Champions League

Champions League | Group Stage

Nov 1, 2022 at 8pm UK

Doosan Arena

Plzen
2 - 4
Barcelona

Chory (51' pen., 63')
N'Diaye (47')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Alonso (6'), Torres (44', 54'), Torre (75')
Gavi (42'), Torre (50'), Torres (90+2')

Franck Kessie 'facing six weeks out with hamstring injury'

Barcelona midfielder Franck Kessie could be out for at least six weeks due to the hamstring problem that he picked up against Viktoria Plzen, according to a report.

Nov 2, 09:59

Barcelona's Ferran Torres celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates on November 1, 2022

Barcelona round off disappointing Champions League campaign with win in Plzen

Barcelona exit the Champions League at the group stage despite a 4-2 win away at Viktoria Plzen.

Nov 1, 21:54

The Match

Form, Standings, Stats

Viktoria Plzen

Last Game: Inter Milan 4-0 Plzen
Wednesday, October 26 at 5.45pm in Champions League

Barcelona

All competitions

Champions League

Last Game: Valencia 0-1 Barcelona
Saturday, October 29 at 8pm in La Liga

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Viktoria Plzen 0-2 Barcelona

Barcelona have struggled in the group stage of this season's Champions League, but the visitors should be far too strong for their opponents here. Viktoria Plzen have conceded 20 times in their five games thus far, but we are not expecting a huge victory on Tuesday, only predicting two goals. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Barcelona win with a probability of 63.91%. A draw had a probability of 21.4% and a win for Viktoria Plzen had a probability of 14.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Barcelona win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (12.32%) and 1-2 (9.67%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.13%), while for a Viktoria Plzen win it was 1-0 (5.31%). The actual scoreline of 2-4 was predicted with a 1.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Barcelona would win this match.

Result
Viktoria Plzen	Draw	Barcelona
14.7% ( 0.04)	21.39% ( -0.01)	63.91% ( -0.03)

Both teams to score 46.31% (

0.12)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.47% (

0.1)

49.53% (

-0.1)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.44% (

0.09)

71.56% (

-0.09)

Viktoria Plzen Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

54.37% (

0.12)

45.62% (

-0.12)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

18.57% (

0.1)

81.42% (

-0.1)

Barcelona Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

85.16% (

0.02)

14.83% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

56.86% (

0.05)

43.14% (

-0.05)

Score Analysis

Viktoria Plzen 14.7%

Barcelona 63.9%

Draw 21.39%

Viktoria Plzen	Draw	Barcelona
1-0 @ 5.31% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 3.98% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 2.08% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 1.04% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 0.99% ( 0.01) Other @ 1.3% Total : 14.7%	1-1 @ 10.13% 0-0 @ 6.77% ( -0.03) 2-2 @ 3.79% ( 0.02) Other @ 0.69% Total : 21.39%	0-1 @ 12.91% ( -0.04) 0-2 @ 12.32% ( -0.03) 1-2 @ 9.67% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 7.84% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 6.15% ( 0.01) 0-4 @ 3.74% ( -0) 1-4 @ 2.94% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 2.41% ( 0.01) 0-5 @ 1.43% ( -0) 2-4 @ 1.15% ( 0.01) 1-5 @ 1.12% ( 0) Other @ 2.23% Total : 63.9%