Lechia Gdańsk vs Katowice: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Fri 22.Sep
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Energa Gdańsk (41984 seats)

Lechia Gdańsk will aim to make use of their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opposition. The team playing at home are currently 3 points behind Katowice.

Insights:
  • Katowice have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

Lechia Gdańsk have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the 1. Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Lechia has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Energa Gdańsk, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Lechia Gdańsk drew their last game, 0-0 away at Odra Opole (placed 2nd).

Heartbreak before that as Lechia lost 2-5 at Zagebie Sosnowiec's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lechia Gdańsk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lechia Gdańsk as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Lechia Gdańsk has won 4 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.

The Lechia Gdańsk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Lechia Gdańsk have only let in {1 goals} at home.

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Katowice form and stats

1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Katowice in their 1. Liga matches away.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Zagebie Sosnowiec with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Until that defeat this team had taken at least one point from six league matches in a row.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Podbeskidzie that ended 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Katowice in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Katowice, 8 draws and 2 defeats.

Katowice are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 4 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: two - zero - zero (Lechia Gdańsk wins - draws - Katowice wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LechiaL. Fernández Teijeiro
L. Fernández Teijeiro
4 goals
KatowiceM. Mak
M. Mak
3 goals
KatowiceA. Błąd
A. Błąd
2 goals

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Katowice missing players

Lechia Gdańsk Katowice
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 1 4 8
3 2 0 Won W 1 1 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
3 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
11 4 0 Scored S 2 4 14
11 1 1 Conceded C 0 3 6
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
62% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 38%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
38% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
38% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 25%
38% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
5.4 5.7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.8
5.5 5.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 12 7.8 5.9
2.9 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.4 9.3 7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11 13.8
4.9 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6.2 6.4
28% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 16% 27%
 
12.4 11.3 3 Shots against (avg) S A 23 17.2 14
3.6 2.7 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 4.9
Key stats in 1. Liga this season:
  • Katowice have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Katowice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Górnik Łęczna 8 5 3 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 9 4 3 2 1 0 2 0 7 18
2 Odra Opole 8 5 2 1 13 5 6 3 2 1 5 2 2 2 0 0 8 3 8 17
3 Tychy 71 8 5 1 2 11 7 3 2 1 0 3 0 5 3 0 2 8 7 4 16
4 Motor Lublin 8 5 1 2 11 8 4 2 1 1 7 6 4 3 0 1 4 2 3 16
5 Miedź Legnica 8 4 3 1 13 8 4 2 2 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 9 6 5 15
6 Katowice 8 4 2 2 14 6 4 3 0 1 10 3 4 1 2 1 4 3 8 14
7 Wisla Plock 8 3 3 2 11 9 3 2 1 0 7 2 5 1 2 2 4 7 2 12
8 Nieciecza 8 3 2 3 16 13 4 1 1 2 4 8 4 2 1 1 12 5 3 11
9 Lechia Gdańsk 8 3 2 3 11 11 3 2 0 1 4 1 5 1 2 2 7 10 0 11
10 Arka Gdynia 8 3 2 3 12 14 4 2 1 1 8 6 4 1 1 2 4 8 -2 11
11 Wisa Krakow 8 2 4 2 13 11 4 1 2 1 7 5 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 10
12 Znicz Pruszkow 8 3 1 4 5 6 4 2 0 2 3 3 4 1 1 2 2 3 -1 10
13 Zagebie Sosnowiec 8 2 2 4 10 10 3 1 1 1 6 4 5 1 1 3 4 6 0 8
14 Podbeskidzie 8 1 5 2 8 11 4 1 3 0 5 4 4 0 2 2 3 7 -3 8
15 Resovia Rzeszow 8 2 1 5 5 16 3 1 1 1 3 5 5 1 0 4 2 11 -11 7
16 Polonia Warszawa 8 2 0 6 13 17 5 0 0 5 7 12 3 2 0 1 6 5 -4 6
17 Stal Rzeszow 8 1 1 6 10 17 5 1 0 4 7 12 3 0 1 2 3 5 -7 4
18 Chrobry Gogow 8 1 1 6 8 22 4 1 0 3 4 13 4 0 1 3 4 9 -14 4

Read more about 1. Liga

The I Liga (“Pierwsza liga”), also known by the sponsorship name Fortuna I Liga, is the second level of Polish football. It has 18 teams meeting each other home and away. After these fixtures the final league table is ready, with the top two teams promoted. The bottom three are relegated while the team in 15th place must play a relegation playoff.