Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Sparta Prague
Match Time & Date:
22/01/2025
21:00
Prediction: 0-2
Inter
Sparta Prague will look to keep their Champions League playoffs hopes alive when they take on Inter on Wednesday evening. Sparta are on a four-game losing run in the elite competition and, as a result, the bookies see them as underdogs in this clash. As all Cobbaut, Garcia, Haraslin, Preciado, and Tuci are sidelined with injuries, home win should not be considered. Adding to Sparta’s woes, both Veljko Birmancevic and Mathias Ross are major doubts.
The Nerazzurri, on the other hand, aim to build on a 3-1 win over Empoli. Inter have a chance to secure their spot in top eight and we predict that they will take advantage of the current situation in Sparta Prague’s dressing room. All Francesco Acerbi, Benjamin Pavard, and Denzel Dumfries are back to contention after missing the Bayer Leverkusen game, while the likes of Hakan Calhanoglu, Joaquin Correa, and Yann Bisseck are out this time out.
Highlighted Player (Yann Sommer):
After making 133 league appearances for Basel between 2007 and 2014, Yann Sommer joined Borussia Monchengladbach on March, 2014. The Swiss goalkeeper signed a five-year deal with the Bundesliga outfit and he was signed to replace Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who joined Barcelona.
Sommer made 34 appearances for Borussia M’gladbach in the 2014/2015 season and it has to be noted that he managed to keep 15 clean sheets. As a result, die Fohlen finished the season in third place in the standings. The Swiss shoot-stopper, though, was not as successful in the 2015/2016 season, keeping just 5 clean sheets, while conceding 50 goals in the process.
Sommer made his Switzerland debut on 30 May, 2012 in a 1-0 loss to Romania and he represented the Rossocrociati at both 2014 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2016. The shoot-stopper made 8 appearances for Switzerland on the road to Euro 2016 and he conceded eight goals in the process. Sommer played four games for the Rossocrociati at the tournament in France, conceding two goals, while keeping two clean sheets.
Highlighted Team (Sparta Prague):
Established in 1893, Sparta Prague is one of Europe’s oldest clubs and the most successful side in Czech Republic, having won no fewer than 36 league titles and 27 Czech Cup trophies. The club play their games at the Generali Arena in Prague and hold a long-lasting rivalry with Slavia Prague.
Sparta Prague enjoyed their Golden Years in the 1960’s, when average attendance was nearly 40,000 and players like Jiri Tichy, Andrej Kvasnak and Vaclav Masek entertained the crowds week in week out. Rudi largely impressed in the maiden Champions League campaign during the 1991/92 season as they finished second in the semi-final group, meaning they were among top 4 European sides at the moment.
Nevertheless, Sparta Prague have enjoyed little to no success on the European stage since, reaching the Champions League knockout stages on just one occasion, with their latest major coup the return of prodigal son Tomas Rosicky from Arsenal.
Atletico Madrid 
Bayer Leverkusen 
Benfica 
Barcelona
Club Brugge 
Juventus 
Liverpool
Lille 
Arsenal 
Dinamo Zagreb 
Feyenoord 
Bayern Munich 
