Piast Gliwice supporters put their faith in manager Vukovic to deliver victory against Korona Kielce

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (10037 seats)

Piast Gliwice host Korona Kielce with hopes of securing all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!

Insights:
  • Piast Gliwice is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ekstraklasa
  • Korona Kielce have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This looks to be an interesting match with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The Ekstraklasa stats playing at home this season for Piast Gliwice are 5-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Piast Gliwice, as their goalkeeper Frantisek Plach has completely shut out the opponents for 187 minutes in the Ekstraklasa.

Piast Gliwice enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Radomiak Radom's place. The match ended 1-0 with Chrapek scoring. The goalie Plach was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Plach saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Pogon Szczecin.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Gliwice matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 5 games).

It should be considered that a look at the 13 latest league fixtures reveals that 10 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

From these home matches, Piast Gliwice have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Korona Kielce form and stats

There's been little loot from Korona Kielce's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the Ekstraklasa. Korona Kielce only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Korona Kielce have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road.

Korona had fun at their own home (Stadion Miejski) last time out, beating Rakow Czestochowa 1-0. Łukowski scored. Trojak was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.02. The defender Trojak won 4 of 4 duels.

Prior to that match, the Korona Kielce manager Kuzera faced defeat when travelling to Stal Mielec and losing 1-2.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Korona playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 2 away wins, 3 draws and 1 home win.

The visiting Korona Kielce have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 15 games. Korona have conceded 27 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Piast Gliwice have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) against Korona Kielce.

The former head to head encounter ended Korona Kielce - Piast Gliwice 1-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Korona KielceJ. Łukowski
J. Łukowski
11 goals
Piast GliwiceK. Wilczek
K. Wilczek
9 goals
Korona KielceY. Schikavko
Y. Schikavko
6 goals

Piast Gliwice missing players

Korona Kielce missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Piast Gliwice Korona Kielce
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 5 15 31
13 5 2 Won W 0 2 10
7 4 1 Drew D 1 5 8
11 6 1 Lost L 4 8 13
34 15 4 Scored S 5 16 35
29 14 3 Conceded C 12 27 43
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 97%
58% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 80% 71%
26% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 45%
13% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 33% 23%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 60% 27% 13%
39% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 67% 61%
32% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 23%
32% 33% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 20% 19%
 
4.1 4.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.9 5.4
4.5 3.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.4 6.7 5.9
2 1.9 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.3 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.2 11.6 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11.7 12.8
3.3 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 4.1 4.5
33% 27% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 26% 25%
 
9.3 7.1 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 17.4 14.5 13.2
3.5 3.1 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 4.8 4.5
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Korona Kielce have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Piast Gliwice have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 31 22 5 4 60 20 15 14 1 0 40 7 16 8 4 4 20 13 40 71
2 Legia Warszawa 31 17 9 5 49 34 15 10 5 0 30 15 16 7 4 5 19 19 15 60
3 Pogon Szczecin 31 15 9 7 49 42 15 8 4 3 26 21 16 7 5 4 23 21 7 54
4 Lech Poznan 31 14 10 7 44 29 16 8 2 6 23 15 15 6 8 1 21 14 15 52
5 Piast Gliwice 31 13 7 11 34 29 15 5 4 6 15 14 16 8 3 5 19 15 5 46
6 Warta Poznan 31 12 8 11 35 31 15 5 6 4 19 15 16 7 2 7 16 16 4 44
7 Cracovia Krakow 31 11 9 11 37 33 15 7 5 3 20 9 16 4 4 8 17 24 4 42
8 Gornik Zabrze 31 11 8 12 40 40 16 5 5 6 21 22 15 6 3 6 19 18 0 41
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 31 9 13 9 46 41 16 8 3 5 29 21 15 1 10 4 17 20 5 40
10 Stal Mielec 31 10 9 12 35 38 15 5 6 4 17 14 16 5 3 8 18 24 -3 39
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 31 10 8 13 29 35 16 4 4 8 14 19 15 6 4 5 15 16 -6 38
13 Korona Kielce 31 10 8 13 35 43 16 8 3 5 19 16 15 2 5 8 16 27 -8 38
14 Zagebie Lubin 31 10 8 13 31 43 16 3 5 8 11 20 15 7 3 5 20 23 -12 38
15 Wisla Plock 31 10 7 14 39 42 16 8 4 4 22 14 15 2 3 10 17 28 -3 37
16 Slask Wrocaw 31 7 11 13 27 42 15 4 6 5 16 20 16 3 5 8 11 22 -15 32
17 Lechia Gdansk 31 7 5 19 27 53 16 4 4 8 14 22 15 3 1 11 13 31 -26 26
18 Miedz Legnica 30 4 10 16 29 47 15 3 6 6 16 22 15 1 4 10 13 25 -18 22

Table
  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 31 22 5 4 60 20 15 14 1 0 40 7 16 8 4 4 20 13 40 71
2 Legia Warszawa 31 17 9 5 49 34 15 10 5 0 30 15 16 7 4 5 19 19 15 60
3 Pogon Szczecin 31 15 9 7 49 42 15 8 4 3 26 21 16 7 5 4 23 21 7 54
4 Lech Poznan 31 14 10 7 44 29 16 8 2 6 23 15 15 6 8 1 21 14 15 52
5 Piast Gliwice 31 13 7 11 34 29 15 5 4 6 15 14 16 8 3 5 19 15 5 46
6 Warta Poznan 31 12 8 11 35 31 15 5 6 4 19 15 16 7 2 7 16 16 4 44
7 Cracovia Krakow 31 11 9 11 37 33 15 7 5 3 20 9 16 4 4 8 17 24 4 42
8 Gornik Zabrze 31 11 8 12 40 40 16 5 5 6 21 22 15 6 3 6 19 18 0 41
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 31 9 13 9 46 41 16 8 3 5 29 21 15 1 10 4 17 20 5 40
10 Stal Mielec 31 10 9 12 35 38 15 5 6 4 17 14 16 5 3 8 18 24 -3 39
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 31 10 8 13 29 35 16 4 4 8 14 19 15 6 4 5 15 16 -6 38
13 Korona Kielce 31 10 8 13 35 43 16 8 3 5 19 16 15 2 5 8 16 27 -8 38
14 Zagebie Lubin 31 10 8 13 31 43 16 3 5 8 11 20 15 7 3 5 20 23 -12 38
15 Wisla Plock 31 10 7 14 39 42 16 8 4 4 22 14 15 2 3 10 17 28 -3 37
16 Slask Wrocaw 31 7 11 13 27 42 15 4 6 5 16 20 16 3 5 8 11 22 -15 32
17 Lechia Gdansk 31 7 5 19 27 53 16 4 4 8 14 22 15 3 1 11 13 31 -26 26
18 Miedz Legnica 30 4 10 16 29 47 15 3 6 6 16 22 15 1 4 10 13 25 -18 22

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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.