Ekstraklasa: Górnik Zabrze - Warta Poznań preview and numbers

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 05.May
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla

This looks to be an engrossing fixture as Górnik Zabrze have their expected home advantage, while Warta Poznań lead them by 6 points in the Ekstraklasa standings.

Insights:
  • Górnik Zabrze have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Ekstraklasa

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Górnik Zabrze at their home stadium (Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Daniel Bielica not having conceded a league goal in 343 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Górnik Zabrze, who won 1-0 against Lech Poznan (placed 4th). Defender Janža got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Janža hit one key pass and won 4 of 9 duels.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Śląsk Wrocław.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Górnik handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Not much happening? In this club's last 13 league games, 11 have had two goals or less.

The Górnik Zabrze fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. Górnik Zabrze's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Warta Poznań form and stats

Playing away, Warta Poznań have won 7 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Warta Poznań have lost on their last two travels.

Poznań play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Jagiellonia Białystok (placed 8th). Midfield player Savić was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Savić scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Legia Warszawa.

We have checked recent matches where Warta Poznań have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Lacking goals? 20 of this team's latest 26 league matches have seen two or less goals.

Warta Poznań are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Poznań are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the teams met previously this season; Warta Poznań - Górnik Zabrze 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Górnik three wins, one draw and Warta Poznań six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Górnik ZabrzeS. Włodarczyk
S. Włodarczyk
8 goals
Warta PoznańA. Zreľák
A. Zreľák
8 goals
Górnik ZabrzeL. Podolski
L. Podolski
5 goals

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Warta Poznań missing players

Górnik Zabrze Warta Poznań
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
10 4 1 Won W 3 7 12
8 5 1 Drew D 0 2 8
12 6 2 Lost L 1 6 10
38 19 5 Scored S 8 16 35
40 22 6 Conceded C 5 14 29
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
77% 80% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 63%
47% 47% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 27% 30%
23% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 23%
17% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 7% 7%
50% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 27% 37%
30% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 47% 40%
27% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 37%
 
5.5 5.7 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3.5 4.2
4.2 3.4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.3 4.7
2.9 2.7 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.3 13.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.5 10.3
4.3 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3 3.4
30% 26% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 36% 34%
 
11.6 10.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.1 11.1
4.4 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3.5 3.6
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Górnik Zabrze have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Ekstraklasa

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rakow Czestochowa 30 22 5 3 60 19 15 14 1 0 40 7 15 8 4 3 20 12 41 71
2 Legia Warszawa 30 17 9 4 48 32 15 10 5 0 30 15 15 7 4 4 18 17 16 60
3 Pogon Szczecin 30 14 9 7 47 41 14 7 4 3 24 20 16 7 5 4 23 21 6 51
4 Lech Poznan 30 13 10 7 41 29 15 7 2 6 20 15 15 6 8 1 21 14 12 49
5 Warta Poznań 30 12 8 10 35 29 15 5 6 4 19 15 15 7 2 6 16 14 6 44
6 Piast Gliwice 30 12 7 11 33 29 15 5 4 6 15 14 15 7 3 5 18 15 4 43
7 Cracovia Krakow 29 11 8 10 36 29 14 7 4 3 19 8 15 4 4 7 17 21 7 41
8 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 9 12 9 45 40 15 8 2 5 28 20 15 1 10 4 17 20 5 39
9 Górnik Zabrze 30 10 8 12 38 40 15 4 5 6 19 22 15 6 3 6 19 18 -2 38
10 Stal Mielec 30 10 8 12 35 38 15 5 6 4 17 14 15 5 2 8 18 24 -3 38
11 Widzew Lodz 30 10 8 12 34 38 15 5 3 7 20 22 15 5 5 5 14 16 -4 38
12 Radomiak Radom 30 10 8 12 29 34 15 4 4 7 14 18 15 6 4 5 15 16 -5 38
13 Wisla Plock 30 10 6 14 39 42 15 8 3 4 22 14 15 2 3 10 17 28 -3 36
14 Korona Kielce 30 9 8 13 34 43 15 7 3 5 18 16 15 2 5 8 16 27 -9 35
15 Zagebie Lubin 30 9 8 13 28 42 16 3 5 8 11 20 14 6 3 5 17 22 -14 35
16 Śląsk Wrocław 30 7 10 13 26 41 15 4 6 5 16 20 15 3 4 8 10 21 -15 31
17 Lechia Gdansk 30 7 5 18 26 50 15 4 4 7 13 19 15 3 1 11 13 31 -24 26
18 Miedz Legnica 29 4 9 16 28 46 15 3 6 6 16 22 14 1 3 10 12 24 -18 21

Read more about Ekstraklasa

The Ekstraklasa, which carries the sponsorship name Lotto Ekstraklasa, is the top football league in Poland. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away to decide a regular season league table. The top eight teams then play a championship round while the bottom eight play a relegation round.