Match preview 2. Liga East: Polkowice - Widzew Lodz at Stadion Górnik

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Competition: Poland 2. Liga East
Competition: Sun 28.June
Match begins: 11:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Górnik (7200 seats)

Polkowice will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Widzew Lodz.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Polkowice form and stats

Overall 2. Liga East stats at home this season for Polkowice are 4-6-4 (wins-draw-losses).

Polkowice are returning here after visiting Elana Toruń in a 2. Liga East game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. M. Bednarski (3) scored the goal(s). In the game before, an away victory match versus Pogoń Siedlce with a 3-1 scoreline.

M. Bednarski was absolutely essential when Polkowice beat Elana Toruń 4-1, scoring three goals.

The manager E. Dobi will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Katowice in only three days.

Polkowice have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Górnik with 25 goals in 14 league matches. On the other hand, Polkowice have conceded 15 goals.

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

Widzew Lodz, who have the most scored goals (56) in 2. Liga East, have an excellent away record in the 2. Liga East so far with 9-2-2 from 13 games. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the SKRA Częstochowa game have they lost an away game, meaning Widzew has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

Impressive finishing from M. Robak, D. Tanżyna and C. Mandiangu secured the home win 3-2 against Lech Poznań II in their previous game. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Garbarnia Kraków.

Widzew can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Lech Poznań II. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. M. Robak scored the final goal.

After this away game Widzew Lodz return home for a 2. Liga East game against Elana Toruń. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Widzew Lodz are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 13 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Widzew as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Widzew Lodz - Polkowice 1-0. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - one - one (Polkowice wins - draws - Widzew Lodz wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PolkowiceM. Bednarski
M. Bednarski
19 goals
Widzew LodzM. Robak
M. Robak
19 goals
PolkowiceM. Szuszkiewicz
M. Szuszkiewicz
8 goals

Polkowice missing players

Widzew Lodz missing players

Polkowice Widzew Lodz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 13 27
10 4 0 Won W 2 9 16
7 6 3 Drew D 1 2 6
10 4 1 Lost L 1 2 5
47 25 4 Scored S 4 24 56
35 15 5 Conceded C 2 9 26
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
89% 93% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 69% 78%
63% 57% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 54% 59%
30% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 37%
19% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 11%
67% 71% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 54% 59%
15% 21% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 33%
19% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 15% 11%
 
4.7 3.6 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.6 6.3
3.9 2.6 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.3 3.6
2 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
261 136 26 Total Shots T S 30 93 270
122 74 13 Shots on Target S O 8 42 122
39% 34% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 55% 45%
Key stats in 2. Liga East this season:
  • Polkowice has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
  • Polkowice have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Polkowice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Widzew Lodz has the fewest conceded goals (9) away
  • Widzew Lodz has the most points (29) away
  • Widzew Lodz has the most scored goals (24) away
  • Widzew Lodz has the most scored goals (56)
  • Widzew Lodz has the most scored goals in the second half (36)
  • Widzew Lodz has the the best goal difference (+15) away
  • Widzew Lodz has the the best goal difference (+30)
  • Widzew Lodz have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Widzew Lodz have won significantly less corners away then 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 Widzew Lodz 27 16 6 5 56 26 14 7 4 3 32 17 13 9 2 2 24 9 30 54
2 Katowice 27 15 6 6 48 30 14 10 2 2 29 14 13 5 4 4 19 16 18 51
3 Górnik Łęczna 27 14 7 6 36 31 13 8 2 3 15 10 14 6 5 3 21 21 5 49
4 Resovia Rzeszow 27 12 9 6 44 24 14 7 5 2 27 12 13 5 4 4 17 12 20 45
5 Olimpia Elbląg 27 11 11 5 40 26 13 6 4 3 20 13 14 5 7 2 20 13 14 44
6 Bytovia Bytów 27 12 7 8 39 36 14 9 3 2 24 15 13 3 4 6 15 21 3 43
7 Stargard Szczeciński 27 11 5 11 43 45 14 7 2 5 25 24 13 4 3 6 18 21 -2 38
8 Polkowice 27 10 7 10 47 35 14 4 6 4 25 15 13 6 1 6 22 20 12 37
9 Elana Toruń 27 10 6 11 36 38 14 7 2 5 25 23 13 3 4 6 11 15 -2 36
10 Pogoń Siedlce 27 11 3 13 40 44 14 6 1 7 17 19 13 5 2 6 23 25 -4 36
11 Stal Rzeszów 27 10 5 12 41 39 13 6 3 4 20 15 14 4 2 8 21 24 2 35
12 SKRA Częstochowa 27 10 5 12 23 35 13 7 3 3 12 10 14 3 2 9 11 25 -12 35
13 Lech Poznań II 27 8 10 9 35 38 13 5 5 3 20 17 14 3 5 6 15 21 -3 34
14 Stal Stalowa Wola 27 9 7 11 33 39 11 3 3 5 12 13 16 6 4 6 21 26 -6 34
15 Znicz Pruszków 27 10 4 13 36 45 14 6 2 6 21 26 13 4 2 7 15 19 -9 34
16 Garbarnia Kraków 27 8 8 11 30 33 14 4 4 6 15 18 13 4 4 5 15 15 -3 32
17 Legionovia Legionowo 27 5 5 17 24 49 13 1 5 7 10 20 14 4 0 10 14 29 -25 20
18 Gryf Wejherowo 27 3 5 19 21 59 14 2 2 10 14 28 13 1 3 9 7 31 -38 14

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.