It's looking great for Widzew Lodz so far this season, with the 3rd place in the Ekstraklasa table and anticipating the visit of Warta Poznań (who are in 8th).
- Widzew Lodz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Warta Poznań have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Widzew Lodz form and stats
Widzew Lodz have collected 18 points from their Ekstraklasa home games so far after 5-3-3.
Widzew Lodz travelled for their previous game, a trip to Legia Warszawa that ended 2-2. The versatile forward Pawłowski outperformed all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Pawłowski scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that, Widzew Lodz had a home game versus Slask Wrocaw which ended with a victory 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Widzew perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Widzew Lodz as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Widzew Lodz has won 3 of these, drawn 4 and lost 3.
The Widzew Lodz fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Warta Poznań form and stats
6-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Warta Poznań in their Ekstraklasa matches away.
Poznań go into this game after a win, the home game against Korona Kielce that ended 5-1. That win felt good as this side had gone four league games without victory. As mentioned above, Warta Poznań was the only team on the pitch versus Korona Kielce in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Defender Grzesik was the best team player with a rating of 8.85. Grzesik scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 4 of 4 duels.
Prior to that match, the Warta Poznań manager Szulczek faced defeat when travelling to Pogon Szczecin and losing 1-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Warta Poznań in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Poznań, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
A tale of few goals? 13 of this club's last 17 league rounds have contained zero, one or two goals.
Warta Poznań have another match away in just four nights, a Ekstraklasa game versus Wisla Plock. A back-breaking diary for the guests!
The visiting Warta Poznań have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 10 games. It's not easy to score on Warta Poznań as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head meeting ended Warta Poznań - Widzew 0-1, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Widzew Lodz four wins, zero draws and Warta Poznań two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Pawłowski 7 goals |  J. Sánchez Ribas 5 goals |   A. Zreľák 5 goals |
Widzew Lodz missing players
Warta Poznań missing players
| Widzew Lodz | Warta Poznań | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 29 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 23 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 86% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 68% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 67% |
| 50% | 55% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 30% | 33% |
| 18% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 24% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 41% | 55% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | 43% |
| 50% | 45% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 50% | 33% |
| 23% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 30% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 8.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.4 | 14.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 7.2 | 10 |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 28% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 45% | 36% |
| 12.7 | 11.2 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.1 | 9.9 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
- Warta Poznań have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 52 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 43 |
| 3 | Widzew Lodz | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Lech Poznan | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 36 |
| 5 | Pogon Szczecin | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Cracovia Krakow | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Radomiak Radom | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Warta Poznań | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Stal Mielec | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Wisla Plock | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 28 |
| 11 | Slask Wrocaw | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 25 |
| 12 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| 13 | Piast Gliwice | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Zagebie Lubin | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 23 |
| 15 | Gornik Zabrze | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 16 | Lechia Gdansk | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 22 |
| 17 | Korona Kielce | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -12 | 20 |
| 18 | Miedz Legnica | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 18 |
