Zbrojovka Brno vs Baník Ostrava 1-3

Baník Ostrava won 3-1 at Zbrojovka Brno after Filip Kubala scored twice before half-time and again in the second half. Zbrojovka had more of the ball but could not turn that into enough clear chances.

Kubala opened the scoring in the 23rd minute from Michal Kohút's assist and made it 2-0 three minutes later, again set up by Kohút. The interval came with Zbrojovka Brno 0-2 Baník Ostrava.

Zbrojovka made three changes at half-time, and two of them were involved straight away. Štěpán Langer, who came on in the 45th minute, scored on 48 minutes from Antonín Vaníček's assist, after Vaníček himself had also come off the bench in the 45th minute. Baník then protected its lead through three further substitutions, including David Planka on 72 minutes, before Kubala completed his hat-trick in the 75th minute from Michal Frydrych's pass to make it 3-1. Zbrojovka used another change on 78 minutes and a final one in the second minute of stoppage time.

Zbrojovka had 53% of the possession and 417 passes to Baník's 357, but Baník had more shots, 14 to 10, and put 10 on target to Zbrojovka's 3. Baník also led the corners, 8 to 3, and xG, 1.74 to 1.58, while Zbrojovka made 6 saves to Baník's 2.

Baník collected three yellow cards, for Raymond Roan Nogha on 50 minutes, David Planka on 72 minutes and Filip Kubala on 81 minutes. Zbrojovka's only booking went to Jakub Klíma on 72 minutes.