Ekstraklasa preview: Can Warta Poznań edge out victory against Śląsk Wrocław?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 14.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii (4694 seats)

Three points for the home side is anticipated from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Warta Poznań fans are positive that the gulf between 5th and Śląsk Wrocław's 13th spot in the table will show on the ground.

Insights:
  • Warta Poznań have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Śląsk Wrocław have the fewest scored goals (9) away 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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Warta Poznań form and stats

3 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Warta Poznań have to build on here at Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii in the Ekstraklasa.

Warta Poznań haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 189 minutes ago. Savić scored that one.

Warta Poznań are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Lech Poznan. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league matches. The penalty miss from Zreľák in the defeat against Lech Poznan was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. Szczepański, a striker, was the top player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.4 (out of 10). Szczepański hit one key pass and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).

Before that, Poznań played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Zagłębie Lubin.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Warta Poznań handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Trouble hitting the net? In this club's last 12 league matches, 10 have seen zero, one or two goals.

Poznań are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 13 games. Warta Poznań have conceded 14 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

There's been little loot from Śląsk Wrocław's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Ekstraklasa. Śląsk Wrocław only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws.

Wrocław have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 263 minutes ago. Expósito was the goal scorer.

The manager Djurdjevic was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium. Śląsk Wrocław suffered a 0-1 loss to Piast Gliwice (placed 8th). Yeboah, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.14. Yeboah hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Lechia Gdansk.

We have checked recent matches where Wrocław have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were 3 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

Few goals the story here? 9 of this side's last 12 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Śląsk Wrocław have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Śląsk Wrocław - Poznań 0-2 was the end result in these sides' last H2H match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - three - three (Warta Poznań wins - draws - Śląsk Wrocław wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Warta PoznańA. Zreľák
A. Zreľák
6 goals
Śląsk WrocławE. Expósito Hernández
E. Expósito Hernández
6 goals
Śląsk WrocławJ. Zamora
J. Zamora
6 goals

Warta Poznań missing players

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Warta Poznań Śląsk Wrocław
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 5 Played P 4 13 27
10 3 2 Won W 2 3 7
8 6 3 Drew D 0 4 10
9 4 0 Lost L 2 6 10
30 15 7 Scored S 4 9 25
25 14 3 Conceded C 5 16 35
85% 85% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 85% 85%
63% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 70%
26% 31% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 23% 37%
19% 23% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 15% 19%
7% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 11%
33% 46% 40% BTTS BTTS 25% 38% 52%
41% 31% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 31% 22%
41% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 46% 41%
 
4.2 5 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 4.3
4.7 3.6 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 7 4.3 4.9
2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
10.4 12.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.2 9.7
3.5 4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 3.6
32% 29% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 19% 26%
 
10.9 9.3 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.2 11.5 11.1
3.6 3.6 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 4.3
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Warta Poznań have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Śląsk Wrocław have the fewest scored goals (9) away 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 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 27 13 8 6 38 25 14 7 2 5 20 14 13 6 6 1 18 11 13 47
4 Pogon Szczecin 27 12 8 7 42 39 13 6 4 3 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 21 3 44
5 Warta Poznań 27 10 8 9 30 25 13 3 6 4 15 14 14 7 2 5 15 11 5 38
6 Widzew Lodz 27 10 8 9 32 31 14 5 3 6 18 19 13 5 5 3 14 12 1 38
7 Wisla Plock 27 10 6 11 37 35 14 8 3 3 20 10 13 2 3 8 17 25 2 36
8 Piast Gliwice 27 10 6 11 29 27 13 4 3 6 14 14 14 6 3 5 15 13 2 36
9 Cracovia Krakow 27 9 8 10 31 28 13 6 4 3 16 8 14 3 4 7 15 20 3 35
10 Stal Mielec 27 9 7 11 30 32 13 4 5 4 14 12 14 5 2 7 16 20 -2 34
11 Radomiak Radom 26 9 6 11 27 30 13 4 2 7 13 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 -3 33
12 Korona Kielce 27 8 7 12 29 38 13 6 2 5 14 13 14 2 5 7 15 25 -9 31
13 Śląsk Wrocław 27 7 10 10 25 35 14 4 6 4 16 19 13 3 4 6 9 16 -10 31
14 Zagłębie Lubin 27 8 7 12 24 38 14 2 5 7 9 18 13 6 2 5 15 20 -14 31
15 Jagiellonia Biaystok 26 6 12 8 36 35 13 6 2 5 24 19 13 0 10 3 12 16 1 30
16 Górnik Zabrze 27 7 8 12 33 40 14 3 5 6 17 22 13 4 3 6 16 18 -7 29
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

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 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 27 13 8 6 38 25 14 7 2 5 20 14 13 6 6 1 18 11 13 47
4 Pogon Szczecin 27 12 8 7 42 39 13 6 4 3 20 18 14 6 4 4 22 21 3 44
5 Warta Poznań 27 10 8 9 30 25 13 3 6 4 15 14 14 7 2 5 15 11 5 38
6 Widzew Lodz 27 10 8 9 32 31 14 5 3 6 18 19 13 5 5 3 14 12 1 38
7 Wisla Plock 27 10 6 11 37 35 14 8 3 3 20 10 13 2 3 8 17 25 2 36
8 Piast Gliwice 27 10 6 11 29 27 13 4 3 6 14 14 14 6 3 5 15 13 2 36
9 Cracovia Krakow 27 9 8 10 31 28 13 6 4 3 16 8 14 3 4 7 15 20 3 35
10 Stal Mielec 27 9 7 11 30 32 13 4 5 4 14 12 14 5 2 7 16 20 -2 34
11 Radomiak Radom 26 9 6 11 27 30 13 4 2 7 13 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 -3 33
12 Korona Kielce 27 8 7 12 29 38 13 6 2 5 14 13 14 2 5 7 15 25 -9 31
13 Śląsk Wrocław 27 7 10 10 25 35 14 4 6 4 16 19 13 3 4 6 9 16 -10 31
14 Zagłębie Lubin 27 8 7 12 24 38 14 2 5 7 9 18 13 6 2 5 15 20 -14 31
15 Jagiellonia Biaystok 26 6 12 8 36 35 13 6 2 5 24 19 13 0 10 3 12 16 1 30
16 Górnik Zabrze 27 7 8 12 33 40 14 3 5 6 17 22 13 4 3 6 16 18 -7 29
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

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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.