1. Liga match prediction: Little separates Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Korona Kielce in quality

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Mon 27.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Ludowy (7500 seats)

This campaign has been back-breaking for Zagłębie Sosnowiec so far, while Korona Kielce have enjoyed many victories. Will the travellers get another notch in their belt at Stadion Ludowy?

Insights:
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Korona Kielce have won all their away games so far.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Zagłębie Sosnowiec form and stats

When playing at home in the 1. Liga, Zagłębie Sosnowiec have managed 0 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games.

A strong away win for Zagłębie Sosnowiec against Ruch Zdzieszowice the last match, as K. Smoleń, S. Sobczak (3) and S. Pawłowski (2) were on target. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sosnowiec played a great game against Ruch Zdzieszowice and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. S. Sobczak was absolutely essential when Sosnowiec beat Ruch Zdzieszowice 6-0, scoring three goals.

A 1-1 draw away in the 1. Liga before that, with Jastrzebie the opponent.

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 Zagłębie Sosnowiec have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost six.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sosnowiec as they are travelling to their away game against KS odz in the 1. Liga. That match is four days after this one.

Zagłębie Sosnowiec aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Ludowy in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sosnowiec defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Korona Kielce form and stats

Korona Kielce are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the 1. Liga. Korona have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Korona Kielce won their last game, 4-3 versus Wisla Plock (after extra-time) played at home. As you can tell from the result, the match against Wisla Plock (after extra-time) was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

The game before that, in the 1. Liga, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Sandecja Nowy Sacz.

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

The travelling fans enjoy Korona's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Korona Kielce as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the previous ten meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Sosnowiec, one draw and eight wins for Korona Kielce. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Zagłębie SosnowiecS. Sobczak
S. Sobczak
5 goals
Korona KielceJ. Łukowski
J. Łukowski
5 goals
Korona KielceA. Fraczczak
A. Fraczczak
3 goals

Zagłębie Sosnowiec missing players

Korona Kielce missing players

Zagłębie Sosnowiec Korona Kielce
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 4 2 Played P 1 3 9
1 0 0 Won W 1 3 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 3 2 Lost L 0 0 1
11 3 2 Scored S 1 5 13
14 6 4 Conceded C 0 2 5
89% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
78% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 44%
56% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 33%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 22%
22% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 11%
78% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 33%
11% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 56%
22% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 22%
 
5 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.3 5.2
6.6 7.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 5.6
2.6 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 12 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.3 9.7
4 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3 2.9
31% 18% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 56% 50%
Key stats in 1. Liga this season:
  • Korona Kielce have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Korona Kielce have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Korona Kielce have won all their away games so far.
  • Korona Kielce have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in 1. Liga
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec have yet to win a game at home.
  • Zagłębie Sosnowiec is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Korona Kielce 9 7 1 1 13 5 6 4 1 1 8 3 3 3 0 0 5 2 8 22
2 Widzew Lodz 9 6 2 1 18 8 5 5 0 0 14 3 4 1 2 1 4 5 10 20
3 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 8 5 1 2 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 1 2 11 7 4 16
4 Miedź Legnica 8 4 3 1 11 5 4 1 2 1 3 4 4 3 1 0 8 1 6 15
5 Podbeskidzie 9 4 3 2 13 10 5 2 1 2 7 6 4 2 2 0 6 4 3 15
6 Tychy 71 9 4 3 2 8 8 5 2 2 1 5 6 4 2 1 1 3 2 0 15
7 KS odz 9 4 2 3 14 11 4 1 1 2 6 9 5 3 1 1 8 2 3 14
8 Odra Opole 9 4 2 3 10 10 6 3 1 2 6 6 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 14
9 Arka Gdynia 9 4 1 4 14 11 5 2 1 2 7 5 4 2 0 2 7 6 3 13
10 Chrobry Gogow 9 3 2 4 10 8 2 1 0 1 4 1 7 2 2 3 6 7 2 11
11 SKRA Czestochowa 8 3 2 3 7 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 7 2 2 3 5 7 -1 11
12 Resovia Rzeszów 8 2 3 3 10 10 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 1 8 7 0 9
13 Polkowice 9 1 5 3 11 16 8 1 5 2 9 12 1 0 0 1 2 4 -5 8
14 Puszcza Niepoomice 9 2 2 5 9 16 4 0 1 3 3 7 5 2 1 2 6 9 -7 8
15 Jastrzebie 9 1 4 4 7 13 6 1 2 3 3 8 3 0 2 1 4 5 -6 7
16 Katowice 9 1 4 4 11 19 5 1 3 1 9 10 4 0 1 3 2 9 -8 7
17 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 9 1 3 5 11 14 4 0 1 3 3 6 5 1 2 2 8 8 -3 6
18 Stomil Olsztyn 9 1 1 7 7 16 5 1 0 4 5 9 4 0 1 3 2 7 -9 4

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.