A blow for Slavia, they tied in Hradec. Slovácko shocked Pilsen, another trouble for Liberec

Utrapene Ceske Budejovice they are still waiting for their first win. In the home duel with Libertarian however, they managed at least a point for a goalless draw. The ambitious North Bohemians did not make up for the cup failure in Hlučín (0:1) and after Bohemians they are the second team in the league to lose points against Dynamo.

Bohemians welcomed in Ďolíček Pardubiceon whose substitute David Střihavka made his first league debut. He couldn’t be too happy with the performances of his charges, the Kangaroos were clearly the better team in the first half, only a bad finish prevented them from taking the lead. The second half was already more balanced, but neither team showed much offensively, so even in today’s second match, the spectators did not see a goal.

Slovácko also had a debutant on its bench, it was the temporary coach Jan Palinek, who was an assistant to the previous coach Roman West. Although the team from Uherské Hradiště was eliminated in the cup with third-league Kroměříž during the week, the failure did not affect the players. From the opening whistle, the home team looked compact and were better than the favorites from Pilsen. The reward came in the 64th minute, when Kukučka ran onto Trávník’s standard and scored three points with Slovácko’s first league goal.

Slavia she went to the match in Hradec Králové knowing that Plzeň lost in Slovakia and in the event of a win, its lead at the top of the league table could increase to 10 points. The intruders defended themselves tenaciously from the opening whistle, and although they had a noticeable territorial advantage, they did not get into the clear chances.

Lukáš Provod opened the score of the match in the 74th minute, with a beautiful volley to the front post, assisted by Tomáš Chorý. But the East Bohemians managed to recover, Tomáš Petrášek pounced on Daniel Horák’s cross from a corner kick and headed the final score to 1:1. Thanks to a point for the draw, Slavia leapfrogged second-place Pilsen to a difference of eight points.

League supporters could already watch four matches on Saturday. Dukla lost 0:1 to Mladá Boleslav, Jablonec beat Teplice 3:0 and Karviná turned the match against Olomouc and won 2:1. As already mentioned, the league woes of Sparta continued, which was not enough for Ostrava (1:3).