Zlin vs Slavia Praha 0-1

Slavia Praha left Stadion Letna with a 1-0 win after E. Ayaosi’s 16th-minute goal settled it. Zlin never found an equaliser.

Ayaosi opened the scoring in the 16th minute from L. Provod’s assist, making it Zlin 0-1 Slavia Praha. That was the only goal before half-time, with Slavia Praha 1-0 up at the break.

Zlin made their first change on 59 minutes, sending on T. Poznar for J. Stefan, who had been booked in the 49th minute. Slavia Praha took off Ayaosi on 68 minutes, then made another change on 80 minutes when M. Sadilek replaced D. Moses. Zlin used a double change on 86 minutes, with M. Cupak coming on for D. Machalik and S. Petruta replacing M. Kopecny, before Slavia Praha closed the game out with M. Konecny on for S. Isife in the second minute of stoppage time.

The numbers favoured Slavia Praha. They had 70% possession, 490 passes to Zlin’s 208 and 85% pass accuracy, while Zlin had 30% of the ball and 58%. Slavia Praha also had 20 shots to 4, put 3 on target to 1, and generated 2.17 expected goals against Zlin’s 0.18. They won 6 corners to 2 and committed fewer fouls, 8 to 15, while Zlin had 2 offsides to Slavia Praha’s 0. Zlin made 2 saves, with Slavia Praha recording 1.

Zlin’s J. Cernin was booked in the 41st minute and J. Stefan followed on 49 minutes. Slavia Praha’s only yellow card went to T. Holes in the 89th minute.