1. Liga preview: Can Warta Poznań edge out victory against Puszcza Niepołomice?

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Sat 04.July
Match begins: 15:40 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii (4694 seats)

3rd position in the 1. Liga table for Warta Poznań so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 12th-placed Puszcza Niepołomice visits Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Poznań and Puszcza Niepołomice.

The season is still full of potential for Poznań as they can still win the whole 1. Liga. For Puszcza Niepołomice it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

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Warta Poznań form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii as Warta Poznań have scored 25 goals to get 28 points from 14 games. The overall stats in the 1. Liga are 9-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

The Warta Poznań fans got no joy from their last match, a 1. Liga game also here at Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii: A 1-2 defeat against Chrobry Gogow (placed 13th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Miedź Legnica that finished 0-0.

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

Poznań have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii with 25 goals in 14 league matches. Poznań are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 14 matches.

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Puszcza Niepołomice form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in 1. Liga, are W7-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the 1. Liga. Niepołomice are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Niepołomice failed to get anything from their last game, a 1. Liga home match vs Miedź Legnica (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that result Niepołomice won their away game at Nieciecza. The scoreline was 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Niepołomice have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, two draws and two defeats.

Niepołomice are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Niepołomice as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Puszcza Niepołomice - Poznań 0-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: four - one - zero (Warta Poznań wins - draws - Puszcza Niepołomice wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Warta PoznańM. Kupczak
M. Kupczak
10 goals
Warta PoznańG. Jaroch
G. Jaroch
8 goals
Warta PoznańR. Janicki
R. Janicki
7 goals

Warta Poznań missing players

Puszcza Niepołomice missing players

Warta Poznań Puszcza Niepołomice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
16 9 2 Won W 0 7 10
5 1 1 Drew D 3 6 7
8 4 2 Lost L 1 1 12
44 25 8 Scored S 3 20 29
28 13 7 Conceded C 4 12 36
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 90%
90% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 55%
52% 57% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 38%
10% 14% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 21%
3% 7% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 10%
52% 43% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 45%
38% 50% 40% Clean Sheets C S 25% 43% 28%
17% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 21% 38%
 
5.2 4.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.2 4.7
4.1 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.4 5.4
2.2 1.6 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.9 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
322 181 74 Total Shots T S 30 117 259
141 83 34 Shots on Target S O 17 51 106
31% 30% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 18% 39% 27%
Key stats in 1. Liga this season:
  • Puszcza Niepołomice has the fewest conceded goals (12) away
  • Puszcza Niepołomice has the most clean sheets (6) away
  • Warta Poznań has the most scored goals in the second half (34)
  • Warta Poznań have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Warta Poznań haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 29 18 3 8 47 27 14 9 3 2 22 11 15 9 0 6 25 16 20 57
2 Podbeskidzie 28 16 7 5 52 27 14 11 2 1 34 12 14 5 5 4 18 15 25 55
3 Warta Poznań 29 16 5 8 44 28 14 9 1 4 25 13 15 7 4 4 19 15 16 53
4 Radomiak Radom 28 13 8 7 41 35 14 9 3 2 21 12 14 4 5 5 20 23 6 47
5 Miedź Legnica 29 12 7 10 41 37 14 6 4 4 23 18 15 6 3 6 18 19 4 43
6 Tychy 71 29 11 9 9 54 46 15 6 6 3 31 22 14 5 3 6 23 24 8 42
7 Nieciecza 29 11 6 12 41 33 14 6 4 4 27 20 15 5 2 8 14 13 8 39
8 Jastrzebie 29 9 11 9 40 40 15 6 3 6 21 21 14 3 8 3 19 19 0 38
9 Zagebie Sosnowiec 29 10 8 11 44 47 14 5 4 5 23 24 15 5 4 6 21 23 -3 38
10 Olimpia Grudziadz 28 11 5 12 44 49 14 6 2 6 25 26 14 5 3 6 19 23 -5 38
11 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 29 10 7 12 41 45 15 6 5 4 25 20 14 4 2 8 16 25 -4 37
12 Puszcza Niepołomice 29 10 7 12 29 36 15 3 1 11 9 24 14 7 6 1 20 12 -7 37
13 Chrobry Gogow 29 10 7 12 30 39 16 7 5 4 18 12 13 3 2 8 12 27 -9 37
14 Stomil Olsztyn 28 10 6 12 23 32 14 7 4 3 14 11 14 3 2 9 9 21 -9 36
15 Bechatow 28 10 5 13 33 37 14 7 3 4 20 15 14 3 2 9 13 22 -4 35
16 Odra Opole 29 9 8 12 27 33 15 6 5 4 13 8 14 3 3 8 14 25 -6 35
17 Chojniczanka Chojnice 29 7 6 16 38 53 13 3 1 9 13 23 16 4 5 7 25 30 -15 27
18 Wigry Suwaki 28 5 5 18 22 47 14 3 4 7 13 22 14 2 1 11 9 25 -25 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.