Sparta Praha vs Slovácko 5-1

Sparta Praha beat Slovácko 5-1 at Stadion Letná after Jonatan Braut Brunes scored four times. His first-half hat-trick put the match beyond reach before he added a fourth on 71 minutes.

Brunes opened the scoring in the 14th minute from Patrik Vydra’s pass, then made it 2-0 on 31 minutes from Ki-Jana Hoever’s assist. He completed his hat-trick in the 37th minute with Andy Irving supplying the pass, and Sparta went in 3-0 up.

Andy Irving then made it 4-0 on 47 minutes, again with Hoever assisting. Slovácko responded on 59 minutes through Tihomir Kostadinov, who had come on in the 58th minute, from Pavel Juroska, who had come on in the 45th minute, but Brunes sealed the 5-1 scoreline on 71 minutes.

Sparta had 63% of the ball and 508 passes to Slovácko’s 380, with 24 shots to 11 and 12 on target to 5. They also led the xG 1.91 to 1.18, corners 4-1, offsides 5-1 and saves 4-7, while Sparta finished with 17 fouls and one yellow card, compared with Slovácko’s four fouls and three bookings.

Slovácko’s cautions went to Filip Hruška on 80 minutes, Andrej Stojchevski on 82 minutes and Simon Sloncik on 83 minutes. Sparta’s only booking was for Hugo Sochurek on 87 minutes.