Pardubice saw off Viktoria Žižkov 4-1 in a Club Friendly on Thursday evening. The hosts were never really challenged after taking control early, and here's the thing — they looked comfortable from the first whistle. Five goals in all, three of them coming before half-time, and the visitors never quite found their footing.
M. Hlavaty opened the scoring in the tenth minute, and Pardubice kept pressing. G. Botos made it two in the thirty-fourth, then V. Drchal struck again three minutes later. By then the visitors were on the back foot, and J. Tredl added a fourth just before the break in the forty-second minute. A clean-sheet run came to an end for Žižkov, but the damage was already done.
Substitutions changed the shape of the second half. T. Solil and V. Drchal both came off in the forty-sixth, and Pardubice kept looking. D. Kaulfus pulled one back for the visitors in the sixty-ninth minute, but the result was never truly in doubt. The captain dragged them through it, but there was nothing left to drag.
Pardubice registered 91 attacks against 63 for their opponents, with possession sitting at 56 per cent. They earned five corners to two, though corners rarely tell the full story. The visitors had seven goal kicks to zero, which tells you where the ball spent most of its time — in the Pardubice half.
The hosts have won three of their last five matches, including a 6-0 demolition of Kozlovicе and back-to-back 2-1 victories. Žižkov have mixed results — a 3-0 win over Trinec followed by a heavy defeat to Sparta Prague. This performance suggests Pardubice are on a good run, and the visitors are still finding their rhythm.
