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Friday, 09/10/2026 at 18:00

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Match preview · Czech First League

FC Zlín – SK Slavia Praha

FC Zlín 16th in Czech First League Home 0.96 projected goals by the model
SK Slavia Praha 1st in Czech First League Away 1.86 projected goals by the model

Model updated 3 October, 21:30 Best odds updated 1 October, 10:22

What the model expects

expected goals
0.96 1.86
FC Zlín SK Slavia Praha
FC Zlín
16%
Draw
26%
SK Slavia Praha
58%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
FC Zlín Draw SK Slavia Praha
Fair odds 6.24 3.85 1.72
Total goals
2.81
Over 2.5 goals
55%
Both teams to score
58%
Data coverage · full

Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Model vs market

The model sees an edge in 3 outcomes.

  • FC Zlín

    Model
    16.0%
    Market, margin removed
    9.0%
    Probability gap
    +7.1 pp
    Edge
    +60.2%
    Fair odds
    6.24
    Market odds
    10.00 Paddy Power
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    6.55
    Bookmaker margin
    11.5%
  • Draw

    Model
    26.0%
    Market, margin removed
    16.3%
    Probability gap
    +9.7 pp
    Edge
    +42.9%
    Fair odds
    3.85
    Market odds
    5.50 Paddy Power
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    4.04
    Bookmaker margin
    11.5%
  • SK Slavia Praha

    Model
    58.0%
    Market, margin removed
    74.7%
    Probability gap
    −16.7 pp
    Edge
    −30.4%
    Fair odds
    1.72
    Market odds
    1.20 Paddy Power
    Price at which a 5% edge begins
    1.81
    Bookmaker margin
    11.5%

Best opportunity

FC Zlín to win

odds · Paddy Power 10.00 value +60.2%

Model 16.0% vs. bookmaker 9.0%, margin removed.

Markets 3 / 7

Match result

FC Zlín to win model 16.0% · book 9.0% (no margin) +60.2% 10.00 fair 6.24
Great value

Measured model skill on this market: +7.19%.

Draw model 26.0% · book 16.3% (no margin) +42.9% 5.50 fair 3.85
Great value

No measured model skill on this market (-1.04%).

Goals

Under 2.5 goals model 45.0% · book 38.5% (no margin) +8.0% 2.40 fair 2.22
Worth playing

No measured model skill on this market (-0.89%).

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Skill is what a backtest measured each market at, over 7 competitions to 17/08/2026. Across every market at once it is +2.50%. Markets measured at nothing are ranked last and never recommended. How that is measured →

Why the model disagrees with the market

The leading outcome: FC Zlín to win

What the model's reading is made of

  • The model makes FC Zlín to win 16.0%. The market, with the bookmaker's margin taken out, makes it 9.0%. The gap between the two is 7.1%.
  • Czech First League carries more home advantage than most: the baselines the fit reads put a home side's expected goals at 1.29 times an away side's, against a median of 1.22 across the competitions the model fits.

These are the parts of the model's own number, not an account of the bookmaker's. The fit reads two ratings a side, the competition's average home and away expected goals, the window it looks back over and how many matches it found in it — and nothing else is a reason this page can give.

What the model did not read

Readings for FC Zlín and SK Slavia Praha that the model does not use.
Reading FC Zlín SK Slavia Praha
Form — xG difference, the last 6 matches -0.44 +0.90
Goals scored minus expected +0.20 +3.56
Points won minus expected -7.13 +4.02
npxG per shot 0.07 0.13

All of this is in the database and none of it entered the fit. A reading here may point the other way from every line above it — where it does, both are true, and only one of them is in the model.

The model's case

Why the model leans SK Slavia Praha

58% SK Slavia Praha to win

Attack
1st vs 14th
SK Slavia Praha attack v FC Zlín defence
Defence
1st vs 16th
SK Slavia Praha defence v FC Zlín attack
Recent xG form
+0.90 vs -0.44
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
0.96 – 1.86
FC Zlín v SK Slavia Praha
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: FC Zlín and SK Slavia Praha compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading FC Zlín SK Slavia Praha
xG / match 0.87 · 16th (better) 2.38 · 1st
xGA / match 1.44 · 12th (better) 1.02 · 3rd
xGD / match -0.57 · 14th (better) +1.36 · 1st
xPts / match 0.90 · 15th (better) 2.11 · 1st
Last 6 xGD / match -0.44 (better) +0.90

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 35% of the model's distribution.

SK Slavia Praha clean sheet
35%
SK Slavia Praha 2+ goals
57%
Under 2.5 goals
45%
Both teams to score: no
42%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
13.3%
1:2
11.8%
0:2
10.4%
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Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
FC Zlín sample
20 matches
SK Slavia Praha sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · FC Zlín
5 matches
Away xG sample · SK Slavia Praha
4 matches
Computed
Saturday, 03/10/2026 at 21:30
Odds updated
2 days ago · over a day old

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.