Home advantage could prove decisive in Zagłębie Sosnowiec - Katowice battle

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Fri 04.March
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ludowy (7500 seats)

1. Liga: We're previewing an engaging and very important game between Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Katowice at Stadion Ludowy. Both teams need the win!

Insights:
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in 1. Liga

Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Katowice should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Zagłębie Sosnowiec form and stats

When playing at home in the 1. Liga, Zagłębie Sosnowiec have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games. When Zagłębie Sosnowiec hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Puszcza Niepoomice, Stomil Olsztyn, Jastrzebie, Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Polkowice), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Zagłębie Sosnowiec, who played 1-1 against Odra Opole. That match was also played at this venue (Stadion Ludowy).

Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Polkowice.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sosnowiec handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and five defeats.

Zagłębie Sosnowiec has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Katowice form and stats

There's been little loot from Katowice's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the 1. Liga. Katowice only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sandecja Nowy Sacz (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Podbeskidzie at their stadium, the result 2-1.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Katowice struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Katowice - Sosnowiec 3-2 was the outcome when these two teams formerly played each other, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Zagłębie Sosnowiec four wins, two draws and Katowice two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zagłębie SosnowiecS. Sobczak
S. Sobczak
11 goals
KatowiceP. Szwedzik
P. Szwedzik
6 goals
KatowiceF. Szymczak
F. Szymczak
6 goals

Zagłębie Sosnowiec missing players

Katowice missing players

Zagłębie Sosnowiec Katowice
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 2 11 21
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 5
7 4 0 Drew D 2 5 9
9 4 1 Lost L 0 5 7
28 15 6 Scored S 1 9 26
31 12 2 Conceded C 1 18 34
90% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 82% 86%
71% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 67%
52% 55% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 45% 57%
38% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 48%
24% 18% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 19%
62% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 62%
24% 36% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 24%
24% 27% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 45% 29%
 
5.1 5.3 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 4.4
5.6 6.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.5 5.2
2.6 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.4 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 9.9 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.5 10
3.8 3.9 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.3 3.8
35% 35% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 25% 33%
 
8.9 7.7 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 5.5 11.3 11
3.3 2.5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 4.3 4.1
Key stats in 1. Liga this season:
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have the most dropped points from leading position (20) 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 Miedz Legnica 21 14 5 2 38 15 10 7 2 1 19 7 11 7 3 1 19 8 23 47
2 Widzew Lodz 21 11 6 4 37 26 11 8 2 1 29 14 10 3 4 3 8 12 11 39
3 Korona Kielce 21 10 6 5 28 20 11 5 3 3 13 9 10 5 3 2 15 11 8 36
4 Podbeskidzie 21 9 6 6 35 24 11 6 1 4 20 10 10 3 5 2 15 14 11 33
5 Arka Gdynia 21 10 2 9 36 21 10 6 2 2 18 5 11 4 0 7 18 16 15 32
6 Chrobry Gogow 21 9 5 7 24 18 10 7 2 1 13 1 11 2 3 6 11 17 6 32
7 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 21 9 5 7 25 22 9 1 4 4 10 13 12 8 1 3 15 9 3 32
8 Tychy 71 21 8 7 6 21 21 11 4 4 3 12 11 10 4 3 3 9 10 0 31
9 KS odz 20 8 6 6 23 20 9 4 2 3 11 11 11 4 4 3 12 9 3 30
10 Odra Opole 21 8 6 7 29 29 11 6 3 2 17 11 10 2 3 5 12 18 0 30
11 Resovia Rzeszow 21 7 6 8 22 23 11 3 4 4 11 11 10 4 2 4 11 12 -1 27
12 SKRA Czestochowa 21 7 6 8 13 21 6 1 2 3 3 8 15 6 4 5 10 13 -8 27
13 Katowice 21 5 9 7 26 34 10 4 4 2 17 16 11 1 5 5 9 18 -8 24
14 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 21 5 7 9 28 31 11 3 4 4 15 12 10 2 3 5 13 19 -3 22
15 Puszcza Niepoomice 20 6 4 10 22 28 12 3 3 6 15 16 8 3 1 4 7 12 -6 22
16 Stomil Olsztyn 20 5 2 13 22 36 10 3 0 7 14 17 10 2 2 6 8 19 -14 17
17 Jastrzebie 20 2 8 10 16 34 12 2 4 6 8 18 8 0 4 4 8 16 -18 14
18 Polkowice 21 1 10 10 17 39 12 1 7 4 11 16 9 0 3 6 6 23 -22 13

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.