Widzew Lodz will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Arka Gdynia.
- Widzew Lodz has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in 1. Liga
- Arka Gdynia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Widzew have less rest than Arka Gdynia in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Polish Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Legia Warszawa, was also a home game here at Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź. The away team is better rested.
Widzew Lodz form and stats
When playing at home in the 1. Liga, Widzew Lodz have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
Widzew's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Legia Warszawa. A 1. Liga defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Nieciecza.
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 Widzew have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found one match with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Widzew Lodz as they are travelling to their away game against Tychy 71 in the 1. Liga. That match is four days after this one.
Widzew has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Widzew Lodz have conceded only 4 goals.
Arka Gdynia form and stats
Arka Gdynia's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Arka Gdynia collect 14 points from their 7 away matches in the 1. Liga. 4 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Gdynia, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Gdynia, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Resovia Rzeszow (placed 16th) in the 1. Liga last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Zagebie Sosnowiec.
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 five relevant matches. Results were two Arka Gdynia wins, zero draws and three defeats.
A new game in only three days for Arka Gdynia, the 1. Liga home match versus Korona Kielce. Busy days.
Arka Gdynia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Gdynia as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Widzew one win, four draws and Arka Gdynia one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Letniowski 9 goals |   M. Robak 5 goals |  M. Jankowski 3 goals |
Widzew Lodz missing players
Arka Gdynia missing players
| Widzew Lodz | Arka Gdynia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 13 | 23 |
| 15 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 86% | 85% |
| 69% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 71% | 77% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 46% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.1 | 9.8 |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.1 | 4 |
| 15% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 59% | 44% |
- Arka Gdynia have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Arka Gdynia have scored more than double the goals of Widzew Lodz.
- Widzew Lodz has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in 1. Liga
- Widzew Lodz has the most matches under the total-line (10) in 1. Liga
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 34 |
| 2 | KS odz | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 32 |
| 3 | Gornik eczna | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Arka Gdynia | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Odra Opole | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Radomiak Radom | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Tychy 71 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Korona Kielce | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Miedz Legnica | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Widzew Lodz | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Chrobry Gogow | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Bechatow | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Stomil Olsztyn | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Zagebie Sosnowiec | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Resovia Rzeszow | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | Jastrzebie | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 7 |
| 18 | Sandecja Nowy Sacz | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -21 | 3 |