Creeping up on the top clubs is the task when these two mid-table clubs fight it out. Both will be aiming to strenghten their league status, Zagłębie Lubin in 10th and Stal Mielec in 12th place.
- Zagłębie Lubin have the fewest points (14) at home in Ekstraklasa
- Stal Mielec have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Zagłębie are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Stal Mielec are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.
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.
Zagłębie Lubin form and stats
Zagłębie Lubin's struggle is real here at Stadion Zagłębia Lubin with only 14 points collected from 16 Ekstraklasa games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-5-8.
It's back home for Zagłębie, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Cracovia Krakow away with the result 1-0. Łakomy found the net in that victory. Defender Grzybek got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.91/10. Grzybek won 7 of 8 duels.
In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Lechia Gdansk.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Zagłębie Lubin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 0 and lost 1.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Zagłębie here at Stadion Zagłębia Lubin in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 16 games). Zagłębie Lubin have conceded 20 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Stal Mielec form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.
Stal Mielec are looking to quickly end their 198 minutes long goal drought in the Ekstraklasa. The Mielec goalkeeper Bartosz Mrozek is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 261 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Stal Mielec's last game was the home draw against Lechia Gdansk (0-0). Defender Flis was the best team player with a rating of 7.65. Flis won 10 of 13 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Wisla Plock.Stal Mielec are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
Low-scoring game? 9 of this team's latest 11 league fixtures 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 Mielec have scored 18 goals in 16 league games away. In the opposite end, Stal Mielec have conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides met each other earlier on this season: Stal Mielec - Zagłębie 3-0. Head-to-head totals (for the former five meetings): Zagłębie Lubin won two games, one match ended in a draw and Stal Mielec have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / one.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Chodyna 7 goals |  Ł. Łakomy 4 goals |   M. Domański 4 goals |
Zagłębie Lubin missing players
Stal Mielec missing players
| Zagłębie Lubin | Stal Mielec | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 32 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 35 |
| 43 | 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 7 | 24 | 38 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 88% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 75% |
| 47% | 31% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 38% | 31% |
| 16% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 31% | 19% |
| 3% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 9% |
| 41% | 44% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 38% | 38% |
| 25% | 19% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | 34% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 38% | 41% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6 | 6 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.8 | 14.7 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.1 | 10.6 |
| 5 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| 20% | 14% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 37% | 30% |
| 13.3 | 12.4 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 14.7 | 13.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
- Stal Mielec have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Zagłębie Lubin have the fewest points (14) at home in Ekstraklasa
- Zagłębie Lubin have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Ekstraklasa
- Zagłębie Lubin have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home 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 | 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 Poznań | 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 Poznan | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 31 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 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 | Zagłębie Lubin | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 23 | -11 | 41 |
| 11 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 47 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 40 |
| 12 | Stal Mielec | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 24 | -3 | 40 |
| 13 | Radomiak Radom | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -6 | 38 |
| 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 |
