1. Liga match forecast and game guide for the Podbeskidzie vs Arka Gdynia encounter

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Sun 17.July
Match begins: 10:40 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (15076 seats)

It's the first fixture of the new campaign for Podbeskidzie and Arka Gdynia. The canvas is empty, the potential endless.

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Podbeskidzie form and stats

In the previous season, Podbeskidzie's league statistics were 11 wins, 12 draws and 11 losses, resulting in 9th position in the 1. Liga. In these 34 matches they scored 48 goals and let in 41. Performing as the host team in the previous season Podbeskidzie delivered 6-5-6 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 16 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Podbeskidzie perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Podbeskidzie as a small favourite), we find 7 games. Podbeskidzie has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Podbeskidzie friendly games in pre-season: Podbeskidzie played four friendlies, won 3, drew 1 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Podbeskidzie scored 14 goals and conceded 3 in these four games.

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Arka Gdynia form and stats

Let's have a look at how Arka Gdynia performed last season in the 1. Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 39 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 8 with 30/25 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arka Gdynia playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 6 Gdynia wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Arka Gdynia 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 Arka Gdynia have played five with the results W0-D2-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Arka Gdynia has scored 3 goals and conceded 8 times.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - one - four (Podbeskidzie wins - draws - Arka Gdynia wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Podbeskidzie missing players

Arka Gdynia missing players

Podbeskidzie Arka Gdynia
Total Home vs top 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Podbeskidzie Last season Arka Gdynia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 35
11 6   Won W   8 19
12 5   Drew D   1 4
11 6   Lost L   8 12
48 23   Scored S   30 62
41 16   Conceded C   25 41
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
74% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 77%
47% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 49%
29% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 34%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 23%
56% 35%   BTTS BTTS   65% 49%
29% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 29%
24% 35%   Failed to Score F T   24% 26%
 
5.9 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6.6
4.4 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.8
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.8
3 3   Red cards R C   1 4
 
11.9 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 13.8
4.5 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.7 5.4
32% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 33%
 
7.7 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 12.1
3.1 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nieciecza 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 Chojniczanka Chojnice 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Tychy 71 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
4 Ruch Chorzow 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 SKRA Czestochowa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 Arka Gdynia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Chrobry Głogów 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Górnik Łęczna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Katowice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 KS odz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Podbeskidzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Puszcza Niepołomice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Resovia Rzeszow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Stal Rzeszów 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wisa Krakow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Zagebie Sosnowiec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Odra Opole 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 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 Zagebie 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.