Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Motor Lublin & Puszcza Niepołomice face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Polish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Motor Lublin and Puszcza Niepołomice.
Motor Lublin form and stats
Lublin was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Polish Cup.2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 1. Liga numbers at home for Motor Lublin so far this season.
Motor Lublin's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Wisa Krakow.
Heartbreak before that as Lublin lost 0-2 at Tychy 71's place.The manager Feio will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Arka Gdynia in only three days.
Motor Lublin have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Lublin with 8 goals in 5 league matches.
Puszcza Niepołomice form and stats
Last season their Polish Cup adventure ended in the round of 32.0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Puszcza Niepołomice playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season.
Niepołomice are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Radomiak Radom. Cholewiak got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Cholewiak served one assist and hit two key passes.
The game before that, in the Ekstraklasa, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Śląsk Wrocław.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Puszcza Niepołomice playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 5 Puszcza Niepołomice wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Ruch Chorzow in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Niepołomice as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. For Puszcza Niepołomice, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Puszcza Niepołomice have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (2-2-0) when playing Motor Lublin.Top Goalscorers
  B. Wolski 4 goals |   Ł. Sołowiej 3 goals |  P. Ceglarz 2 goals |
Motor Lublin missing players
Puszcza Niepołomice missing players
| Motor Lublin | Puszcza Niepołomice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 27 | Scored | S | 27 | 37 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Conceded | C | 28 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 76% | ||
| 36% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 3.6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 8.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 43% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | ||
| 8.4 | 8.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Odra Opole | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | Gornik eczna | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Tychy 71 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | Motor Lublin | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Wisla Plock | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Miedź Legnica | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Nieciecza | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Lechia Gdansk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 9 | Katowice | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Wisa Krakow | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 11 | Arka Gdynia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Znicz Pruszkow | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Podbeskidzie | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Zagebie Sosnowiec | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Resovia Rzeszow | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 16 | Polonia Warszawa | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Stal Rzeszow | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Chrobry Głogów | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Śląsk Wrocław | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Rakow Czestochowa | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Zagebie Lubin | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Lech Poznan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Stal Mielec | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Pogon Szczecin | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Radomiak Radom | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Widzew Lodz | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Cracovia Krakow | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Warta Poznan | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Piast Gliwice | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Gornik Zabrze | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Puszcza Niepołomice | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | ŁKS Łódź | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Korona Kielce | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Ruch Chorzow | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
