Dukla Prague swept aside Vikan 3-0 in the Round of 128 of the Cup on Monday evening. The visitors moved through the opening exchanges with a purpose that left the home side scrambling, and they took the lead before the quarter-hour mark. S. Hindi opened the scoring in the fourth minute, a moment that set the tone for what followed.
It was not a goal that came from sustained pressure. Hindi found space where the Vikan defence had not been, and finished with a clean strike. And here's the thing about those early breakthroughs — they change how a team plays for the next hour. Vikan sat deeper, tried to survive, and Dukla kept coming.
The second half brought two more, and neither was a fluke. T. Schanelec doubled the advantage in the fifty-fifth minute, and Hindi completed his brace nine minutes later. By then the home side had stopped looking for a way back. The gap was too wide, and the rhythm belonged entirely to the away side.
The statistics tell the same story. Dukla held 63 per cent possession, registered nine shots on target to Vikan's two, and won seven corners against two. The home side managed only one shot off target and one on target across the entire match. Many shots with one goal means chances went begging, but here it was the opposite — few chances created, and none missed by the visitors.
The result extends Dukla's recent momentum. They beat Ganačka 2-0 on their last outing, and before that they had drawn with Tábor and won against Arsenal Česká-Lípa. Vikan's 4-3 victory over Čáslav a week ago offered little comfort now. The visitors advance, and the home side go home with a lesson to learn.