- Team form: SK Slavia Prague have won 7, drawn 2 and lost just 1 of their last 10 matches in all competitions.
- Team form: RC Lens have won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3 of their last 10 games in all competitions.
- Home form: SK Slavia Prague are unbeaten at home in all competitions, winning 5 and drawing 1 of their 6 matches at Fortuna Arena, conceding five goals.
Cagey game unlikely in Czechia
This matchup has the makings of a hot game and not a chess game in Czechia on Thursday. Sešívaní are the better team by a nose, but Sang et Or will strike back.
Jindrich Trpisovsky has been in charge of SK Slavia Prague since 2 January 2018, which is a long time in footballing terms, but he has brought a consistency to the club that few can match.
Slavia are a shape-fluid 4-1-4-1 or 4-2-3-1 side that can flip into a 3-5-2 formation, so Trpisovsky's side are capable of pressing or counter-attacking in equal measure with several tactical gears to keep the opponent guessing. There has been no doubt about Slavia's gear for the last few weeks as they've won three and drawn two of their previous five matches, an unbeaten sequence.
Sang et Or are still in transition
Recent results
Their most recent two results have been a 3-0 away win at AC Sparta Praha and a 4-0 home win over FC Zbrojovka Brno, so there is no reason to believe that they won't have the firepower to hurt RC Lens on Thursday.
Tactics and identity
Dino Toppmoeller has been in charge at Sang et Or since 1 July 2026 and the club are still working to settle into his latest tactical identity. Lens are a side that use controlled pressing triggers and transition bursts as their main weapons, but we think the new look should be a little more direct than before.
Form and predictions
- The French club are in decent form, but not stellar, with three defeats from their last five, which should provide the hosts with the home lean.
- Slavia's unbeaten home record and sharper form makes them the pick here at 2.56, but we have some faith that Lens have enough bite to land a goal and keep this game alive.
- Over 2.5 and BTTS – Yes both land at favorable odds of 1.77 and 1.6 respectively, so we're going for the home win with goals on both ends of the field.
