UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Eden Arena - Prague Tuesday 22 September 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) SK Slavia Praha Play-off, First leg FC Midtjylland Last updated 10/12/2020 17:34CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Match officials 8 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Team facts 13 Legend 15 1 SK Slavia Praha - FC Midtjylland Tuesday 22 September 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Eden Arena, Prague Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams SK Slavia Praha - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SK Slavia Praha - F.C. 08/11/2018 GS 0-0 Prague Copenhagen F.C. Copenhagen - SK Slavia 25/10/2018 GS 0-1 Copenhagen Matoušek 46 Praha UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Akademisk Boldklub - SK Slavia 0-2 Dostálek 46, Tomáš 28/09/2000 R1 Søborg Praha agg: 0-5 Došek 90 SK Slavia Praha - Akademisk Kuchar 29, 73, Tomáš 14/09/2000 R1 3-0 Prague Boldklub Došek 52 FC Midtjylland - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Midtjylland have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SK Slavia Praha 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 6 0 FC Midtjylland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 SK Slavia Praha - FC Midtjylland Tuesday 22 September 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Eden Arena, Prague Match background Slavia Praha will have to overcome a Midtjylland side bidding to make their group stage debut if the Czech club are to rub shoulders with the UEFA Champions League elite for the second season running. • While this is Slavia's first European game of the new season, their Danish opponents have already recorded two victories to reach the UEFA Champions League play-offs for the first time. Form guide Slavia • Champions of the Czech Republic for the third time in four years last season – their 19th domestic title – Slavia are aiming to successfully negotiate the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds for only the third time and the second campaign in a row. In 2019/20, Jindřich Trpišovský's side overcame Romanian side CFR Cluj at this stage before going on to finish bottom of a section including Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Internazionale, picking up two points from their six fixtures. • Slavia beat CFR 1-0 home and away in last season's play-offs, securing their first group stage appearance since 2007/08 when they had finished third in their section behind Arsenal and Sevilla. The Prague club lost in the qualifying rounds four times in between those two group appearances. • Slavia's record in UEFA Champions League play-off ties is W1 L1. They were beaten by Cypriot club APOEL in 2017/18 (0-2 a, 0-0 h). Their play-off record in the UEFA Europa League is also W1 L1. • Despite the victories against CFR last season, Slavia have won only three of their last 23 matches in the UEFA Champions League (D9 L11). • Slavia are unbeaten in their four previous matches against Danish clubs, most recently taking four points off Copenhagen in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League group stage (1-0 a, 0-0 h). Their sole previous knockout tie was a 5-0 aggregate defeat of AB in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup first round (3-0 h, 2-0 a). Midtjylland • Champions of Denmark for the third time in 2019/20 – all those titles coming in the last six seasons – this is Midtjylland's sixth European Cup tie. The club have already made history in 2020/21; they had never previously won more than one UEFA Champions League tie in a season. • Midtjylland were 1-0 winners at Ludogorets in this season's one-off second qualifying round tie before a 3-0 defeat of Swiss side Young Boys in the next stage. • The club's two previous forays into the UEFA Champions League both proved short-lived. In their 2015/16 debut they won both legs against Lincoln Red Imps of Gibraltar in the second qualifying round (1-0 h, 2-0 a) before being eliminated by APOEL on away goals in the next stage (1-2 h, 1-0 a); in 2018/19 they lost 2-1 at Kazakhstan's Astana in the first leg of their second qualifying round tie, going out by the same aggregate scoreline. • This season's successes mean Midtjylland have won five of their eight UEFA Champions League matches (D1 L2). All of those victories have been achieved with a clean sheet. • In 2019/20 Ulvene played only one European tie, going down 7-3 to Scottish side Rangers in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (2-4 h, 1-3 a). • Midtjylland were four European games without a win (D1 L3), losing three in a row, before this season's successes. • They are bidding to become the fifth Danish club to take part in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and the first since Copenhagen in 2016/17. • While Midtjylland have never before reached the UEFA Champions League play-offs, their record at the same stage of the UEFA Europa League is W1 L5, the most recent defeat in 2018/19 against Scandinavian rivals Malmö (2-2 a, 0- 