Ekstraklasa duel: Close contest expected between Warta Poznań and Piast Gliwice

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Mon 22.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii (4694 seats)

A total of 32 sets of matches have gone by and both Warta Poznań and Piast Gliwice are at the right end of the league table. Get this show on the road!

Insights:
  • Warta Poznań have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Piast Gliwice have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Ekstraklasa

Poznań are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Piast Gliwice is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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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Warta Poznań form and stats

Warta Poznań have played 16 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-6-5 (wins-draws-losses). Warta Poznań has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Szulczek and the players.

The Poznań crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Radomiak Radom here at Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii. Midfield player Szmyt got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Szmyt served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Gornik Zabrze.

Low on goals? Looking at this team's last 28 league matches, 21 have seen zero, one or two goals.

Warta Poznań has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. Warta Poznań have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

As the visiting team in Ekstraklasa matches, Piast Gliwice have produced an overall stat of 8-3-5 so far. In general it has been a productive period now for Gliwice as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

Impressive finishing from Ameyaw and Pyrka secured the home win 2-1 against Korona Kielce in their previous game. Midfielder Ameyaw was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Ameyaw scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Radomiak Radom at their stadium, the result 1-0.

Lacking goals? 12 of this team's latest 15 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Piast Gliwice have scored 19 goals in 16 league games away. Gliwice are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 15 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the match result Piast Gliwice - Warta Poznań 0-2 written in the official records. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Poznań, one draw and five wins for Piast Gliwice. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Piast GliwiceK. Wilczek
K. Wilczek
9 goals
Warta PoznańA. Zreľák
A. Zreľák
8 goals
Warta PoznańJ. Grzesik
J. Grzesik
4 goals

Warta Poznań missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Warta Poznań Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
12 5 1 Won W 0 8 14
8 6 1 Drew D 1 3 7
12 5 2 Lost L 3 5 11
36 20 3 Scored S 1 19 36
33 17 4 Conceded C 5 15 30
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
66% 69% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 59%
31% 38% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 19% 28%
22% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 19% 12%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 6%
38% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 41%
38% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 31%
38% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 75% 31% 31%
 
4.2 5.1 3.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.6 4.1
4.6 3.9 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 4.4
2.1 2.2 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.1 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.4 12.4 10 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 8.9 10.2
3.5 3.9 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.8 2.9 3.4
32% 32% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 41% 33%
 
11.1 10.1 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 11.5 9.3
3.7 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice have the most matches under the total-line (23) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Warta Poznań 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 32 22 5 5 60 22 16 14 1 1 40 9 16 8 4 4 20 13 38 71
2 Legia Warszawa 32 18 9 5 54 35 16 11 5 0 35 16 16 7 4 5 19 19 19 63
3 Pogon Szczecin 32 16 9 7 52 44 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 7 5 4 23 21 8 57
4 Lech Poznan 32 15 10 7 46 29 16 8 2 6 23 15 16 7 8 1 23 14 17 55
5 Piast Gliwice 32 14 7 11 36 30 16 6 4 6 17 15 16 8 3 5 19 15 6 49
6 Warta Poznań 32 12 8 12 36 33 16 5 6 5 20 17 16 7 2 7 16 16 3 44
7 Gornik Zabrze 32 12 8 12 43 42 16 5 5 6 21 22 16 7 3 6 22 20 1 44
8 Cracovia Krakow 32 11 9 12 37 34 16 7 5 4 20 10 16 4 4 8 17 24 3 42
9 Widzew Lodz 32 11 8 13 37 41 16 5 3 8 22 25 16 6 5 5 15 16 -4 41
10 Radomiak Radom 32 11 8 13 31 36 16 4 4 8 14 19 16 7 4 5 17 17 -5 41
11 Zagebie Lubin 32 11 8 13 32 43 16 3 5 8 11 20 16 8 3 5 21 23 -11 41
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 32 9 13 10 47 46 16 8 3 5 29 21 16 1 10 5 18 25 1 40
13 Stal Mielec 32 10 10 12 35 38 16 5 7 4 17 14 16 5 3 8 18 24 -3 40
14 Korona Kielce 32 10 8 14 36 45 16 8 3 5 19 16 16 2 5 9 17 29 -9 38
15 Wisla Plock 32 10 7 15 40 45 16 8 4 4 22 14 16 2 3 11 18 31 -5 37
16 Slask Wrocaw 32 8 11 13 30 43 16 5 6 5 19 21 16 3 5 8 11 22 -13 35
17 Lechia Gdansk 32 7 6 19 27 53 16 4 4 8 14 22 16 3 2 11 13 31 -26 27
18 Miedz Legnica 32 4 10 18 31 51 16 3 6 7 16 23 16 1 4 11 15 28 -20 22

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.