1. Liga preview: Can Nieciecza edge out victory against Zagłębie Sosnowiec?

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Sat 29.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Termaliki Bruk-Bet Nieciecza (4595 seats)

It's a new 1. Liga campaign and Nieciecza are eager to get started here at Stadion Termaliki Bruk-Bet Nieciecza. Zagłębie Sosnowiec are coming to visit and this should be a thrilling season kickoff.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Nieciecza form and stats

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

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Nieciecza, who have participated in six training matches. Nieciecza have won 1 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 3 games.

Last season, Nieciecza's league statistics were 14 wins, 8 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 6th position in the 1. Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 47 goals and conceded 34. Playing at home last season Nieciecza managed 8-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 21 conceded.

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Zagłębie Sosnowiec form and stats

Sosnowiec are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and five defeats. From a total of seven matches.

It's a day of discovery for Zagłębie Sosnowiec as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Sosnowiec have played seven with the results W2-D3-L2 (win-draw-lost). In these games Zagłębie Sosnowiec has scored 13 goals and conceded 16 times.

Let's have a look at how Zagłębie Sosnowiec performed last season in the 1. Liga: They landed a 12th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 8 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 49 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 26/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Nieciecza-Zagłębie Sosnowiec H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Nieciecza one win, Zagłębie Sosnowiec two wins, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Nieciecza missing players

Zagłębie Sosnowiec missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Nieciecza Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
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% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Nieciecza Last season Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   17 34
14 8   Won W   7 12
8 5   Drew D   4 8
13 4   Lost L   6 14
47 31   Scored S   26 49
35 21   Conceded C   24 55
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
60% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   100% 91%
40% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
23% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
6% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 15%
37% 59%   BTTS BTTS   71% 65%
34% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
31% 6%   Failed to Score F T   12% 18%
 
6.3 7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
4.7 4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 6
2.3 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
3 0   Red cards R C   7 8
 
381 183   Total Shots T S   150 356
147 66   Shots on Target S O   68 140
32% 47%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arka Gdynia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chrobry Gogow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Gornik eczna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Jastrzębie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Korona Kielce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KS odz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Miedz Legnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nieciecza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Odra Opole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Puszcza Niepoomice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Radomiak Radom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Resovia Rzeszow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Stomil Olsztyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Tychy 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Widzew Lodz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Bechatow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Stal Mielec 34 21 4 9 57 31 17 11 4 2 28 13 17 10 0 7 29 18 26 67
2 Podbeskidzie 34 19 8 7 64 35 17 13 2 2 42 18 17 6 6 5 22 17 29 65
3 Warta Poznań 34 18 6 10 52 35 17 9 2 6 29 19 17 9 4 4 23 16 17 60
4 Radomiak Radom 34 16 9 9 52 45 17 12 3 2 29 13 17 4 6 7 23 32 7 57
5 Miedz Legnica 34 14 9 11 49 44 17 7 6 4 29 21 17 7 3 7 20 23 5 51
6 Nieciecza 34 14 8 12 47 34 17 8 5 4 31 21 17 6 3 8 16 13 13 50
7 Chrobry Gogow 34 14 7 13 41 44 17 8 5 4 22 13 17 6 2 9 19 31 -3 49
8 Puszcza Niepoomice 34 13 9 12 36 37 17 4 2 11 13 24 17 9 7 1 23 13 -1 48
9 Tychy 71 34 12 11 11 60 53 17 7 6 4 32 23 17 5 5 7 28 30 7 47
10 Stomil Olsztyn 34 13 7 14 30 38 17 9 4 4 19 14 17 4 3 10 11 24 -8 46
11 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 34 12 8 14 45 49 17 8 5 4 28 21 17 4 3 10 17 28 -4 44
12 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 34 12 8 14 49 55 17 5 4 8 23 31 17 7 4 6 26 24 -6 44
13 Odra Opole 34 11 9 14 33 39 17 8 5 4 15 8 17 3 4 10 18 31 -6 42
14 Jastrzębie 34 9 14 11 41 46 17 6 4 7 21 24 17 3 10 4 20 22 -5 41
15 Bechatow 34 11 7 16 36 45 17 7 5 5 21 18 17 4 2 11 15 27 -9 40
16 Olimpia Grudziądz 34 11 7 16 45 56 17 6 4 7 26 28 17 5 3 9 19 28 -11 40
17 Chojniczanka Chojnice 34 8 6 20 46 67 17 4 1 12 20 33 17 4 5 8 26 34 -21 30
18 Wigry Suwaki 34 7 5 22 27 57 17 5 4 8 16 24 17 2 1 14 11 33 -30 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arka Gdynia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chrobry Gogow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Gornik eczna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Jastrzębie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Korona Kielce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 KS odz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Miedz Legnica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nieciecza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Odra Opole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Puszcza Niepoomice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Radomiak Radom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Resovia Rzeszow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Stomil Olsztyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Tychy 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Widzew Lodz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Bechatow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.