Katowice supporters put their faith in manager R. Górak to deliver victory against Puszcza Niepołomice

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion ul. Bukowa (6710 seats)

Katowice hope to sell some tickets for this match despite that the season has been demanding so far with 12 points and a 14th position in the 1. Liga table. Opponents Puszcza Niepołomice have 12th place with 14 pts.

Insights:
  • Katowice have the most conceded goals (26) in 1. Liga
  • Puszcza Niepołomice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a 1. Liga game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Polkowice. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Katowice form and stats

2 victories, 4 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Katowice, who have the most conceded goals (26) in 1. Liga, have to build on here at Stadion ul. Bukowa in the 1. Liga.

The home team returns to Stadion ul. Bukowa after being equal after 90 minutes with SKRA Częstochowa (placed 13th) on their last time out; the 1. Liga game ended 0-0.

In the match before that, Katowice hosted Tychy 71 and drew the game 2-2.

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 Katowice have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost one.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Katowice, as the Polish Cup home game vs Nieciecza is only four days away.

Katowice have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion ul. Bukowa with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Katowice have conceded 13 from these games.

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Puszcza Niepołomice form and stats

Playing away, Puszcza Niepołomice have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the 1. Liga this season.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Niepołomice goalkeeper Gabriel Kobylak is eager to challenge this, with his 238 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's the second away game in a row for Niepołomice, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Polkowice (placed 18th) in the 1. Liga last time out. Late drama in the previous game, when E. Čikoš scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Polkowice.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Odra Opole.

Puszcza Niepołomice are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is six wins, four draws and six defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Niepołomice find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Niepołomice have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the prior seven meetings): Katowice won one game, four matches ended in a draw and Puszcza Niepołomice got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / four

Top Goalscorers

KatowiceP. Szwedzik
P. Szwedzik
3 goals
KatowiceF. Szymczak
F. Szymczak
3 goals
Puszcza NiepołomiceS. Kobusiński
S. Kobusiński
3 goals

Katowice missing players

Puszcza Niepołomice missing players

Katowice Puszcza Niepołomice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 3 7 13
2 2 0 Won W 3 3 4
6 4 2 Drew D 0 1 2
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 7
17 13 4 Scored S 5 7 13
26 13 4 Conceded C 1 11 19
85% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
77% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 77%
69% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 43% 46%
62% 71% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 23%
23% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
69% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 38%
15% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 29% 23%
31% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 38%
 
4.8 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 5.1 5.1
5 6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.1 5.3
1.5 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.2 12 12 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 9.1
4.2 4.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.9 3
31% 39% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 35% 33%
Key stats in 1. Liga this season:
  • Katowice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Katowice have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in 1. Liga
  • Katowice have the most conceded goals (26) in 1. Liga
  • Katowice have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in 1. Liga
  • Katowice have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in 1. Liga
  • Katowice have the most matches over the total-line (9) in 1. Liga
  • Puszcza Niepołomice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Widzew Lodz 13 10 2 1 27 9 7 7 0 0 21 4 6 3 2 1 6 5 18 32
2 Miedz Legnica 13 8 3 2 24 11 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 5 1 1 13 5 13 27
3 Korona Kielce 13 7 4 2 15 8 8 4 2 2 10 6 5 3 2 0 5 2 7 25
4 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 12 7 1 4 14 11 2 0 0 2 1 4 10 7 1 2 13 7 3 22
5 Tychy 71 13 6 4 3 14 13 7 3 2 2 8 9 6 3 2 1 6 4 1 22
6 Arka Gdynia 13 6 2 5 21 13 7 3 2 2 9 5 6 3 0 3 12 8 8 20
7 KS odz 12 6 2 4 16 12 6 2 1 3 7 10 6 4 1 1 9 2 4 20
8 Odra Opole 13 6 2 5 16 17 8 5 1 2 11 8 5 1 1 3 5 9 -1 20
9 Podbeskidzie 12 5 3 4 17 15 7 3 1 3 9 7 5 2 2 1 8 8 2 18
10 Chrobry Gogow 12 4 3 5 14 13 3 2 0 1 6 1 9 2 3 4 8 12 1 15
11 Resovia Rzeszow 13 4 3 6 14 15 7 2 1 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 -1 15
12 Puszcza Niepołomice 13 4 2 7 13 19 6 1 1 4 6 8 7 3 1 3 7 11 -6 14
13 SKRA Częstochowa 12 3 4 5 7 13 2 1 1 0 2 1 10 2 3 5 5 12 -6 13
14 Katowice 13 2 6 5 17 26 7 2 4 1 13 13 6 0 2 4 4 13 -9 12
15 Stomil Olsztyn 12 3 1 8 13 19 6 2 0 4 8 9 6 1 1 4 5 10 -6 10
16 Zagebie Sosnowiec 13 2 4 7 12 19 6 0 2 4 3 7 7 2 2 3 9 12 -7 10
17 Jastrzebie 13 2 4 7 12 24 8 2 2 4 7 14 5 0 2 3 5 10 -12 10
18 Polkowice 13 1 6 6 12 21 11 1 6 4 9 14 2 0 0 2 3 7 -9 9

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.