1. Liga match prediction and preview for Sandecja Nowy Sącz vs Korona Kielce clash

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka (7000 seats)

Sandecja Nowy Sącz and Korona Kielce have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the 1. Liga.

Insights:
  • Sandecja Nowy Sącz is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Korona Kielce have the fewest points from losing position (1) in 1. Liga

Korona Kielce could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 1. Liga game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Nieciecza, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Korona Kielce.

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Sandecja Nowy Sącz form and stats

6-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the 1. Liga numbers at home for Sandecja Nowy Sącz so far this season. Sandecja Nowy Sącz haven’t lost a league-game in 16 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Korona Kielce, 174 days ago.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sandecja, who played 1-1 against Resovia Rzeszow. That match was also played at this venue (Stadion im. Ojca Władysława Augustynka). Before that match, a win away at Bechatow.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sandecja have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost three.

Sandecja has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Sandecja Nowy Sącz's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Korona Kielce form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Korona Kielce playing as the away team in the 1. Liga this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Korona Kielce's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Korona play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-6 to Nieciecza (placed 1st). Before that, Korona secured a home win against Zagebie Sosnowiec with the score 1-0.

Korona lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 2-6 beating and focus on this one.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Korona Kielce in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Korona Kielce, three draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Korona Kielce have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Korona Kielce - Sandecja 1-0 earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Sandecja Nowy Sącz victories, one draw and two Korona Kielce wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sandecja Nowy SączM. Piter Bučko
M. Piter Bučko
7 goals
Sandecja Nowy SączR. López Huesca
R. López Huesca
5 goals
Sandecja Nowy SączD. Chmiel
D. Chmiel
4 goals

Sandecja Nowy Sącz missing players

Korona Kielce missing players

Sandecja Nowy Sącz Korona Kielce
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 4 14 28
10 6 2 Won W 0 4 10
7 4 0 Drew D 2 3 5
10 4 1 Lost L 2 7 13
36 20 6 Scored S 2 10 22
37 19 3 Conceded C 5 19 37
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
81% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 57% 57%
52% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 25%
26% 21% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 18%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
56% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 29% 29%
30% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 36%
22% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.7
3 2 2 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.1 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.6 10.3
3.7 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 3 3.5
36% 41% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 24% 23%
Key stats in 1. Liga this season:
  • Korona Kielce have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in 1. Liga
  • Korona Kielce have the fewest points from losing position (1) in 1. Liga
  • Sandecja Nowy Sącz have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sandecja Nowy Sącz is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 26 16 8 2 50 21 14 10 3 1 29 9 12 6 5 1 21 12 29 56
2 Radomiak Radom 27 14 8 5 37 18 13 8 3 2 19 7 14 6 5 3 18 11 19 50
3 Tychy 71 28 14 8 6 35 20 14 9 3 2 21 8 14 5 5 4 14 12 15 50
4 Gornik eczna 28 13 9 6 39 22 14 9 4 1 25 8 14 4 5 5 14 14 17 48
5 KS odz 28 14 5 9 48 31 14 7 4 3 29 19 14 7 1 6 19 12 17 47
6 Arka Gdynia 27 13 7 7 38 27 13 6 4 3 17 11 14 7 3 4 21 16 11 46
7 Miedź Legnica 27 10 10 7 38 29 14 5 6 3 26 17 13 5 4 4 12 12 9 40
8 Widzew Lodz 28 10 10 8 26 29 14 7 6 1 15 6 14 3 4 7 11 23 -3 40
9 Odra Opole 28 10 9 9 28 32 13 5 5 3 11 12 15 5 4 6 17 20 -4 39
10 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 27 10 7 10 36 37 14 6 4 4 20 19 13 4 3 6 16 18 -1 37
11 Chrobry Gogow 27 10 6 11 30 38 14 6 3 5 17 13 13 4 3 6 13 25 -8 36
12 Korona Kielce 28 10 5 13 22 37 14 6 2 6 12 18 14 4 3 7 10 19 -15 35
13 Puszcza Niepoomice 27 9 7 11 26 33 13 6 2 5 11 12 14 3 5 6 15 21 -7 34
14 Stomil Olsztyn 28 8 5 15 26 41 14 3 3 8 9 20 14 5 2 7 17 21 -15 29
15 Resovia Rzeszow 28 6 7 15 21 38 14 4 5 5 12 14 14 2 2 10 9 24 -17 25
16 Jastrzebie 28 7 3 18 24 42 14 4 2 8 13 19 14 3 1 10 11 23 -18 24
17 Zagebie Sosnowiec 28 6 5 17 27 39 14 5 2 7 20 19 14 1 3 10 7 20 -12 23
18 Bechatow 28 5 7 16 23 40 14 3 2 9 15 22 14 2 5 7 8 18 -17 20

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.