Behensky brace helps Slavia Prague B draw at Karvina
KARVINA, Czech Republic (Interstat) — Pavel Behensky scored twice for Slavia Prague B and Radim Breite responded with a goal and an assist for Karvina as the teams played to a 2-2 draw in a global football match on Friday. Slavia Prague B took the lead in the sixth minute when Behensky found the net. Karvina answered in the 49th minute through Breite. Behensky struck again in the 54th minute to restore Slavia Prague B’s advantage, and that lead held until the closing moments.
Karvina pushed for a second equalizer and found it in the 90th minute when Adam Cicovsky scored. Breite was involved in the buildup, adding an assist to his earlier goal. The late goal completed Karvina’s comeback and denied Slavia Prague B a victory on the road. Behensky scored both of Slavia Prague B’s goals. Breite finished with one goal and one assist for Karvina, and Cicovsky added the late equalizer.
The opening goal came after Karvina’s Chytry J. was booked in the fifth minute. Slavia Prague B’s Potmesil P. received a yellow card in the 10th minute. Behensky’s first goal gave the visitors an early edge, and Slavia Prague B carried that advantage into halftime. Breite leveled four minutes after the restart. Behensky then restored the lead five minutes later. Karvina kept pressing for another equalizer and was rewarded in the final minute of regulation when Cicovsky scored.
Discipline remained part of the match. Karvina’s Milic N. was cautioned in the 58th minute. Slavia Prague B’s Chalus S. was booked in the 85th minute. Rezek A. of Slavia Prague B received a yellow card in the 90th minute, and Karvina was shown a yellow card in the second minute of stoppage time. The match remained close into the final moments.
Slavia Prague B made its first substitution in the 63rd minute when Potmesil P. came off. Karvina made two changes in the 66th minute, with Selnar J. and Kronus A. entering. Karvina made another change in the 75th minute when Chytry J. came off. Slavia Prague B made three changes in the 78th minute involving Mikulanda D., Teah D. and Cedergren A. Slavia Prague B made a final substitution in the 86th minute when Solarte M. entered. The substitutions did not produce another goal until Cicovsky’s late equalizer.
Slavia Prague B’s season record in this competition is now 1 win, 2 losses and 1 draw. Karvina’s season record in this competition is now 3 wins, 0 losses and 1 draw. Slavia Prague B’s record across all competitions is also 1 win, 2 losses and 1 draw. Karvina’s record across all competitions is now 3 wins, 0 losses and 2 draws. Karvina had entered the match with recent wins over Usti nad Labem, Dukla Prague and Taborsko, along with a draw against S. Rzeszow. Slavia Prague B had lost to Ostrava B and Vlasim before a 5-1 win over Prostejov.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Karvina 2, Slavia Prague B 0. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Karvina with a 74.7 percent probability to win. Karvina had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 4 went under the over-under line of 3.5.