Slavia Prague will face Norwegian opposition for just the second time in European competition during this fixture, drawing their only prior such match vs Viking 2-2 during the 2005-06 UEFA Cup.

Bodø/Glimt have won each of their prior two European clashes with Czech opponents, beating Bohemians 1905 twice during UEFA Conference League qualifying in 2023-24 (7-2 on aggregate).

Slavia Prague and Bodø/Glimt have a combined 12 matches between them in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (all 12 by Slavia); the lowest total of any fixture on MD1 of the 2025-26 edition.

This will be Bodø/Glimt’s fifth consecutive season of competing in major European competition, having had three campaigns in the UEFA Conference League and two in the UEFA Europa League (played in both in 2022-23). They reached the semi-finals of the Europa League last season, losing to Tottenham Hotspur.

Slavia Prague have avoided defeat in their opening game of their previous two European Cup/UEFA Champions League campaigns, beating FCSB 2-1 in 2007-08 and drawing 1-1 against Internazionale in 2019-20.

Under manager Kjetil Knutsen, Bodø/Glimt have won 15 of their 22 home games in major European competition (D1 L6), but only three of their 22 away games (D9 L10).

Slavia Prague have only won one of their last 10 games in major European competition (D2 L7), and are winless in the last seven (D2 L5); all of which were in the UEFA Europa League last term.

Bodø/Glimt ranked first for build-up attacks (53) and joint-first for goals scored following build-up attacks (4) in the UEFA Europa League last season. Indeed, they also had the highest average sequence time in the competition last term (11.9 seconds for open play sequences).

Tomás Chory scored 57 percent of Slavia Prague’s goals in the UEFA Europa League last season (4/7), while he has scored in all four of his games at the Fortuna Arena for the club in major European competition (four goals).

Bodø/Glimt’s Kasper Høgh was the joint-leading goalscorer in the 2024-25 UEFA Europa League with seven goals, level with Ayoub El Kaabi and Bruno Fernandes. He is just three goals from becoming the club’s all-time top goalscorer in major European competition (Amahl Pellegrino – 9).