Hradec Králové vs Sigma Olomouc 5-0

Hradec Králové won 5-0 after a second-half surge, with Tomáš Čvančara's penalty, Vaclav Sejk's red card and four more goals turning the game their way.

The first half brought only one goal, and it came in the third minute of stoppage time when Čvančara converted from the spot to put Hradec Králové 1-0 up. Sigma Olomouc had already been forced into a change on 45 minutes, with Hilmir Rafn Mikaelsson coming on for Michal Beran after Sejk was sent off in the 39th minute. Čvančara was booked in the same minute. Hradec Králové led 1-0 at the break.

Tom Sloncik made it 2-0 in the 49th minute from Daniel Trubač's assist, and a VAR check confirmed the goal. Čvančara then scored his second of the match on 57 minutes to make it 3-0 before he was replaced by Ondřej Mihálik on 60 minutes. Mihálik then set up Mick Van Buren, who made it 4-0 on 69 minutes after coming on in the 60th minute. Hradec Králové made two changes on 70 minutes, and Sigma Olomouc answered with a double change on 64 minutes and another on 82 minutes. The home side finished the scoring when Mihálik, who had come on in the 60th minute, scored on 87 minutes from Jakub Kucera's assist to make it 5-0.

The numbers backed Hradec Králové's control of the match. They had 65% of possession, 509 passes to Sigma Olomouc's 389, and led the shot count 23-6. They also had 11 shots on target to one, 9 corners to 2 and an xG of 3.45 to 0.34. Sigma Olomouc made 6 saves to Hradec Králové's 1, while both sides were caught offside twice.

Discipline was a factor throughout. Hradec Králové were booked twice, with Čvančara shown yellow in the 39th minute and Filip Cihak booked on 76 minutes. Sigma Olomouc were reduced to 10 men when Sejk was sent off in the 39th minute.