ŁKS Łódź favourites for feisty fight facing Zagłębie Sosnowiec

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion MOSiR (12160 seats)

ŁKS Łódź are stalking the top table places while Zagłębie Sosnowiec are more concerned with staying out of trouble and relegation. Who wins the prize?

Insights:
  • ŁKS Łódź have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in 1. Liga

Zagłębie Sosnowiec could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 1. Liga game only four sleeps ago.

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ŁKS Łódź form and stats

1-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 1. Liga numbers at home for ŁKS Łódź so far this season. The ŁKS Łódź manager J. Vicuña Ochandorena might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

A good away victory last time out for ŁKS Łódź, who won 1-0 against Sandecja Nowy Sacz (placed 8th). Some amazing scenes last match, when M. Radaszkiewicz scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time.

Before that, ŁKS Łódź drew at home versus Cracovia Krakow (after extra-time, 3-1 on penalties).

Łódź have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion MOSiR with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Łódź have conceded 9 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Zagłębie Sosnowiec form and stats

1-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zagłębie Sosnowiec in their 1. Liga matches away.

Sosnowiec's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Korona Kielce that finished 0-0.

Prior to that result Sosnowiec won their away game at Ruch Zdzieszowice in the Polish Cup. The scoreline was 6-0.

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 Sosnowiec playing away, we found six games. Results were one away win, two draws and three home wins.

Sosnowiec are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 8 times in 5 away games so far. As for defending, Zagłębie Sosnowiec rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding eight meetings featuring these two squads are: six wins for ŁKS Łódź, one draw and one win for Zagłębie Sosnowiec. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Zagłębie SosnowiecS. Sobczak
S. Sobczak
5 goals
ŁódźJ. Ruiz López
J. Ruiz López
4 goals
ŁKS ŁódźP. Janczukowicz
P. Janczukowicz
2 goals

ŁKS Łódź missing players

Zagłębie Sosnowiec missing players

ŁKS Łódź Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 4 1 Played P 1 5 10
5 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
2 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
3 2 0 Lost L 1 2 5
15 6 2 Scored S 0 8 11
11 9 2 Conceded C 1 8 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 80%
80% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 70%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
20% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 20%
10% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 20%
40% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 70%
40% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
20% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 30%
 
6.5 6.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5 5.3
4.9 4.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.8 6.3
2.2 2.8 7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 3.4 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 14 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9 12.4 12
4.8 5.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 3.8 3.9
31% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 42% 28%
Key stats in 1. Liga this season:
  • All of ŁKS Łódź's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in 1. Liga
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in 1. Liga
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • ŁKS Łódź have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • ŁKS Łódź have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • ŁKS Łódź 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 10 7 2 1 22 8 6 6 0 0 18 3 4 1 2 1 4 5 14 23
2 Korona Kielce 10 7 2 1 13 5 6 4 1 1 8 3 4 3 1 0 5 2 8 23
3 Podbeskidzie 10 5 3 2 15 10 6 3 1 2 9 6 4 2 2 0 6 4 5 18
4 Tychy 71 10 5 3 2 9 8 5 2 2 1 5 6 5 3 1 1 4 2 1 18
5 ŁKS Łódź 10 5 2 3 15 11 4 1 1 2 6 9 6 4 1 1 9 2 4 17
6 Odra Opole 10 5 2 3 14 12 7 4 1 2 10 8 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 17
7 Arka Gdynia 10 5 1 4 16 11 6 3 1 2 9 5 4 2 0 2 7 6 5 16
8 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 9 5 1 3 11 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 5 1 2 11 7 3 16
9 Miedz Legnica 9 4 3 2 11 8 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 3 1 1 8 4 3 15
10 Chrobry Głogów 10 4 2 4 12 8 3 2 0 1 6 1 7 2 2 3 6 7 4 14
11 SKRA Czestochowa 9 3 2 4 7 12 1 1 0 0 2 1 8 2 2 4 5 11 -5 11
12 Resovia Rzeszow 9 2 3 4 10 12 4 1 1 2 2 3 5 1 2 2 8 9 -2 9
13 Polkowice 10 1 5 4 11 17 9 1 5 3 9 13 1 0 0 1 2 4 -6 8
14 Puszcza Niepoomice 10 2 2 6 9 18 4 0 1 3 3 7 6 2 1 3 6 11 -9 8
15 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 10 1 4 5 11 14 5 0 2 3 3 6 5 1 2 2 8 8 -3 7
16 Stomil Olsztyn 10 2 1 7 10 16 6 2 0 4 8 9 4 0 1 3 2 7 -6 7
17 Jastrzebie 10 1 4 5 7 15 6 1 2 3 3 8 4 0 2 2 4 7 -8 7
18 Katowice 10 1 4 5 13 23 5 1 3 1 9 10 5 0 1 4 4 13 -10 7

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.