UEFA Champions League Matchday 8 Wed, Jan 27 · 20:00 Fortuna Arena, Praha
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Away travel1,163 kmRest days8 · 4.2Matches / 14d1 · 3
Real contextStrength only
Slavia Praha—%
Draw—%
Aston Villa—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Praha)

Forecast from 12 Jan

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Slavia Praha and Aston Villa. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

Slavia PrahaAston Villa
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
38 Current StrengthIn forecast 82
41 AttackIn forecast 83
40 DefenceIn forecast 78
— Form indexContext 84
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Slavia Praha

Attack—
Defense risk—

Aston Villa

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Slavia PrahaAston Villa
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 4.50
2.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
— xGVia Att/Def 2.74
— xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.79
— Goals minus xGContext +1.76
50% Scored inContext 100%
0% Clean sheetsContext 50%
17.50 ShotsContext 20.50
6.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 10.00
37% On target shareContext 49%
11.50 Shots in the boxContext 13.00
66% Box shareContext 63%
6% ConversionContext 22%
3.00 OffsidesContext 1.50
19.00 Shots allowedContext 14.50
7.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.50
5.50 BlocksContext 4.50
4.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.50
57% Save rateContext 82%
46% PossessionIn forecast 41%
334 PassesContext 363
253 Accurate passesContext 315
76% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.43 Team ratingContext 7.48
11.00 FoulsContext 13.00
11.50 Fouls sufferedContext 11.50
1.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.50 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
0.70 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.80
2.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.40
1.09 xGVia Att/Def 1.52
1.95 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.66
-0.39 Goals minus xGContext +0.28
40% Scored inContext 70%
20% Clean sheetsContext 30%
12.60 ShotsContext 13.60
4.75 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.88
30% On target shareContext 35%
8.00 Shots in the boxContext 9.10
61% Box shareContext 65%
6% ConversionContext 13%
3.75 OffsidesContext 1.57
16.90 Shots allowedContext 15.60
7.70 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.50
4.60 BlocksContext 4.22
5.10 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.30
66% Save rateContext 73%
46% PossessionIn forecast 46%
329 PassesContext 404
248 Accurate passesContext 340
75% Pass accuracyContext 84%
6.59 Team ratingContext 6.91
15.70 FoulsContext 10.50
12.00 Fouls sufferedContext 12.20
1.90 Yellow cardsContext 1.70
0.20 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Slavia Praha
Rest8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km4,073 km in 14d
Schedule load10%Low
Form 25 · 0 pts vs 3.1 for an average club · -2.7 vs expected
  • L13 OctA · Sabah FA0–21.4 xPts
  • L10 SepH · Lens2–31.3 xPts
Aston Villa
Rest4.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel1,163 km325 km in 14d
Schedule load27%Moderate
Form 84 · 10 pts vs 5.3 for an average club · +1.5 vs expected
  • W17 OctA · Newcastle1–01.6 xPts
  • W14 OctH · Fenerbahce6–02.0 xPts
  • D10 OctH · Brentford2–21.7 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Tottenham3–21.5 xPts
  • L12 SepH · Nottingham Forest1–21.8 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Slavia Praha Aston Villa
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 10Moderate · 27
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match8UEFA Champions League 2026-2027 - League phase, 19 Jan4.2Premier League 2026-2027, 23 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km1,163 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways4,073 km325 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 11 / 3 / 6
Next matchdays after this one—2.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Slavia Praha Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Sabah FA (A) 0–2, 13 Oct
35J. Markovič(G)
27T. Vlček 6C. N'Guessan 4D. Zima 3T. Holeš
23M. Sadílek 16D. Moses
10D. Šturm 17L. Provod 20E. Ayaosi
25T. Chorý
Aston Villa Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Newcastle (A) 1–0, 17 Oct
1Z. Suzuki(G)
29A. Wan-Bissaka 5T. Mings 3V. Lindelöf 2M. Cash
35João Gomes 8B. Kamara
10E. Buendía 44J. Manzambi 47Alysson Edward
11N. Jackson

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Slavia Praha Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Aston Villa Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Slavia Praha · Home 0.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
2.00
Conceded
3.00
Aston Villa · Away 3.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
1-0-0
Scored
3.00
Conceded
2.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Goal timing

Slavia Praha2 games · scored 2 · conceded 5
0-15
16-30
31-45
1 1 46-60
1 61-75
1 3 76-90
Aston Villa2 games · scored 9 · conceded 2
2 0-15
1 1 16-30
3 31-45
46-60
2 1 61-75
1 76-90
Slavia Praha10 games · scored 7 · conceded 24
1 0-15
1 3 16-30
2 4 31-45
1 4 46-60
1 5 61-75
1 8 76-90
Aston Villa9 games · scored 18 · conceded 13
3 2 0-15
1 4 16-30
5 1 31-45
1 1 46-60
5 1 61-75
3 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.

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