line-ups

FC Viktoria Plzeň

M. Jedlička – Paluska (69. Kabongo), Jemelka, K. Spáčil (46. Dweh) – Havel (58. Memić), Zeljković, Červ (C), Souaré (46. Doski) – Ladra (58. Višinský) – Adu, Durosinmi.

FC Hradec Králové

Zadražil – Čech, Petrášek (C), Elbel – Chvátal (58. Kučera), Dancák, Darida (87. Ludvíček), Horák – Sojka, Pilař (69. Uhrinčať) – Mihálik (46. Griger).

statistics

Goals: 45+3. Adu, 88. Durosinmi, 89. Adu – 12. Mihálik, 50. Pilař, 90+6. Kučera

Yellow cards: 18. K. Spáčil, 34. Havel, 35. Adu, 64. Durosinmi, 86. Višinský – 19. Darida, 39. Petrášek, 90+7. Zadražil

Red cards: 66. Petrášek

Referees: Beneš J. – Váňa, Beneš A.

Shots on goal: 7:5

Shots off target: 9:2.

Corners: 5:2

Offside: 0:0

Fouls: 17:14

Attendance: 7 899

Viktoria Plzeň welcomed Hradec Králové at home in the last round before the international break. The match ended in a 3:3 draw. Rafiu Durosinmi and Prince Adu (twice) scored for Viktoria.

The Victorians started the match actively. In the third minute, they occupied the opponent's penalty area after a corner kick, but Zadražil dealt with the cross. Unfortunately, it was the visitors who scored first. Martin Jedlička first made an excellent save from Vladimír Darida's low shot, but he was unable to stop Ondřej Mihálik's follow-up. Less than two minutes later, Viktoria had a chance to equalize. Milan Havel found himself alone in front of Adam Zadražil, but his shot at the far post flew too high.

At the end of the first half, Plzeň finally got their reward. Tomáš Ladra fought his way through on the right side to the small penalty area, where a series of rebounds followed. At the end of it was Prince Adu, who put the ball into the net, and the teams went into the locker rooms with the score 1-1.

Viktoria entered the second half with two changes. Karel Spáčil and Cheick Souaré were replaced by Merchas Doski and Sampson Dweh. In the 50th minute, the visitors took the lead again when Václav Pilař beat Martin Jedlička. Five minutes later, the referee went to review the situation on VAR. During this, he gave Hradec coach David Horejší a red card for unsportsmanlike behavior and then awarded a penalty kick to Plzeň. Rafiu Durosinmi took the penalty, but he only hit the crossbar.

In the 66th minute, visiting captain Tomáš Petrášek pulled Prince Adua's jersey, received a second yellow card, and had to leave the field. Viktoria tried to take advantage of their numerical superiority and pressed their opponents. The reward came at the very end of the match. First, Rafiu Durosinmi headed in the equalizer to make it 2-2, and a minute later, Prince Adua put the West Bohemian club back in the lead. However, Hradec did not give up and managed to equalize to 3-3 in the final minutes. Both teams thus shared the points equally.

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