In Olomouc Pavel Vrba made his usual starting line-up with one forward who was Michael Krmenčík this time. Both teams had troubles with scoring for a long time and the 2nd half was influenced by a heavy rain. Goalless result was changed 2 minutes before the end by substituting Roman Procházka who scored after a great cross by Martin Zeman.

3rd round, Sat 4th Aug 2018, 19:00, Andrův stadion

Olomouc: Buchta – Sladký, Štěrba, Jemelka, Vepřek (C) – Kalvach – Zahradníček (65. Hála), Plšek, Houska (88. Yunis), Falta – Nešpor (72. Texl).

Plzeň: Kozáčik – Řezník, Hubník (C), Pernica, Limberský – Hořava, Hrošovský – Petržela (57. Zeman), Čermák (72. Procházka), Kopic – Krmenčík (85. Řezníček).

Goals: 88. Procházka, YC: Yunis – Petržela, Referees: Berka – Kříž, Flimmel
Crowd: 7049.

Olomouc commenced the match actively and right at the beginning they had an effort on goal, Matúš Kozáčik had no problems catching them. Viktorians started to possess the ball more and more often but they kept waiting for a dangerous moment in front of the opponent´s gate.

The home team offered a very interesting chance to Viktoria on about 30th minute when Jemelka turned the ball from the side line to Buchta and he did not notice Krmenčík. He run in front of the goalkeeper but he was out of the ankle so he could not score finally.

5 minutes later Hořava passed to ball to the king of scorers Krmenčík who hit only the goalkeeper Buchta. At the end of the 1st half Kalvach had an attempt from the penalty area but it missed the target.

At the beginning of the 2nd half the match was influenced by a heavy rain, which seemed very good for Viktorians. After Zeman´s comming on the pitch Krmenčík and Pernica but none of them made it score. On the other side Nešpor but neither him threatened the gate.

At the end of the match the game was played on a wet pitch. Olomouc got in a fast break after Viktorians combination, however, Kozáčik was ready and saved his attempt. Sigma made pressure even in the last 5 minutes but they did not score any goal that was finally score on the other side. Roman Procházka had one of the last chances of the match that stayed uncovered after Zeman´s crossed ball and he scored.

Roman Procházka´s Commentary

"We knew before the match that we will meet a hard opponent. Olomouc played very well in the last season and they qualified to the Europa League. They have a team of high quality and it confirmed, the match was equalized," Roman Procházka describes. "We´re very glad for three points and we know no team will have an easy time here," he thinks.