- Team form: Slavia Prague have won four of their last five games in all competitions, with AC Sparta Praha winning three, drawing one and losing one in their last five.
- Head-to-head: Slavia Prague have won twice, drawn twice and lost once against AC Sparta Praha in their last five head-to-head meetings in all competitions.
- Home record: Slavia Prague are undefeated at home in the 1. Liga 2025/2026 with ten wins and two draws from 12 outings on home soil.
Slavia set to win Prague derby with pace and power
Why Slavia are favourites
SK Slavia Prague are the undoubted favourites at 2.07 to win Sunday’s Prague derby against AC Sparta Praha because of their undefeated home record, excellent recent form and the firepower they possess up front. Jindrich Trpisovsky’s team, who he has been in charge of since 2018, have been top of the 1. Liga 2025/2026 standings all season long after collecting 58 points from their first 24 matches, seven more than Sparta in second.
Tactics and key players
Trpisovsky’s system is based around a high press and positional play in possession that can be equally suited to counter-attacking or dominating the ball for long periods. The high work rate of attacking midfielder Ivan Schranz, who presses and plays in the channels, is integral to their system, as is the power of tall forward Tomas Chory who is the top scorer in the league with 14 goals in 17 appearances and has five in his last five.
Sparta’s directness should suit the stats
Brian Priske has only just taken over at Sparta Praha, but he has already implemented a high-tempo, direct style of play that has wing-backs wide and pressing to get the ball back to the forwards quickly. The directness of this system should suit the statistics of this game as it means Sparta will take the game to the league leaders and set up a clash in style between their wide, direct approach and Slavia’s compact, pressing midfield.
Jan Kuchta’s work rate in getting back to press and then linking up with Lukas Haraslin, who has ten goals in 19 league games and four in his last five, is key to the strategy. Sparta have won seven, drawn three and lost two of their 12 away games in the 1. Liga 2025/2026, scoring 1.67 goals and conceding 0.58 per outing, but they have failed to take a win in their last two visits to Slavia Prague.
- Jan Kuchta’s work rate in getting back to press and then linking up with Lukas Haraslin, who has ten goals in 19 league games and four in his last five, is key to the strategy.
- Trpisovsky’s system is based around a high press and positional play in possession that can be equally suited to counter-attacking or dominating the ball for long periods.
- Sparta have won seven, drawn three and lost two of their 12 away games in the 1. Liga 2025/2026, scoring 1.67 goals and conceding 0.58 per outing, but they have failed to take a win in their last two visits to Slavia Prague.
- The hosts average 2.50 goals per game at their home stadium with 30 in 12 league matches.
Slavia’s momentum should see them through
They have won one, drawn one and lost one of their last three away from home in all competitions, while Slavia have won two home games in a row to nil. Both teams to score - No is priced at 2.02 and that looks the way to go here as Slavia are just too solid at home for Sparta to get a goal against, but an over 2.5 goals bet at 1.9 looks good for this clash with Sparta likely to try to make it a live game.
A home win for Slavia is our main selection for this game, however, because of their momentum, firepower and home record in the 1. Liga. The hosts average 2.50 goals per game at their home stadium with 30 in 12 league matches.
