Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arka Gdynia & Górnik Łęczna face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Polish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Gdynia have less rest than Górnik Łęczna in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 1. Liga game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Katowice, so at least Arka Gdynia are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Arka Gdynia form and stats
Last season their Polish Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Arka Gdynia have played three 1. Liga home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
It's back home for Arka Gdynia, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Katowice away with the result 1-0. Haydary found the net in that victory.
Preceding that match was the home 1. Liga game against Odra Opole that was lost 1-2.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Gdynia matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat (from 9 games).
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the 1. Liga game versus Tychy 71 in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion Miejski.
Arka Gdynia have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot.
Górnik Łęczna form and stats
They also participated in Polish Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.0-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Górnik Łęczna in their 1. Liga matches away.
Górnik Łęczna had fun at their own home (Stadion Miejski) last time out, beating Odra Opole 4-1. Biernat, Gąska and Krykun (2) scored.
Prior to that match, the Górnik manager Prasoł faced defeat when travelling to Chojniczanka Chojnice and losing 1-2.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Górnik Łęczna playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 2 draws and 1 home win.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Górnik Łęczna manager Prasoł as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against KS odz.
Goals are few and far between in Górnik's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. 5 goals have been conceded by Górnik Łęczna in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Arka Gdynia victories, two draws and four Górnik Łęczna wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Haydary 3 goals |  S. Krykun 2 goals | M. Biernat 2 goals |
Arka Gdynia missing players
Górnik Łęczna missing players
| Arka Gdynia | Górnik Łęczna | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | ||
| 34 | 19 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 29% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 26% | ||
| 11.5 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 5.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wisa Krakow | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Ruch Chorzów | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | KS odz | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Nieciecza | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Arka Gdynia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Podbeskidzie | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Stal Rzeszow | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Tychy 71 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Katowice | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Zagebie Sosnowiec | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | SKRA Czestochowa | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Chrobry Gogow | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Chojniczanka Chojnice | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Odra Opole | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Górnik Łęczna | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 17 | Sandecja Nowy Sacz | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Resovia Rzeszow | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
