Delightful dogfight as daring Arka Gdynia duel with determined Zagłębie Sosnowiec

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Sat 23.July
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (15139 seats)

After the first game it's Arka Gdynia - Zagłębie Sosnowiec 3-3 in points. Who will prevail in this second 1. Liga match of the season?

Arka Gdynia and Zagłębie Sosnowiec should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Arka Gdynia form and stats

Last season, Arka Gdynia's league stats were 19 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses, providing 3rd position in the 1. Liga. In these 34 matches they scored 62 goals and conceded 39. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Arka Gdynia generated 11-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with 32 goals and 14 conceded.

A good away victory last time out for Arka Gdynia, who won 1-0 against Podbeskidzie (placed 17th).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Chrobry Głogów (0-2).

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, 4 draws and 1 defeat (from 8 games).

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Zagłębie Sosnowiec form and stats

Let's have a look at how Zagłębie Sosnowiec performed last season in the 1. Liga: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 12 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 20/29 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Fábry and Pawłowski secured the home win 2-1 against Resovia Rzeszow in their previous game. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Skowronek when Fábry scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Chrobry Głogów's place.

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 Zagłębie Sosnowiec playing away, we found 7 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 4 home wins.

Head 2 Head

Last nine meetings involving these squads: Arka Gdynia won three, Zagłębie Sosnowiec triumphed in three and we saw three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Arka GdyniaK. Skóra
K. Skóra
1 goals
Zagłębie SosnowiecS. Pawłowski
S. Pawłowski
1 goals
Zagłębie SosnowiecM. Fábry
M. Fábry
1 goals

Arka Gdynia missing players

Zagłębie Sosnowiec missing players

Arka Gdynia Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 7
5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
6 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
17% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 5
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Arka Gdynia Last season Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 18   Played P   17 34
19 11   Won W   4 8
4 3   Drew D   5 12
12 4   Lost L   8 14
62 32   Scored S   20 41
41 16   Conceded C   29 48
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 85%
77% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 71%
49% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
34% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 29%
23% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
49% 33%   BTTS BTTS   65% 59%
29% 44%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 26%
26% 28%   Failed to Score F T   24% 29%
 
6.6 7.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 5.4
4.8 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 5.4
1.8 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.7
4 3   Red cards R C   0 2
 
13.8 15.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 10.1
5.4 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.3
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 37%
 
12.1 13   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 9.5
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Katowice 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
2 Nieciecza 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Arka Gdynia 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Puszcza Niepołomice 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Chrobry Głogów 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
7 Stal Rzeszów 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Chojniczanka Chojnice 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Tychy 71 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Ruch Chorzów 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 SKRA Czestochowa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Wisa Krakow 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Odra Opole 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Resovia Rzeszow 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Gornik eczna 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Podbeskidzie 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 KS odz 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Miedz Legnica 34 23 8 3 56 22 17 11 4 2 28 12 17 12 4 1 28 10 34 77
2 Widzew Lodz 34 18 8 8 53 38 17 11 2 4 36 23 17 7 6 4 17 15 15 62
3 Arka Gdynia 34 19 4 11 62 39 17 11 3 3 32 14 17 8 1 8 30 25 23 61
4 Korona Kielce 34 15 11 8 46 37 17 9 3 5 23 17 17 6 8 3 23 20 9 56
5 Odra Opole 34 14 9 11 51 46 17 7 5 5 24 22 17 7 4 6 27 24 5 51
6 Chrobry Głogów 34 13 11 10 43 34 17 10 5 2 27 10 17 3 6 8 16 24 9 50
7 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 34 12 11 11 39 36 17 4 7 6 18 19 17 8 4 5 21 17 3 47
8 Katowice 34 11 13 10 44 47 17 7 5 5 27 24 17 4 8 5 17 23 -3 46
9 Podbeskidzie 34 11 12 11 48 41 17 6 5 6 23 16 17 5 7 5 25 25 7 45
10 KS odz 34 12 9 13 33 37 17 6 3 8 16 22 17 6 6 5 17 15 -4 45
11 Resovia Rzeszow 34 11 11 12 42 39 17 5 7 5 19 16 17 6 4 7 23 23 3 44
12 Tychy 71 34 11 11 12 37 41 17 6 7 4 20 18 17 5 4 8 17 23 -4 44
13 SKRA Czestochowa 34 8 14 12 28 41 17 2 10 5 16 22 17 6 4 7 12 19 -13 38
14 Puszcza Niepołomice 34 10 7 17 41 50 17 5 5 7 26 23 17 5 2 10 15 27 -9 37
15 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 34 8 12 14 41 48 17 4 7 6 21 19 17 4 5 8 20 29 -7 36
16 Stomil Olsztyn 34 10 5 19 32 52 17 5 0 12 18 30 17 5 5 7 14 22 -20 35
17 Polkowice 34 5 14 15 32 54 17 3 8 6 15 19 17 2 6 9 17 35 -22 29
18 Jastrzebie 34 5 10 19 32 58 17 4 4 9 16 29 17 1 6 10 16 29 -26 25

Read more about 1. Liga

The I Liga (“Pierwsza liga”), also known by the sponsorship name Fortuna I Liga, is the second level of Polish football. It has 18 teams meeting each other home and away. After these fixtures the final league table is ready, with the top two teams promoted. The bottom three are relegated while the team in 15th place must play a relegation playoff.