Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Polkowice welcomes Bytovia Bytów

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Competition: Poland 2. Liga East
Competition: Sat 05.June
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Górnik (7200 seats)

2. Liga East: Top level against subpar, at least according to the table. Polkowice - Bytovia Bytów. Home win as expected or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Polkowice have the most scored goals (64) in 2. Liga East
  • Bytovia Bytów have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in 2. Liga East

Polkowice and Bytovia Bytów 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.

Bytovia are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Polkowice form and stats

Polkowice, who have the most scored goals (64) in 2. Liga East, are steadily winning 2. Liga East games and points here at Stadion Górnik. 11 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games. Polkowice has a nice streak going on as they have played 13 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Katowice defeat 75 days ago.

The Polkowice goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 187 minutes without conceding a goal in the 2. Liga East.

The home team returns to Stadion Górnik after being equal after 90 minutes with Motor Lublin (placed 9th) on their last time out; the 2. Liga East game ended 0-0.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Znicz Pruszków and winning 1-0.

The Polkowice manager J. Niedźwiedź has got the team scoring with 39 from 17 home games in the league. Polkowice's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bytovia Bytów form and stats

Bytovia Bytów, who have the fewest points (13) away in 2. Liga East, have only collected 13 points from their away games in the 2. Liga East, after 2-7-8 (17 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Bytovia Bytów, who have now gone twelve games without a victory. The Stargard Szczeciński game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

The manager K. Socha was unhappy after their last game, a 2. Liga East match played at their home ground Stadion MOSiR. Bytovia suffered a 1-2 loss to Lech Poznań II (placed 14th).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Katowice wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.

Bytovia Bytów have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. Bytovia struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 32 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Bytovia Bytów - Polkowice 0-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last seven meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Polkowice, one draw and four wins for Bytovia Bytów. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Bytovia BytówP. Giel
P. Giel
15 goals
PolkowiceE. Sobków
E. Sobków
14 goals
PolkowiceM. Piątkowski
M. Piątkowski
12 goals

Polkowice missing players

Bytovia Bytów missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Polkowice Bytovia Bytów
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
21 11 6 Won W 0 2 7
9 4 0 Drew D 1 7 10
4 2 0 Lost L 4 8 17
64 39 18 Scored S 4 21 42
28 18 2 Conceded C 13 32 57
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 94%
79% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 82% 79%
68% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 59% 56%
26% 35% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 47% 38%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 29% 21%
53% 65% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 76% 68%
44% 29% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 18% 18%
12% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 18% 21%
 
4.8 4.8 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 4.3 4.5
5.1 5.7 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 4.8 4.9
2.3 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.7
3 3 2 Red cards R C 2 4 4
 
