Miedź Legnica vs Piast Gliwice pre-match guide

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im. Orła Białego (6244 seats)

This fixture stars two teams living in the lower parts of the Ekstraklasa, Miedź Legnica having 18th place and Piast Gliwice in 14th. A good chance for one of the contenders to upgrade their position.

Insights:
  • Miedź Legnica have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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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Miedź Legnica form and stats

Overall Ekstraklasa stats at home this season for Miedź Legnica are 3-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Miedź Legnica lost their last game at Lechia Gdańsk (placed 17th) after a 0-4 scoreline. Legnica were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfield player Dominguez got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Dominguez hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 38 successful passes (of 45 total).

In the match before that, Miedź Legnica hosted Jagiellonia Biaystok and drew the game 1-1.

Miedź Legnica are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 12 games. Miedź Legnica have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Gliwice are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Piast Gliwice's last game was the home draw against Lech Poznan (1-1). Tomasiewicz got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Tomasiewicz dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that result Gliwice won their away game at Stal Mielec. The scoreline was 2-0.

Lacking goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league fixtures have seen two goals or less.

Piast Gliwice find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Gliwice have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Piast Gliwice have won or drawn the last 5 matches (4-1-0) versus Miedź Legnica.

The sides have met each other already this season, with the result Piast Gliwice - Miedź Legnica 2-1 written in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Piast GliwiceK. Wilczek
K. Wilczek
8 goals
LegnicaÁ. Henríquez Iturra
Á. Henríquez Iturra
7 goals
Miedź LegnicaL. Narsingh
L. Narsingh
5 goals

Miedź Legnica missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Miedź Legnica Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 4 12 24
4 3 1 Won W 1 4 7
7 5 2 Drew D 2 3 6
13 4 0 Lost L 1 5 11
25 14 5 Scored S 7 13 26
39 17 4 Conceded C 7 13 27
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 71%
54% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 17% 29%
25% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 12%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
62% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 33% 46%
12% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 17%
29% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 42% 38%
 
3.3 3.4 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.2 3.9
4.7 4.4 9 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 4.4
3 3.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.1
5 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
11 11.3 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 8.2 9.8
3.4 3.1 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.5 3.2
30% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 43% 34%
 
14.4 12.9 14.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 11.6 9.5
5.5 5.5 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 3.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Miedź Legnica have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ekstraklasa
  • Miedź Legnica have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Piast Gliwice 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 Raków Częstochowa 24 18 4 2 47 15 12 11 1 0 30 6 12 7 3 2 17 9 32 58
2 Legia Warszawa 24 14 7 3 37 26 12 8 4 0 23 12 12 6 3 3 14 14 11 49
3 Lech Poznan 24 11 7 6 32 22 12 6 1 5 16 12 12 5 6 1 16 10 10 40
4 Pogon Szczecin 24 11 6 7 37 35 11 5 3 3 17 16 13 6 3 4 20 19 2 39
5 Widzew Lodz 23 10 6 7 29 25 12 5 3 4 17 15 11 5 3 3 12 10 4 36
6 Cracovia Kraków 24 9 7 8 27 20 12 6 3 3 15 7 12 3 4 5 12 13 7 34
7 Warta Poznań 24 9 7 8 28 23 12 2 6 4 13 14 12 7 1 4 15 9 5 34
8 Radomiak Radom 24 9 5 10 26 27 12 4 2 6 13 15 12 5 3 4 13 12 -1 32
9 Wisla Plock 23 9 4 10 31 30 11 7 1 3 16 8 12 2 3 7 15 22 1 31
10 Stal Mielec 24 8 5 11 26 30 12 4 4 4 13 11 12 4 1 7 13 19 -4 29
11 Śląsk Wrocław 24 7 8 9 24 33 12 4 5 3 15 17 12 3 3 6 9 16 -9 29
12 Zagebie Lubin 24 8 5 11 22 34 13 2 4 7 9 18 11 6 1 4 13 16 -12 29
13 Jagiellonia Biaystok 24 6 10 8 33 32 12 6 1 5 22 17 12 0 9 3 11 15 1 28
14 Piast Gliwice 24 7 6 11 26 27 12 3 3 6 13 14 12 4 3 5 13 13 -1 27
15 Korona Kielce 24 7 5 12 27 37 12 5 2 5 13 13 12 2 3 7 14 24 -10 26
16 Gornik Zabrze 24 6 7 11 29 36 12 2 4 6 13 19 12 4 3 5 16 17 -7 25
17 Lechia Gdańsk 24 7 4 13 25 40 12 4 3 5 12 16 12 3 1 8 13 24 -15 25
18 Miedź Legnica 24 4 7 13 25 39 12 3 5 4 14 17 12 1 2 9 11 22 -14 19

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.