Ekstraklasa game preview and facts: Śląsk Wrocław fight Piast Gliwice

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Thu 06.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tarczyński Arena (42771 seats)

A classic home victory, the away team claims a mighty victory or an exciting draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table sides Śląsk Wrocław and Piast Gliwice duel at Tarczyński Arena.

Insights:
  • Śląsk Wrocław have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Piast Gliwice have won significantly less corners away then at home.

This looks to be an entertaining match with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

Śląsk Wrocław have played 13 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-6-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Śląsk Wrocław travelled for their previous game, a trip to Lechia Gdansk that ended 0-0. Leszczyński, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.45 out of 10 in that game. Leszczyński topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Śląsk Wrocław drew at home versus Stal Mielec.

Wrocław are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa. It’s been three wins in a row for Piast Gliwice on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Piast Gliwice goalkeeper Frantisek Plach is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Gliwice won their last game, 1-0 versus Górnik Zabrze played at home. Tomasiewicz got a match rating of 7.95 in that game, top player of the team. Tomasiewicz scored one goal.

Prior to that result Piast Gliwice won their away game at Miedz Legnica. The scoreline was 1-0.

Lacking goals? 10 of this club's last 12 league matches have contained two or less goals.

Piast Gliwice are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 13 games (in the league).

Head 2 Head

Piast Gliwice have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing Śląsk Wrocław.

The fixture history shows this score when the participants met previously this campaign; Piast Gliwice - Wrocław 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

Piast GliwiceK. Wilczek
K. Wilczek
8 goals
Śląsk WrocławE. Expósito Hernández
E. Expósito Hernández
6 goals
Śląsk WrocławJ. Zamora
J. Zamora
6 goals

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Śląsk Wrocław Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 2 Played P 3 13 26
7 4 0 Won W 2 5 9
10 6 1 Drew D 0 3 6
9 3 1 Lost L 1 5 11
25 16 1 Scored S 3 14 28
34 18 4 Conceded C 1 13 27
85% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
73% 85% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 62% 65%
38% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 15% 27%
19% 23% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 12%
12% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
54% 69% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 31% 42%
23% 15% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 31% 23%
38% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 35%
 
4.5 4.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.1
4.9 5.5 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.5 4.6
2.1 2.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.7 10.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9 8.2 10
3.8 3.9 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.5 3.3
26% 31% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 42% 33%
 
11.2 11 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.6 9.5
4.4 4.5 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 3.7
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Piast Gliwice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Śląsk Wrocław have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 26 19 4 3 52 19 13 12 1 0 34 7 13 7 3 3 18 12 33 61
2 Legia Warszawa 26 16 7 3 42 27 13 9 4 0 26 13 13 7 3 3 16 14 15 55
3 Lech Poznan 25 12 7 6 34 23 12 6 1 5 16 12 13 6 6 1 18 11 11 43
4 Pogon Szczecin 25 11 7 7 37 35 12 5 4 3 17 16 13 6 3 4 20 19 2 40
5 Warta Poznan 26 10 8 8 30 23 13 3 6 4 15 14 13 7 2 4 15 9 7 38
6 Widzew Lodz 25 10 7 8 31 28 13 5 3 5 18 17 12 5 4 3 13 11 3 37
7 Cracovia Krakow 25 9 7 9 28 24 12 6 3 3 15 7 13 3 4 6 13 17 4 34
8 Piast Gliwice 26 9 6 11 28 27 13 4 3 6 14 14 13 5 3 5 14 13 1 33
9 Wisla Plock 25 9 5 11 34 34 12 7 2 3 17 9 13 2 3 8 17 25 0 32
10 Radomiak Radom 25 9 5 11 26 29 13 4 2 7 13 17 12 5 3 4 13 12 -3 32
11 Śląsk Wrocław 26 7 10 9 25 34 13 4 6 3 16 18 13 3 4 6 9 16 -9 31
12 Zagebie Lubin 26 8 7 11 24 36 14 2 5 7 9 18 12 6 2 4 15 18 -12 31
13 Stal Mielec 25 8 6 11 27 31 12 4 4 4 13 11 13 4 2 7 14 20 -4 30
14 Korona Kielce 26 8 6 12 28 37 13 6 2 5 14 13 13 2 4 7 14 24 -9 30
15 Jagiellonia Biaystok 25 6 11 8 35 34 13 6 2 5 24 19 12 0 9 3 11 15 1 29
16 Górnik Zabrze 26 7 7 12 32 39 13 3 4 6 16 21 13 4 3 6 16 18 -7 28
17 Lechia Gdansk 26 7 5 14 25 42 13 4 4 5 12 16 13 3 1 9 13 26 -17 26
18 Miedz Legnica 26 4 7 15 25 41 13 3 5 5 14 18 13 1 2 10 11 23 -16 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.