Above average performance against Lyon? The prestigious server did not find them at Sparta

While Lukáš Haraslín shone at Letná against Lyon and was even honored by WhoScored as the man of the match, the Spartans’ individual performances in Lyon were extinguished. At least according to the prestigious statistical portal. Although Sparta bravely resisted a strong opponent in the first half, the second half was more or less a show by the home team. In the end, Sparta won convincingly 3:0.

Only 5 players of Sparta’s starting eleven received slightly above average ratings in the match against the strong French opponent. And if we are talking about above average, it is really minimal. Not a single Spartan got a rating close to lucky 7.

Of course, this is also due to the high quality of the opponent, which in the opinion of most experts could easily play in the prestigious Champions League. Olympique Lyon is already assured of promotion from the first place after 4 matches played in the Europa League group stage.

Now to the evaluation of Sparta players. Slightly above average rating was given to goalkeeper Florin Nita, who probably deserves an even higher mark, WhoScored gave him a rating of 6.48. Right-back Tomas Wiesner got a 6.5, had the most touches on the ball of any Sparta player (58) and won 4 header duels.

The trio of David Pavelka (6.53), Ladislav Krejci Jr. (6.31) and Michal Sacek (6.48) enjoyed a slightly above average rating from the midfield.

The 22-year-old Krejci had interesting stats. he finished 4 times, 2 of them on goal. He made one key pass and his pass success rate was almost 87%. In addition, he won 5 aerial duels, the most of any player on the pitch (Lyon stopper Damien Da Silva had the same number).

The lowest mark of Sparta was given to Bulgarian forward Martin Minchev (5.62). Dávid Hancko (5,95) was also below 6.

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