on a 4 game unbeaten run.
Southampton are 2 points behind the hosts but this pool is still wide open. Saints really boosted their chances of making it to the knockout phase with a 2-1 win over Inter in the last round of fixtures. They are yet to score in an away game in this competition, though.
Sparta Prague have won their last 5 home matches in all competitions, keeping clean sheets in 4 of those games. Southampton’s travel sickness has resulted in them winning just once from a possible 8 away games in all competitions this season. The hosts should nick this, 1-0.
Free Betting Tips
Match Prediction
SPARTA PRAGUE at 29/10 with bet365
Over/Under Prediction
UNDER 2.5 goals at 9/13 with Unibet
Correct Score Prediction
SPARTA PRAGUE 1-0 at 19/2 with Unibet
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