Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Katowice welcomes Olimpia Elbląg

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Competition: Poland 2. Liga East
Competition: Wed 05.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion ul. Bukowa (6710 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the Katowice supporters in this Stadion ul. Bukowa clash with Olimpia Elbląg, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the 2. Liga East table.

Insights:
  • Katowice have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in 2. Liga East
  • Katowice have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olimpia Elbląg have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Katowice nor Olimpia Elbląg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Katowice form and stats

Katowice have performed here at Stadion ul. Bukowa this season with 9 wins from 14 2. Liga East matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3.

Prior to that, an away loss at Garbarnia Krakow.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Katowice as they are travelling to their away game against Kalisz in the 2. Liga East. That match is three days after this one.

The Katowice manager R. Górak has got the team scoring with 28 from 14 home games in the league. On the other hand, Katowice have conceded 17 goals.

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Olimpia Elbląg form and stats

There's been little loot from Olimpia Elbląg's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 14 away games in the 2. Liga East. Olimpia Elbląg only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 4 draws. Olimpia Elbląg seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

After this away game Olimpia return home for a 2. Liga East game against Znicz Pruszkow. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Olimpia as they have only managed to score 13 times from 14 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Olimpia have conceded 21 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Olimpia Elbląg - Katowice 1-2. Katowice-Olimpia Elbląg H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Katowice one win, Olimpia Elbląg one win, three draws. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KatowiceM. Urynowicz
M. Urynowicz
13 goals
Olimpia ElblągJ. Surdykowski
J. Surdykowski
13 goals
KatowiceF. Kozłowski
F. Kozłowski
9 goals

Katowice missing players

Olimpia Elbląg missing players

Katowice Olimpia Elbląg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 5 Played P 4 14 29
18 9 3 Won W 1 2 6
2 2 1 Drew D 1 4 8
7 3 1 Lost L 2 8 15
49 28 10 Scored S 3 13 31
30 17 4 Conceded C 4 21 43
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 79% 79%
85% 93% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 59%
70% 79% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 55%
26% 36% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 34%
11% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
67% 79% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 55%
19% 14% 40% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 28%
15% 7% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.6 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2.1 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 4 7
 
11.3 10.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 5.8 9.6 9.9
4.3 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 4.2 4.4
42% 48% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 19% 23%
Key stats in 2. Liga East this season:
  • Katowice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Katowice have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olimpia Elbląg have scored away.
  • Katowice have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in 2. Liga East
  • Katowice have the most points from losing position (22) in 2. Liga East
  • Katowice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Polkowice 26 18 4 4 51 20 13 9 2 2 30 13 13 9 2 2 21 7 31 58
2 Katowice 27 18 2 7 49 30 14 9 2 3 28 17 13 9 0 4 21 13 19 56
3 Chojniczanka Chojnice 29 16 7 6 54 27 14 10 3 1 34 10 15 6 4 5 20 17 27 55
4 Wigry Suwaki 29 16 6 7 41 26 14 7 3 4 19 11 15 9 3 3 22 15 15 54
5 SKRA Czestochowa 29 14 4 11 40 28 15 8 3 4 21 12 14 6 1 7 19 16 12 46
6 Kalisz 29 14 3 12 43 34 14 6 2 6 16 14 15 8 1 6 27 20 9 45
7 Stal Rzeszow 28 12 7 9 48 45 12 3 4 5 16 23 16 9 3 4 32 22 3 43
8 Slask Wroclaw II 29 12 6 11 45 47 14 5 3 6 17 19 15 7 3 5 28 28 -2 42
9 Garbarnia Krakow 27 12 5 10 36 37 14 7 3 4 22 19 13 5 2 6 14 18 -1 41
10 Soko Ostroda 30 12 3 15 42 43 16 8 1 7 23 18 14 4 2 8 19 25 -1 39
11 Pogon Siedlce 29 11 6 12 48 47 15 4 2 9 23 28 14 7 4 3 25 19 1 36
12 Motor Lublin 28 8 11 9 31 31 14 5 5 4 19 18 14 3 6 5 12 13 0 35
13 Hutnik Krakow 30 10 4 16 36 56 15 6 3 6 24 26 15 4 1 10 12 30 -20 34
14 Znicz Pruszkow 28 9 6 13 33 45 14 5 2 7 13 21 14 4 4 6 20 24 -12 33
15 Bytovia Bytow 28 7 8 13 37 44 14 5 2 7 19 20 14 2 6 6 18 24 -7 29
16 Stargard Szczecinski 29 7 8 14 30 57 14 5 3 6 13 23 15 2 5 8 17 34 -27 29
17 Olimpia Elbląg 29 6 8 15 31 43 15 4 4 7 18 22 14 2 4 8 13 21 -12 26
18 Lech Poznan II 28 7 5 16 39 54 14 4 4 6 25 26 14 3 1 10 14 28 -15 26
19 Olimpia Grudziadz 28 7 5 16 27 47 15 3 3 9 15 26 13 4 2 7 12 21 -20 26

Read more about 2. Liga East

The II Liga (“Druga Liga”) is the third level of the Polish football league pyramid. 18 teams play 34 fixtures each to decide the final league table. The top three teams at the end of the season are all promoted, while the fourth can promote through a playoff. The bottom four teams are relegated.