Baník Ostrava vs Plzen Czech Liga prediction & result
Final score: Baník Ostrava 0-4 Plzen.
Before kick-off the model made it 23% Baník Ostrava, 25% draw, 52% Plzen — fair odds of 4.35, 4.00 and 1.92.
Most likely scoreline: 1-2.
The model called the result correctly.
Published · updated
Has the model earned this number?
Plzen at 52%: of 1,648 settled 50–65% forecasts, 58.6% came in (average 55.4%). It can be read literally. The full record.
How the model saw it, minute by minute
Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 4 goals. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Baník Ostrava vs Plzen
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 23M. JedličkaG
- 17M. FrydrychD
- 83R. NoghaD
- 42J. MíčekD
- 34A. BeweneM
- 5J. BoulaM
- 18D. PlankaM
- 81M. KmeťM
- 21M. KohútM
- 28F. KubalaM
- 22V. SkrkonF
- 1V. BudinskýG
- 37M. ChalušD
- 95D. HolzerM
- 15V. JurečkaF
- 55Artúr MusákM
- 3Rhodri SmithD
- 8A. TraoréM
- 19F. ŠanclM
- 7D. GilbertM
- 44F. WiegeleG
- 2T. PališčákD
- 40S. DwehD
- 98F. PrebslD
- 29A. GabrielM
- 17P. HrošovskýM
- 6L. ČervM
- 14Merchas DoskiM
- 12A. SojkaF
- 80P. AduF
- 99A. MemićF
- 1D. ŤapajG
- 11M. VydraF
- 9D. VišinskýM
- 3D. VavroD
- 10M. ToureF
- 5Karel SpáčilD
- 19C. SouaréM
- 36S. PirgiÄM
- 18T. LadraF
Form going into Baník Ostrava vs Plzen
Baník Ostrava
Czech Liga
- D0-0Sparta Praha18 October 2026
- L0-1away to Bohemians 190510 October 2026
- D2-2away to Slovácko19 September 2026
Plzen
Czech Liga
- L1-2Pardubice25 October 2026
- W3-2away to FK Jablonec18 October 2026
- W3-0Mlada Boleslav10 October 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.
Czech Liga table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Baník Ostrava | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -13 | 14 |
| 8 | Plzen | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 20 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Baník Ostrava vs Plzen
- 25 April 2026Baník Ostrava 0–1 PlzenCzech Liga
- 26 October 2025Plzen 2–0 Baník OstravaCzech Liga
- 11 May 2025Plzen 1–2 Baník OstravaCzech Liga
- 16 March 2025Plzen 0–1 Baník OstravaCzech Liga
- 19 October 2024Baník Ostrava 1–3 PlzenCzech Liga
- 18 May 2024Plzen 1–1 Baník OstravaCzech Liga
Leading scorers: Baník Ostrava and Plzen
Baník Ostrava
No player in Czech Liga's leading scorers — 10 league goals as a side.
Plzen
GoalsAssists
- C. Kabongo50
- A. Memić46
Top 3 by league goals this season; player availability is not in the model. How to read this.
The result against the call
Plzen won 4–0 at Baník Ostrava. The model had made a win for Plzen its most likely outcome, at 52%, so the call held; the score it named was 2–1. The goals: Adam Gabriel 48' for Plzen, Adam Gabriel 56' for Plzen, Lukáš Červ 57' for Plzen, Tomáš Ladra 80' for Plzen. On expected goals it finished 0.48–2.82.
What this result changed
Before kick-off the season simulation gave Baník Ostrava a 31.3% chance to finish in the bottom three: 22.2% after a win, 29.0% after a draw, 35.5% after a defeat. The defeat was the worst of those results for them, and left the figure at 35.5%, 4.2 points higher than before the match.
For Plzen the question was the chance to finish in the top ten, 93.6% going in: 95.9% after a win, 92.5% after a draw, 89.5% after a defeat. The win was the best of those results for them, and left the figure at 95.9%, 2.3 points higher than before the match.
Read from our Czech Liga season simulation as it stood before this match (10,000 runs), counting this result alone. Every result since then has moved the table again, so today's figure is on the competition page.
How the call on Baník Ostrava v Plzen has moved
First published on 18 Oct at 22% / 24% / 54% (home / draw / away). By kick-off, after 3 updates, it read 23% / 25% / 52%: the biggest move is Plzen's chance of winning, down 2 points.
- Baník Ostrava win23%▲ +1
- Draw25%▲ +1
- Plzen win52%▼ −2
Each update is a full rebuild of both sides' ratings from the latest results, and now and then a change to the model itself. The thin mark is the first published figure.
Goal trends
Over 1.5 goals
Over 2.5 goals
Over 3.5 goals
Both teams score
Outer rings: how often each side's most recent league matches before kick-off (up to 10 games; the count is under each ring) went over the line; middle ring: the model's probability for this match. Not betting advice. How to read this.