Ekstraklasa prediction: Home win expected when Widzew Lodz takes on Lech Poznań Lech Poznań massive favourites before trip to Widzew Lodz

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 19.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź (18008 seats)

A total of 24 sets of matches are done and both Widzew Lodz and Lech Poznań are flying high in the table. Bring it on!

Insights:
  • Widzew Lodz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lech Poznań have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game, against Djurgården, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Lech Poznań.

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Widzew Lodz have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games.

Widzew shared the glory with Wisla Plock (after extra-time) in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The talented striker Sánchez edged out all the other footballers in that match and received a match rating of 7.4 out of 10. Sánchez scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Warta Poznan (after extra-time) with the scoreline 0-2.

Widzew Lodz has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Widzew Lodz's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lech Poznań form and stats

The visitors are W5-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.

Two away games in a row for Poznań, whose boss den Brom could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Djurgården. Pereira was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.03. The defender Pereira hit two key passes and won 3 of 5 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Piast Gliwice (after extra-time)'s stadium before that.

The visiting Lech Poznań have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

Lech Poznań have avoided defeat in the last 6 matches (4-2-0) versus Widzew Lodz.

Lech Poznań - Widzew 2-0 was the end result in these contenders' previous H2H game, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Lech PoznańM. Ishak
M. Ishak
10 goals
Widzew LodzB. Pawłowski
B. Pawłowski
7 goals
Widzew LodzJ. Sánchez Ribas
J. Sánchez Ribas
6 goals

Widzew Lodz missing players

Lech Poznań missing players

Widzew Lodz Lech Poznań
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 2 12 24
10 5 1 Won W 0 5 11
7 3 2 Drew D 2 6 7
7 4 1 Lost L 0 1 6
30 17 6 Scored S 2 16 32
26 15 5 Conceded C 2 10 22
88% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 88%
71% 75% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 62%
46% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 46%
17% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 21%
8% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
42% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 46%
46% 42% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 42% 46%
25% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 17% 21%
 
5.5 6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.8 5.7
5 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.8 3.1
1.3 1.2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13.5 14.3 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11 14.6 15.8
4.6 5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.6 6.2
27% 28% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 21%
 
12.5 10.9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 10.8 10.5
4.3 3.7 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lech Poznań have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Widzew Lodz 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 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 Poznań 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 24 10 7 7 30 26 12 5 3 4 17 15 12 5 4 3 13 11 4 37
6 Cracovia Krakow 24 9 7 8 27 20 12 6 3 3 15 7 12 3 4 5 12 13 7 34
7 Warta Poznan 24 9 7 8 28 23 12 2 6 4 13 14 12 7 1 4 15 9 5 34
8 Wisla Plock 24 9 5 10 32 31 12 7 2 3 17 9 12 2 3 7 15 22 1 32
9 Radomiak Radom 24 9 5 10 26 27 12 4 2 6 13 15 12 5 3 4 13 12 -1 32
10 Stal Mielec 24 8 5 11 26 30 12 4 4 4 13 11 12 4 1 7 13 19 -4 29
11 Slask Wrocaw 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 Gdansk 24 7 4 13 25 40 12 4 3 5 12 16 12 3 1 8 13 24 -15 25
18 Miedz 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.