Sparta Praha vs AFC Bournemouth prediction and preview

Sparta Praha vs AFC Bournemouth

Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2026, 17:45 UTC · TC Strahov, Praha

Sparta Praha · AFC Bournemouth · Europa League predictions

Sparta Praha host AFC Bournemouth in the Europa League on Thursday 5 November 2026, kick-off 17:45 UTC at TC Strahov in Praha. Sparta Praha go into the round 16th, on 4 points from 3 games, while AFC Bournemouth are 3rd in the table with 9 points from 3.

Sparta Praha come into the game with a L-D-W-L-W run in the league (2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in their last 5), while AFC Bournemouth's recent sequence reads W-W-W-W-W. Over their last 5, Sparta Praha have scored 1.4 and conceded 1.4 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 3. AFC Bournemouth average 2.3 scored and 0.8 conceded across their last 6, with 5 clean sheets.

Sparta Praha list 5 absentees, including Matej Rynes (injury), Emmanuel Uchenna (injury) and Adam Karabec (injury). Matej Rynes and Emmanuel Uchenna have featured heavily in recent matches. AFC Bournemouth list 9 absentees, including Alex Scott (injury), Junior Kroupi (suspension) and Alex Tóth (injury). Alex Scott and Junior Kroupi have featured heavily in recent matches. Erik Lambrechts is the appointed referee. Across 30 earlier matches in our data the average is 3.8 yellow cards per game and 0.2 penalties per game, and home sides won 57% of those games.

Bookmaker prices make AFC Bournemouth clear favourites. Probabilities describe uncertainty; they are not guarantees.