Sparta Praha v Pardubice — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Czech Liga · Sunday, 11 October 2026. Final score 2–0 (half-time 1–0). Before kick-off we rated it 62% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 2, so that call missed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals59%41%Over
Over 3.5 goals34%66%no pick
Both teams to score57%43%Yes

The result model puts Sparta Praha at 57%, the draw at 21% and Pardubice at 22%, from expected goals of 2.17 and 1.29.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Czech Liga has produced over 2.5 goals in 50% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Sparta Praha have 7 in 9 this season (3 of 4 at home), Pardubice 6 in 9 (4 of 5 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 58% and 55%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 9 and 9 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 55% and 52%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 53%.

Head to head. These sides have met 5 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 100%. That nudges the number 5% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 56%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 67%, from expected goals of 2.17 for Sparta Praha and 1.29 for Pardubice. Folding in 30% of that view gives 59%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Sparta Praha978%44%44%
Pardubice967%11%78%

Head to head

30 Nov 25Sparta Praha 2–4 PardubiceO2.5
3 Aug 25Pardubice 1–3 Sparta PrahaO2.5
19 Apr 25Pardubice 1–2 Sparta PrahaO2.5
19 Jul 24Sparta Praha 2–1 PardubiceO2.5
3 Dec 23Pardubice 1–2 Sparta PrahaO2.5
5 Aug 23Sparta Praha 5–2 PardubiceO2.5

More: Sparta Praha season stats · Pardubice season stats · Czech Liga table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.