Home advantage could prove decisive in Śląsk Wrocław - ŁKS Łódź battle

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Śląsk Wrocław have managed 7 wins, 6 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 14 games.

Wrocław are returning here after visiting Wisła Płock in a Ekstraklasa game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Robert Pich and Przemyslaw Płacheta scored the goal(s). Heartbreak before that as Śląsk Wrocław lost 1-2 at Arka Gdynia's place.

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 Wrocław have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won four times, drawn five and lost four.

Śląsk Wrocław have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Miejski with 25 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, Wrocław have conceded 20 goals.

ŁKS Łódź form and stats

There's been little loot from ŁKS Łódź's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 14 away games in the Ekstraklasa. ŁKS Łódź only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Łódź have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 13 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Cracovia Kraków game.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ekstraklasa home defeat versus Jagiellonia Białystok with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Raków Częstochowa.

We have checked recent matches where Łódź have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, four draws and two defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, ŁKS Łódź have conceded 27 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; ŁKS Łódź - Wrocław 0-1. Last seven meetings between the teams: Śląsk Wrocław won four, ŁKS Łódź won one and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. Pich 7 goals

E. Expósito Hernández 6 goals

M. Chrapek 5 goals

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

ŁKS Łódź missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Legia Warszawa	29	19	3	7	63	28	15	11	1	3	42	13	14	8	2	4	21	15	35	60
2	Piast Gliwice	29	15	5	9	34	26	15	10	3	2	21	9	14	5	2	7	13	17	8	50
3	Lech Poznań	29	12	10	7	52	29	15	8	3	4	31	11	14	4	7	3	21	18	23	46
4	Śląsk Wrocław	29	12	10	7	38	33	14	7	6	1	25	20	15	5	4	6	13	13	5	46
5	Cracovia Kraków	29	14	3	12	38	28	14	9	1	4	21	10	15	5	2	8	17	18	10	45
6	Jagiellonia Białystok	29	12	8	9	41	37	14	7	4	3	22	13	15	5	4	6	19	24	4	44
7	Pogoń Szczecin	29	12	8	9	28	30	14	6	3	5	14	13	15	6	5	4	14	17	-2	44
8	Lechia Gdańsk	29	11	9	9	39	41	15	6	4	5	19	19	14	5	5	4	20	22	-2	42
9	Zagłębie Lubin	29	10	8	11	48	44	15	6	6	3	30	21	14	4	2	8	18	23	4	38
10	Górnik Zabrze	29	9	11	9	37	38	14	8	5	1	27	14	15	1	6	8	10	24	-1	38
11	Raków Częstochowa	29	11	5	13	36	42	14	7	3	4	19	15	15	4	2	9	17	27	-6	38
12	Wisła Płock	29	10	7	12	36	49	15	6	3	6	21	22	14	4	4	6	15	27	-13	37
13	Wisła Kraków	29	10	4	15	37	47	15	7	2	6	23	16	14	3	2	9	14	31	-10	34
14	Korona Kielce	29	8	6	15	21	34	14	5	2	7	11	12	15	3	4	8	10	22	-13	30
15	Arka Gdynia	29	7	7	15	28	47	14	4	6	4	14	16	15	3	1	11	14	31	-19	28
16	ŁKS Łódź	29	5	6	18	26	49	15	4	3	8	16	22	14	1	3	10	10	27	-23	21