Match Report
In the standings it was České Budějovice 13th on 34 points, Opava 7th on 44 — separated by 10. Recent form told a different story for Opava: only 16th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 7th. Per game in the league, České Budějovice were scoring 1.03 and conceding 1.43, Opava 1.4 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
České Budějovice arrived on a run of four straight wins. Opava's last three games had all finished level. The five-game form split read 12/15 points for České Budějovice against 6/15 for Opava.
The match was played at Fotbalový stadion Střelecký ostrov in Ceske Budejovice (capacity 6,681). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.