2025/26 winter stocktake: SK Slavia Praha

In a way, history repeats itself — almost OCD-like in its precision. Just like last year, Slavia have a very good league autumn behind them which saw their title chances increased from ridiculous heights to nearly 100%. Just like last year, they also celebrated the calendar flip with a brutal pair of results on the continental scene — only now they didn’t suddenly tank their prospects of advancing, since they were competing a level higher. Just like last year, they own a 7-point lead at the top — only this time, it’s Sparta doing the chasing instead of Plzeň. That alone makes Slavia’s pole position a tad more fragile. But only really a tad.

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2025/26 team preview: SK Slavia Praha

This, really, is how you respond to a three-year title drought — by completing what now stands as the most dominant season of the analytics era, narrowly eclipsing your own covid-affected 2020/21 campaign. It marked the first time a Czech club has ever cleared the 90-point mark. And while Sparta’s 2013/14 side steadfastly remains the best team in history (at least by points per game), Slavia show no signs of slowing down and could end up lapping Lavička’s iconic team, too. Their summer was somehow even more ambitious — from a larger-than-ever kit project to a flurry of new partners, including OMV and Coca-Cola — all in preparation for a full-throttle return to the Champions League.

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