24 May 2025
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Plzen host Jablonec in their final game of the Czech First League season. Both sides have had a strong season, and sit 90 minutes away from securing lucrative European football. A win for Plzen should secure them Champions League qualifiers in the summer, while Jablonec have the opportunity to pip Czech giants Sparta Prague to the final spot in the Conference League next season, should they maintain what is currently a one point lead. Jablonec won't fear a trip to Plzen, having won all of their last 7 matches on league duty. Plzen will need to be alert to the threat Jablonec carry, and had to come back from trailing 2-0 in December to win 3-2.
With Sparta having a very poor season, an excellent opportunity for Plzen to enter the Champions League qualifiers has opened itself up. With this huge carrot in front of them, they have chased wins in recent weeks. In their post-split games, their matches have averaged 3.75 goals and 3.42 xG as they chase the wins they need to secure UCL. They've scored a huge 2.5 goals per game over their last 8 league fixtures, conceding 1.5 per game in the process. Their average xG over this spell is 1.81 while they have conceded 1.29 on average.
Jablonec enter their final match in tremendous form. They have won all of their post-split matches against the best sides in the division, with these matches averaging 4 goals per game. Jablonec have bagged 2.14 goals per game over their last 7 league fixtures, winning every single match, conceding just 0.57 goals in the process. Only a heavily rotated and distracted Sigma Olomouc have failed to score against Jablonec in the post-split however, and Slavia Prague managed two goals and 2.54 xG last week in an end-to-end match.
Neither team has any attacking injury doubts, and both will be pushing for the 3 points that cap off a fantastic season for each side.
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