Delightful dogfight as daring Widzew Lodz duel with determined Śląsk Wrocław

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 17.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź (18008 seats)

Widzew Lodz are located at 4th, while Śląsk Wrocław are hanging back 7 points behind in the standings. Will they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Widzew Lodz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Śląsk Wrocław have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Ekstraklasa

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Widzew Lodz have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Widzew.

Widzew Lodz drew their last game, 0-0 away at Lechia Gdansk (placed 13th). The forward Pawłowski bested all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Pawłowski hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Jagiellonia Biaystok.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Widzew handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.

The Widzew Lodz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Widzew Lodz's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Ekstraklasa, on their Ekstraklasa travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Wrocław's last game was the home draw against Korona Kielce (1-1). Verdasca was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.31. The defender Verdasca served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.

Prior to that result Śląsk Wrocław won their away game at Pogon Szczecin. The scoreline was 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Śląsk Wrocław have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

The attacking power of Wrocław when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Śląsk Wrocław have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Śląsk Wrocław - Widzew Lodz 0-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous H2H match, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these sides: Widzew won three, Śląsk Wrocław triumphed in four and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Widzew LodzB. Pawłowski
B. Pawłowski
6 goals
Widzew LodzJ. Sánchez Ribas
J. Sánchez Ribas
5 goals
Śląsk WrocławE. Expósito Hernández
E. Expósito Hernández
4 goals

Widzew Lodz missing players

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

Widzew Lodz Śląsk Wrocław
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 9 20
9 4 2 Won W 2 3 6
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 7
6 3 1 Lost L 1 4 7
26 16 6 Scored S 3 7 20
21 13 5 Conceded C 2 10 26
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 85%
70% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 75%
50% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 40%
15% 30% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 20%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
40% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
50% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 33% 25%
25% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 44% 40%
 
5.7 6.4 9.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.1 4.6
4.8 4.3 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 3.8 4.8
1.2 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
13.5 14.8 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9.3 9.6
4.9 5.7 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4 4
27% 28% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 19% 25%
 
12.6 11.3 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 10.9 10.8
4.5 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.4 4.5
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Widzew Lodz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Widzew Lodz have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Śląsk Wrocław have scored away.
  • Śląsk Wrocław have the fewest scored goals (7) 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 20 14 4 2 37 13 10 9 1 0 24 5 10 5 3 2 13 8 24 46
2 Legia Warszawa 19 11 5 3 29 22 9 7 2 0 17 8 10 4 3 3 12 14 7 38
3 Lech Poznan 20 10 6 4 24 17 10 5 1 4 10 10 10 5 5 0 14 7 7 36
4 Widzew Lodz 20 9 5 6 26 21 10 4 3 3 16 13 10 5 2 3 10 8 5 32
5 Pogon Szczecin 20 8 6 6 32 32 9 4 3 2 14 13 11 4 3 4 18 19 0 30
6 Stal Mielec 20 8 5 7 25 23 10 4 4 2 13 8 10 4 1 5 12 15 2 29
7 Cracovia Krakow 19 8 4 7 21 14 10 5 2 3 12 5 9 3 2 4 9 9 7 28
8 Wisla Plock 19 8 4 7 29 26 9 6 1 2 15 7 10 2 3 5 14 19 3 28
9 Radomiak Radom 19 8 3 8 22 23 10 4 1 5 13 14 9 4 2 3 9 9 -1 27
10 Warta Poznan 18 7 5 6 19 17 9 1 4 4 7 12 9 6 1 2 12 5 2 26
11 Śląsk Wrocław 20 6 7 7 20 26 11 3 5 3 13 16 9 3 2 4 7 10 -6 25
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 20 5 8 7 29 28 10 5 1 4 19 14 10 0 7 3 10 14 1 23
13 Lechia Gdansk 20 6 4 10 20 31 10 3 3 4 7 13 10 3 1 6 13 18 -11 22
14 Gornik Zabrze 19 5 6 8 27 31 10 2 3 5 13 18 9 3 3 3 14 13 -4 21
15 Zagebie Lubin 19 5 5 9 17 29 10 1 4 5 7 14 9 4 1 4 10 15 -12 20
16 Piast Gliwice 19 4 5 10 19 24 9 2 2 5 10 11 10 2 3 5 9 13 -5 17
17 Korona Kielce 20 4 5 11 22 31 9 2 2 5 9 12 11 2 3 6 13 19 -9 17
18 Miedz Legnica 19 3 5 11 20 30 10 2 4 4 11 15 9 1 1 7 9 15 -10 14

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.