The Banik Ostrava Herald
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
No sign of nerves from Hamidou Kante at 21 — 7.73
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Hamidou Kante did not need any: 7.73, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match14 Nov 2026
9 unbeaten for Banik Ostrava
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Banik Ostrava did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Jiří Boula goes up and wins it — 7.89
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.89 for the rest of it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Matěj Chaluš in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Banik Ostrava this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Banik Ostrava training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jiří Boula is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Václav Jurečka
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Václav Jurečka, and the manager let it.
Match14 Nov 2026
Banik Ostrava get the job done against Bohemians 1905
A 1‑0 win over Bohemians 1905, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Filip Kubala runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Emmanuel Ujah signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Emmanuel Ujah and Banik Ostrava agree another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad Jiří Boula suspended
- The dugout Somebody else is better right now than Patrick Kpozo