Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Match ends, Sparta Prague 3, Aris Limassol 2.
UEFA Europa League Scores & Fixtures
Thursday 21st September
UEFA Europa League Table
On Thursday 21st September
Group A
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2 | Freiburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 3 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
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| 4 | TSC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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Group B
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | AEK Athens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
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| 3 | Ajax | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
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Group C
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Sparta Praha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 3 | Aris Limassol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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Group D
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2 | Sporting CP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 3 | Sturm Graz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 4 | Raków Częstochowa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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Group E
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2 | Toulouse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 3 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 4 | LASK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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Group F
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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| 2 | Panathinaikos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
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Group G
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | Slavia Praha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 3 | Sheriff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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| 4 | Servette | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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Group H
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
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| 2 | Qarabağ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 3 | Molde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| 4 | Häcken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
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Key
- Position 1 : 8th Finals
- Position 2 : Play-off
- Position 3 : UEFA Conference League Play-offs
Team Lineups
home team, Sparta Praha
Manager: Brian Priske
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
- Number 1, P. Vindahl
- Number 37, L. Krejčí , Captain, Yellow Card at 9 minutes
- Number 25, A. Sørensen , Yellow Card at 69 minutes
- Number 41, M. Vitík
- Number 30, J. Zelený
- Number 6, K. Kairinen , substituted for L. Sadílek at 31 minutes
- Number 20, Q. Laçi , substituted for D. Pavelka at 78 minutes
- Number 2, Á. Preciado
- Number 22, L. Haraslín , substituted for V. Birmančević at 65 minutes
- Number 9, J. Kuchta , substituted for A. Karabec at 65 minutes
- Number 7, V. Olatunji , substituted for V. Sejk at 78 minutes
away team, Aris Limassol
Manager: Aleksey Shpilevskiy
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- Number 1, Vaná , Captain
- Number 3, Caju
- Number 72, S. Urošević
- Number 31, F. Brorsson
- Number 6, E. Boakye
- Number 23, K. Struski
- Number 37, J. Szöke , substituted for M. Brown at 66 minutes
- Number 7, L. Bengtsson , substituted for J. Montnor at 85 minutes
- Number 9, A. Kokorin , Yellow Card at 69 minutes, substituted for M. Stępiński at 75 minutes
- Number 21, M. Mayambela , substituted for A. Moucketou-Moussounda at 85 minutes
- Number 14, Y. Gomis , substituted for S. Babicka at 66 minutes
Substitutes
home team, Sparta Praha
- Number 14, V. Birmančević
- Number 5, J. Gomez
- Number 10, A. Karabec
- Number 19, J. Mejdr
- Number 27, F. Panák
- Number 8, D. Pavelka , Yellow Card at 87 minutes
- Number 21, J. Pešek
- Number 32, M. Ryneš
- Number 18, L. Sadílek
- Number 39, V. Sejk
- Number 24, V. Vorel
- Number 26, P. Vydra
away team, Aris Limassol
- Number 8, M. Brown
- Number 78, K. Chrysostomou
- Number 12, A. Dimitriou
- Number 66, J. Montnor
- Number 5, A. Moucketou-Moussounda
- Number 90, E. Sofroniou
- Number 11, M. Stępiński
- Number 80, S. Babicka
- Number 20, S. Yago
- Number 10, M. Špoljarić
Match Stats
Key, Sparta v Aris LimassolOverall Possession
Shots
Sparta Praha 20Aris Limassol 6Shots on target
Sparta Praha 9Aris Limassol 3Shots off target
Sparta Praha 7Aris Limassol 2Blocked shots
Sparta Praha 4Aris Limassol 1Total touches in the box
Sparta Praha 35Aris Limassol 9Goalkeeper saves
Sparta Praha 1Aris Limassol 6Aerial duels won
Sparta Praha 28Aris Limassol 20Fouls
Sparta Praha 12Aris Limassol 10Corners
Sparta Praha 11Aris Limassol 4Season so far
UEFA Europa League
Key, Sparta v Aris Limassol
Form guide
All competitions
Sparta Praha won
v Slovácko
5
0
Czech Liga
Aris Limassol draw
v Pafos
1
1
1. Division
Sparta Praha won
v Slovan Liberec
0
2
Czech Liga
Aris Limassol won
v AE Zakakiou
0
5
1. Division
Sparta Praha won
v Dinamo Zagreb
4
1
UEFA Europa League
Aris Limassol won
v Slovan Bratislava
6
2
UEFA Europa League
Sparta Praha won
v Karviná
3
1
Czech Liga
Aris Limassol won
v Doxa
2
1
1. Division
Sparta Praha lose
v Dinamo Zagreb
3
1
UEFA Europa League
Aris Limassol lose
v Slovan Bratislava
2
1
UEFA Europa League
Match Facts
This is the first ever European meeting between Sparta Prague and Aris Limassol – the Czech side have won all four of their previous major European games against Cypriot teams by an aggregate score of 21-1.
Aris Limassol are competing in a major European competition for the very first time. Their three wins in European qualifying phases this season all saw them score at least five times (6-2 and 5-3 vs BATE Borisov in Champions League qualifying, 6-2 vs Slovan Bratislava in Europa League qualifying).
Sparta Prague have lost seven of their last 10 major European matches (W2 D1), losing five of their last six in the 2021-22 season across the UEFA Europa League and Conference League.
Aris Limassol will be the 15th different club from Cyprus to play in major European competition – none of the last 13 have won their debut game (D3 L10) since APOEL Nicosia beat Gjøvik-Lyn 6-0 in the 1963-64 Cup Winners’ Cup.
Sparta Prague’s Jan Kuchta has been involved in seven goals in 15 appearances in major UEFA European competitions, scoring five goals and assisting two for former side Slavia Prague across the Europa League and Conference League. Indeed, he scored in his last two such games, against Maccabi Haifa and Feyenoord in the 2021-22 Conference League.