Sparta Prague U20 secured a 5:3 victory away to Liberec White Tigers U20 in the ELJ on Saturday. The result keeps the visitors third in the table while the hosts remain bottom after nine games without a point.
We had backed the visitors to win, and the scoreline confirmed that call. Sparta's away form has been the steady thread through their campaign — eight wins from eleven matches, only three defeats. By then, the pattern was clear: they can raise the tempo when they need to.
Liberec's record tells a different story. Nine losses, nine goals scored, and they're still searching for their first point. The recent run reads like a tally of matches where they pushed hard but couldn't close out results — 3:5 against Mlada-Boleslav, 1:7 to Pardubice, 1:8 to Mountfield. They've been competitive in moments, but consistency remains the gap.
Sparta's last five games show a team that scores freely and rarely gets caught out. Six goals against Ceske Budejovice, four against Kladno and Litvinov, three against Karlovy Vary. Even the 1:2 loss to Mlada-Boleslav came on Friday, suggesting they were already moving on.
The final position in the standings isn't shifting much. Sparta hold third with twenty-two points, and the line has barely moved since the start. Liberec sit sixteenth, still without a single point after nine rounds.
