Zagłębie Lubin vs Widzew Lodz: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 29.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Zagłębia Lubin (16068 seats)

15th- against 8th position might not feel all that hot. But: We have the facts that makes Zagłębie Lubin - Widzew Lodz (even) more appealing!

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  • Zagłębie Lubin have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Ekstraklasa

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.

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Zagłębie Lubin form and stats

Zagłębie Lubin's results here at Stadion Zagłębia Lubin in the Ekstraklasa have been very modest with 2 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

Zagłębie Lubin travelled for their previous game, a trip to Korona Kielce that ended 2-2. Midfielder Chodyna was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.9 (out of ten) in that game. Chodyna served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Gornik Zabrze with the scoreline 0-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Zagłębie Lubin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 7.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Zagłębie Lubin here at Stadion Zagłębia Lubin in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 15 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 20 goals have been conceded.

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

5 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Widzew Lodz playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season. It's a growing despair in Widzew as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Home advantage was not enough for Widzew Lodz in their previous game as they lost hosting Piast Gliwice, 2-3. Stępiński was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Stępiński served one assist, hit three key passes and won 11 of 14 duels.

Prior to that match, the Widzew Lodz manager Niedźwiedź faced defeat when travelling to Rakow Czestochowa and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Widzew in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Widzew Lodz, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

{14 goals} so far away for Widzew Lodz, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 14. All from 14 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The most up to date logged result between these sides is the Widzew Lodz - Zagłębie Lubin 3-0 played not long ago this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Zagłębie Lubin victories, three draws and three Widzew Lodz wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Widzew LodzB. Pawłowski
B. Pawłowski
9 goals
Widzew LodzJ. Sánchez Ribas
J. Sánchez Ribas
6 goals
ZagłębieK. Chodyna
K. Chodyna
5 goals

Zagłębie Lubin missing players

Widzew Lodz missing players

Zagłębie Lubin Widzew Lodz
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 4 Played P 3 14 29
8 2 1 Won W 1 5 10
8 5 1 Drew D 2 5 8
13 8 2 Lost L 0 4 11
26 9 3 Scored S 1 14 34
42 20 6 Conceded C 0 14 36
93% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 86% 90%
76% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 76%
48% 33% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 45%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 17%
3% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
41% 47% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 36% 45%
21% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 38%
45% 53% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 28%
 
5 5.4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4.6 5.2
4.5 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.7 5
1.5 1.3 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.6 1.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 14.3 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16.7 12.2 13.1
4.9 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 4.3
18% 13% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 8% 25% 27%
 
13.1 12.3 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11.7 14.3 12.6
4.3 3.7 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.9 4.2
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Zagłębie Lubin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Zagłębie Lubin have the fewest points (11) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Zagłębie Lubin have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Zagłębie Lubin have the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Ekstraklasa
  • Zagłębie Lubin have the the worst goal difference (-11) 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 29 21 5 3 56 19 14 13 1 0 36 7 15 8 4 3 20 12 37 68
2 Legia Warszawa 29 16 9 4 46 32 14 9 5 0 28 15 15 7 4 4 18 17 14 57
3 Pogoń Szczecin 29 14 8 7 47 41 14 7 4 3 24 20 15 7 4 4 23 21 6 50
4 Lech Poznan 28 13 9 6 40 27 14 7 2 5 20 14 14 6 7 1 20 13 13 48
5 Warta Poznan 29 12 8 9 34 26 15 5 6 4 19 15 14 7 2 5 15 11 8 44
6 Piast Gliwice 29 12 6 11 33 29 14 5 3 6 15 14 15 7 3 5 18 15 4 42
7 Cracovia Krakow 29 11 8 10 36 29 14 7 4 3 19 8 15 4 4 7 17 21 7 41
8 Widzew Lodz 29 10 8 11 34 36 15 5 3 7 20 22 14 5 5 4 14 14 -2 38
9 Jagiellonia Biaystok 29 8 12 9 42 39 14 7 2 5 25 19 15 1 10 4 17 20 3 36
10 Wisla Plock 29 10 6 13 39 40 15 8 3 4 22 14 14 2 3 9 17 26 -1 36
11 Gornik Zabrze 29 9 8 12 37 40 15 4 5 6 19 22 14 5 3 6 18 18 -3 35
12 Stal Mielec 29 9 8 12 33 37 14 4 6 4 15 13 15 5 2 8 18 24 -4 35
13 Korona Kielce 29 9 8 12 33 41 15 7 3 5 18 16 14 2 5 7 15 25 -8 35
14 Radomiak Radom 28 9 7 12 27 33 14 4 3 7 13 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -6 34
15 Zagłębie Lubin 29 8 8 13 26 42 15 2 5 8 9 20 14 6 3 5 17 22 -16 32
16 Slask Wrocaw 29 7 10 12 26 40 14 4 6 4 16 19 15 3 4 8 10 21 -14 31
17 Lechia Gdansk 29 7 5 17 26 46 15 4 4 7 13 19 14 3 1 10 13 27 -20 26
18 Miedz Legnica 29 4 9 16 28 46 15 3 6 6 16 22 14 1 3 10 12 24 -18 21

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.