Nejvypjatější střetnutí dne. Souboje třetí Ostravy a čtvrté Sparty mají grády pokaždé, jinak tomu nebude ani tentokrát ve Vítkovicích. Domácí Baník doufá ve ztrátu Plzně, již před týdnem porazil 2:1, jelikož ta by mu mohla umést cestičku na druhou příčku. Ostrava už má jistotu, že skončí nejhůře třetí. Stříbrný flek by ale znamenal, že se Baník podívá do druhého předkola Ligy mistrů, což by byl pro klub naprosto senzační úspěch. Sparta naopak prožívá krizi. Odešla poražena ze čtyř soutěžních utkání v řadě, ve středu v Olomouci vyhořela ve finále poháru a kvůli pokažené první půli prohrála 1:3, což stálo trenérskou židli Larse Friise. Mužstvu, které do konce sezony povede dosavadní kouč druholigové rezervy Luboš Loučka, hrozí průšvih. Na pátý Jablonec disponuje jen dvoubodovým náskokem. A pokud by se Sparta propadla na páté místo a vydržela na něm i po příštím kole, poprvé od sezony 1982/83 by se nepodívala ani do předkol evropských pohárů. Letenští na hřišti Baníku prostě musí zabrat.
Veselo není ani v Plzni. Druhý celek ligové tabulky neuspěl v ani jednom z posledních dvou ligových zápasů, na půdě šesté Olomouce potřebuje zvítězit. Viktorii stačí pro udržení současné pozice získat ve zbývajících dvou kolech minimálně stejně bodů jako Baník. Na Sigmu mají svěřenci Miroslava Koubka spadeno, neboť s ní na jaře doma prohráli 1:2. Sok z Olomouce naopak půjde do utkání úplně bez tlaku. Ve středu prožil klub euforický večer, výhra 3:1 nad Spartou ve finále poháru znamenala zisk cenné trofeje, který Sigma řádně oslavila. Vždyť někteří fotbalisté se městem ve čtvrtek projížděli na přívěsu za traktorem…
Na posun v tabulce naopak myslí pátý Jablonec, který ztrácí na Spartu jen dva body a Letenské by tuze rád přeskočil. Doma vyzve Slavii, šampiona současné sezony. Jablonci by mohl jít k duhu fakt, že sešívaní dají volno řadě opor. Většina stálic, které figurují v nároďáku, by se v základní sestavě objevit neměla, což předem avizoval i kouč Jindřich Trpišovský. Proti mužstvu, jež už nemá o co hrát, nastoupí Jablonec s pětizápasovou vítěznou sérií v zádech.
Úvodní duel dvoukolového finále skupiny o umístění proti sobě svede Bohemians a Hradec Králové. Klokany čeká druhá rozlučka v krátkém časovém sledu. Při domácí výhře 4:1 nad Libercem se loučil veterán Josef Jindřišek, klubová legenda svoji derniéru v lize ozdobila gólem. O něco podobného se pokusí i bek Martin Dostál, další z dlouholetých opor Bohemians. Zelenobílou rozlučku se pokusí překazit Votroci, kteří v semifinále předčili Karvinou. Vítěz dvojutkání si vybojuje výhodnější nasazení do příštího ročníku MOL Cupu, oba celky navíc obdrží finanční odměnu.
Tři zápasy se hrály v sobotu, všechny ve skupině o udržení. Slovácko si ve vypjatém duelu poradilo s Duklou, vítězství 3:2 celku z Uherského Hradiště zajistilo záchranu a soka poslalo do baráže. V nic neřešícím duelu Pardubice coby další jistý účastník baráže porazily 2:1 Mladou Boleslav, sestupující České Budějovice ani na 34. pokus nezvítězily a podlehly 0:3 Teplicím.
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