13.2 14.7 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 7.8 8.7
5.3 6.2 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.6 3 3.6
35% 36% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 35%
Key stats in 2. Liga East this season:
  • All of Polkowice's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bytovia Bytów have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bytovia Bytów have the fewest points (13) away in 2. Liga East
  • Bytovia Bytów have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in 2. Liga East
  • Polkowice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Polkowice have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Polkowice have the fewest conceded goals (28) in 2. Liga East
  • Polkowice have the most scored goals (64) in 2. Liga East
  • Polkowice have the the best goal difference (+36) in 2. Liga East
  • Polkowice 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 Polkowice 34 21 9 4 64 28 17 11 4 2 39 18 17 10 5 2 25 10 36 72
2 Katowice 34 21 4 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 35 20 17 10 1 6 26 17 24 67
3 Chojniczanka Chojnice 34 18 9 7 60 32 17 12 3 2 39 14 17 6 6 5 21 18 28 63
4 Wigry Suwałki 34 18 8 8 49 33 17 9 3 5 23 14 17 9 5 3 26 19 16 62
5 Kalisz 34 16 5 13 48 39 17 8 3 6 21 17 17 8 2 7 27 22 9 53
6 SKRA Czestochowa 35 15 6 14 47 38 18 9 5 4 27 17 17 6 1 10 20 21 9 51
7 Stal Rzeszow 34 14 8 12 57 54 17 4 5 8 23 32 17 10 3 4 34 22 3 50
8 Garbarnia Kraków 34 14 8 12 45 46 17 7 4 6 28 27 17 7 4 6 17 19 -1 50
9 Motor Lublin 34 11 13 10 40 39 17 7 6 4 25 20 17 4 7 6 15 19 1 46
10 Śląsk Wrocław II 34 13 7 14 52 55 17 5 3 9 18 23 17 8 4 5 34 32 -3 46
11 Hutnik Krakow 35 13 6 16 46 59 17 7 4 6 29 26 18 6 2 10 17 33 -13 45
12 Pogon Siedlce 34 12 8 14 55 55 17 4 3 10 24 30 17 8 5 4 31 25 0 41
13 Soko Ostroda 34 12 4 18 45 53 17 8 2 7 24 19 17 4 2 11 21 34 -8 40
14 Lech Poznań II 34 10 7 17 44 56 17 5 6 6 27 26 17 5 1 11 17 30 -12 37
15 Znicz Pruszków 34 10 7 17 37 53 17 5 3 9 13 24 17 5 4 8 24 29 -16 37
16 Olimpia Elbląg 34 9 9 16 37 47 17 6 4 7 21 23 17 3 5 9 16 24 -10 36
17 Olimpia Grudziądz 34 10 5 19 38 60 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 6 2 9 19 30 -22 35
18 Stargard Szczeciński 34 8 11 15 35 61 17 5 5 7 15 26 17 3 6 8 20 35 -26 35
19 Bytovia Bytów 34 7 10 17 42 57 17 5 3 9 21 25 17 2 7 8 21 32 -15 31

Table
  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 34 21 9 4 64 28 17 11 4 2 39 18 17 10 5 2 25 10 36 72
2 Katowice 34 21 4 9 61 37 17 11 3 3 35 20 17 10 1 6 26 17 24 67
3 Chojniczanka Chojnice 34 18 9 7 60 32 17 12 3 2 39 14 17 6 6 5 21 18 28 63
4 Wigry Suwałki 34 18 8 8 49 33 17 9 3 5 23 14 17 9 5 3 26 19 16 62
5 Kalisz 34 16 5 13 48 39 17 8 3 6 21 17 17 8 2 7 27 22 9 53
6 SKRA Czestochowa 35 15 6 14 47 38 18 9 5 4 27 17 17 6 1 10 20 21 9 51
7 Stal Rzeszow 34 14 8 12 57 54 17 4 5 8 23 32 17 10 3 4 34 22 3 50
8 Garbarnia Kraków 34 14 8 12 45 46 17 7 4 6 28 27 17 7 4 6 17 19 -1 50
9 Motor Lublin 34 11 13 10 40 39 17 7 6 4 25 20 17 4 7 6 15 19 1 46
10 Śląsk Wrocław II 34 13 7 14 52 55 17 5 3 9 18 23 17 8 4 5 34 32 -3 46
11 Hutnik Krakow 35 13 6 16 46 59 17 7 4 6 29 26 18 6 2 10 17 33 -13 45
12 Pogon Siedlce 34 12 8 14 55 55 17 4 3 10 24 30 17 8 5 4 31 25 0 41
13 Soko Ostroda 34 12 4 18 45 53 17 8 2 7 24 19 17 4 2 11 21 34 -8 40
14 Lech Poznań II 34 10 7 17 44 56 17 5 6 6 27 26 17 5 1 11 17 30 -12 37
15 Znicz Pruszków 34 10 7 17 37 53 17 5 3 9 13 24 17 5 4 8 24 29 -16 37
16 Olimpia Elbląg 34 9 9 16 37 47 17 6 4 7 21 23 17 3 5 9 16 24 -10 36
17 Olimpia Grudziądz 34 10 5 19 38 60 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 6 2 9 19 30 -22 35
18 Stargard Szczeciński 34 8 11 15 35 61 17 5 5 7 15 26 17 3 6 8 20 35 -26 35
19 Bytovia Bytów 34 7 10 17 42 57 17 5 3 9 21 25 17 2 7 8 21 32 -15 31

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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.