Slavia Praha and Chelsea meet in Eden Aréna, in a match for this phase of the UEFA Europa League (Quarter-finals). This will be the first direct confrontation between these two teams, as they have never faced each other before. Chelsea presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor, so in this game the home factor may be decisive.
Slavia Prague:
The home team reaches this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Quarter-finals) after having played previous qualifiers with: Sevilla and Genk. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in away matches; against 11 victories and 4 draws in his stadium. In the last match they played, for the Czech League, they beat Dukla Praha away by (1-5). In the last 5 home matches for the UEFA Europa League Slavia Praha has 3 wins and 2 draws.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 5 home matches. In 10 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 4 times and only managed 1 comeback.
Slavia Praga enters into this motivated performance, after a foreign victory, by 1-5, in the visit to the Dukla arena: Masopust, Stoch, Husbauer and Soucek marked the goals of the triumph. The home team usually acts in a tactical system in 4-3-3, privileging fast transitions, mainly through the wings. The three most advanced men are Stoch, Skoda and Masopust. One of the strengths of the local team is the way they manage to react in a situation of disadvantage. The coach of Slavia Praga can not count on Stanislav Tecl, for being injured.
Chelsea:
The visiting team reaches this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Quarter-finals) after having played previous qualifiers with: Dinamo Kiev and Malmö. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses in away matches; against 10 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. In their last match, for the Premier League, they got a home win against West Ham United by (2-0). In the last 5 away matches for the UEFA Europa League Chelsea have a record of 4 wins and 1 draw.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 5 away matches. Their defense has been very strong, having only scored goals in 3 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 19 of the last 29 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 10 of its last 10 matches for the UEFA Europa League, of these 10 came to the break in advantage in 6 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 9
Chelsea enter this game motivated, after a home win, 2-0, at the reception at West Ham: Hazard scored the two goals, allowing his team to conquer the three points. The visiting team usually acts in a tactical system in 4-3-3, privileging the fast transitions, mainly through the wings, being the three most advanced men Higuaín, Hazard and Hudson-Odoi. One of the great valences of Chelsea are the defensive balls, because they rarely award goals in this situation. Coach Maurizio Sarri will not be able to count on Marco van Ginkel and Jamal Blackman, for being injured.