2 h). • This is Midtjylland's first European tie against a Czech club. Links and trivia • Midtjylland's Pione Sisto scored the winner in Denmark's 2-1 UEFA European Under-21 Championship defeat of the Czech Republic at the Eden Arena, where this game takes place, on 17 June 2015. • A Bulgaria team in which Midtjylland's Bozhidar Kraev appeared as a substitute were 1-0 winners against a Czech Republic side including Slavia's Jan Bořil, Petr Ševčík and substitute Lukáš Masopust in UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying on 17 November 2019. • On 15 November 2006, Midtjylland coach Brian Priske Pedersen came on as a substitute in Denmark's 1-1 friendly draw against a Czech Republic team featuring Stanislav Vlček, currently part of Slavia's coaching staff. 3 SK Slavia Praha - FC Midtjylland Tuesday 22 September 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Eden Arena, Prague 4 SK Slavia Praha - FC Midtjylland Tuesday 22 September 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Eden Arena, Prague Squad list SK Slavia Praha Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Ondřej Kolář CZE 17/10/1994 25 - - - - - 4 1 6 - 22 - 30 Jan Stejskal CZE 14/02/1997 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Přemysl Kovář CZE 14/10/1985 34 - - - - - - - - - 13 - 34 Matyáš Vágner CZE 05/02/2003 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 David Hovorka CZE 07/08/1993 27 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 27 1 3 Tomáš Holeš CZE 31/03/1993 27 - - - - - 3 2 - - 7 - 5 Vladimír Coufal CZE 22/08/1992 28 - - - - - 4 - 6 - 46 4 6 David Zima CZE 08/11/2000 19 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 15 Ondřej Kúdela CZE 26/03/1987 33 - - - - - 4 - 6 - 28 - 18 Jan Bořil CZE 11/01/1991 29 - - - - - 4 2 6 1 42 2 24 Ladislav Takács CZE 15/07/1996 24 - - - - - 2 1 2 - 8 - Midfielders 7 Nicolae Stanciu ROU 07/05/1993 27 - - - - - 4 1 15 - 58 12 17 Lukáš Provod CZE 23/10/1996 23 - - - - - 4 1 2 - 2 - 19 Dorley Oscar LBR 19/07/1998 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 23 Petr Ševčík CZE 04/05/1994 26 - - - - - 4 - 5 - 14 3 26 Tomáš Malinský CZE 25/08/1991 29 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 27 Ibrahim Traoré CIV 16/09/1988 32 - - - - - 3 - 4 - 23 1 28 Lukáš Masopust CZE 12/02/1993 27 - - - - - 3 1 6 - 19 1 32 Ondřej Lingr CZE 07/10/1998 21 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 36 Michal Hošek CZE 22/04/2001 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Jakub Křišťan CZE 05/07/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 40 Tomáš Rigo CZE 03/07/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Denis Višinský CZE 21/03/2003 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Jakub Zeronik CZE 11/02/2001 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Peter Olayinka NGA 16/11/1995 24 - - - - - 4 1 6 1 28 1 11 Stanislav Tecl CZE 01/09/1990 30 - - - - - 4 3 9 1 29 7 16 Jan Kuchta CZE 08/01/1997 23 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 33 Petar Musa CRO 04/03/1998 22 - - - - - 4 2 - - - - 35 Denis Alijagić CZE 10/04/2003 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Matěj Jurásek CZE 30/08/2003 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 Jonáš Kneifel CZE 28/03/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Jindřich Trpišovský CZE 27/02/1976 44 - - - - - - - 6 - 41 - 5 SK Slavia Praha - FC Midtjylland Tuesday 22 September 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Eden Arena, Prague FC Midtjylland Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Jesper Hansen DEN 31/03/1985 35 - 2 - - - 2 - 6 - 34 - 16 Valdemar Thorsen DEN 17/03/2001 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Oliver Ottesen DEN 22/08/1998 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Mikkel Andersen DEN 17/12/1988 31 - - - - - - - - - 17 - 59 Frederik Bach Jensen DEN 01/03/2004 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 69 Simon Madsen DEN 24/09/2003 16 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Dion Cools BEL 04/06/1996 24 - - - - - 2 - 6 - 12 1 6 Joel Andersson SWE 11/11/1996 23 - 2 - - - - - - - 10 - 14 Alexander Scholz DEN 24/10/1992 27 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 21 - 20 Rasmus Nicolaisen DEN 16/03/1997 23 - - - - - - - - - 4 - 25 James Manjrekar CAN 05/08/1993 27 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 27 Oliver Olsen DEN 13/08/2000 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 28 Erik Sviatchenko DEN 04/10/1991 28 - 2 - - - 1 - 6 - 32 1 29 Paulinho BRA 03/01/1995 25 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - 46 Japhet Sery DEN 10/04/2000 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 62 Mikkel Fischer DEN 23/03/2004 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 66 Victor Jensen DEN 03/10/2003 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 72 Kristoffer Lund DEN 14/05/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 8 Ayo Simon Okosun DEN 21/07/1993 27 - - - - - - - - - 6 3 10 Evander BRA 09/06/1998 22 - 1 - - - - - - - 3 1 11 Awer Mabil