Home - Mlada Boleslav
- Mlada Boleslav have only won two of their 12 home games this season, scoring 1.42 goals per game on average and conceding 2.25 per game.
- Ales Mejer has had a difficult time since taking over as head coach and has set up his team in a more compact 4-2-3-1 formation than we are used to seeing from Mlada.
- Mlada are without a win in five, drawing four and losing once.
- Stability in the coaching staff at Jablonec contrasts sharply with Mlada, who have changed their coach this season.
Away - Jablonec
- Jablonec have won seven of their 11 away fixtures in 1. Liga 2025-2026, conceding just ten goals on the road.
- Jablonec have 45 points from 23 games, placing them third in 1. Liga 2025-2026, while the hosts sit 13th with just 20.
- Lubos Kozel has led Jablonec since July 2024 and has constructed a team that is tough to beat, both at home and on the road.
- His three-at-the-back system enables the use of wing-backs that can provide width and overload the flanks.
- Jablonec control the tempo of matches and are deadly from set-pieces.
Head-to-Head
Mlada have averaged 1.5 goals in their last five home meetings with Jablonec, who average 1.0 as visitors.
Key Players
- Jan Chramosta leads the line with eight goals in 20 league appearances so far this term and is always a threat in the box.
- The focus has been on organisation at the back and trying to play with more fluidity when they win the ball back in wide areas with Michal Sevcik their main outlet with five goals in 20 appearances this term.
Betting Insights
- There are many reasons to support this theory with the oddsmakers placing third-placed Jablonec at 2.36 to win at Mlada Boleslav who are priced at 2.8 with a draw at 3.2.
- The odds of 1.83 for over 2.5 goals looks too low for this match, but both teams to score at 2.14 looks like a solid pick given Mlada have failed to score in back-to-back draws.
Prediction
- Jablonec have the confidence, recent form and superior head-to-head record to suggest they will get the win.
- This clash could be closer than the odds suggest, but we will side with the visitors to take all three points to keep their European push on track.
