2. Liga East match preview: Stal Rzeszów versus Widzew Lodz

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Competition: Poland 2. Liga East
Competition: Sun 07.June
Match begins: 11:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Stal (12700 seats)

Stal Rzeszów will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Widzew Lodz.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rzeszów and Widzew Lodz.

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Stal Rzeszów form and stats

Overall 2. Liga East stats at home this season for Stal Rzeszów are 6-2-4 (wins-draw-losses). With Rzeszów having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager M. Wolowiec.

A strong away win for Rzeszów against Elana Toruń the last match. Before that game, the home loss against Polkowice with the scoreline 1-2.

The Stal Rzeszów fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 12 league matches. Rzeszów have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

Widzew Lodz, who have the most scored goals (49) in 2. Liga East, have an excellent away record in the 2. Liga East so far with 8-1-2 from 11 games. Widzew are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 2. Liga East home defeat versus SKRA Częstochowa with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Górnik Łęczna at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Widzew has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 11 games. Widzew are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Widzew Lodz - Rzeszów 3-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Rzeszów zero wins, zero draws and Widzew Lodz two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Widzew LodzM. Robak
M. Robak
17 goals
RzeszówW. Reiman
W. Reiman
6 goals
Stal RzeszówA. Pląskowski
A. Pląskowski
6 goals

Stal Rzeszów missing players

Widzew Lodz missing players

Stal Rzeszów Widzew Lodz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 3 11 23
10 6 0 Won W 3 8 14
3 2 2 Drew D 0 1 5
10 4 1 Lost L 0 2 4
39 20 2 Scored S 10 21 49
33 15 3 Conceded C 1 8 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
87% 83% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 78%
74% 58% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 55% 57%
35% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 18% 35%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 9% 9%
78% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 57%
13% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 36% 35%
9% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 9%
 
4.9 2.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 4.6 6.3
4.9 4.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 2.8 3.5
1.9 0.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
240 68 21 Total Shots T S 37 77 234
89 27 9 Shots on Target S O 16 34 103
39% 59% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 59% 47%
Key stats in 2. Liga East this season:
  • Stal Rzeszów has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
  • Stal Rzeszów have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Stal Rzeszów haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Widzew Lodz has the fewest conceded goals (8) away
  • Widzew Lodz has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
  • Widzew Lodz has the most points (25) away
  • Widzew Lodz has the most scored goals (21) away
  • Widzew Lodz has the most scored goals (49)
  • Widzew Lodz has the most scored goals in the second half (32)
  • Widzew Lodz has the the best goal difference (+13) away
  • Widzew Lodz has the the best goal difference (+28)
  • 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.
  • Widzew Lodz 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 Widzew Lodz 23 14 5 4 49 21 12 6 4 2 28 13 11 8 1 2 21 8 28 47
2 Katowice 23 13 5 5 41 25 12 8 2 2 24 12 11 5 3 3 17 13 16 44
3 Resovia Rzeszów 23 12 6 5 42 21 12 7 3 2 26 11 11 5 3 3 16 10 21 42
4 Górnik Łęczna 23 12 6 5 31 27 11 7 2 2 13 8 12 5 4 3 18 19 4 42
5 Olimpia Elbląg 23 9 10 4 35 23 11 4 4 3 15 11 12 5 6 1 20 12 12 37
6 Bytovia Bytów 23 10 6 7 33 32 12 8 2 2 22 14 11 2 4 5 11 18 1 36
7 Stal Rzeszów 23 10 3 10 39 33 12 6 2 4 20 15 11 4 1 6 19 18 6 33
8 Stargard Szczeciński 23 9 5 9 33 35 11 6 2 3 18 15 12 3 3 6 15 20 -2 32
9 Polkowice 23 8 6 9 39 28 13 4 5 4 24 14 10 4 1 5 15 14 11 30
10 Pogoń Siedlce 23 9 3 11 33 36 12 5 1 6 14 15 11 4 2 5 19 21 -3 30
11 Znicz Pruszków 23 9 3 11 31 39 12 5 1 6 19 25 11 4 2 5 12 14 -8 30
12 Elana Toruń 23 8 5 10 30 31 12 6 2 4 23 19 11 2 3 6 7 12 -1 29
13 Garbarnia Kraków 23 7 8 8 25 27 12 3 4 5 10 15 11 4 4 3 15 12 -2 29
14 Lech Poznań II 23 7 8 8 28 31 11 4 4 3 16 14 12 3 4 5 12 17 -3 29
15 SKRA Częstochowa 23 8 4 11 19 32 11 6 2 3 11 10 12 2 2 8 8 22 -13 28
16 Stal Stalowa Wola 23 6 7 10 25 36 8 1 3 4 6 11 15 5 4 6 19 25 -11 25
17 Legionovia Legionowo 23 4 4 15 19 42 11 1 4 6 7 16 12 3 0 9 12 26 -23 16
18 Gryf Wejherowo 23 3 4 16 17 50 12 2 2 8 12 23 11 1 2 8 5 27 -33 13

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.