Balanced ball game between Stal Stalowa Wola and Katowice expected

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Competition: Poland 2. Liga East
Competition: Sun 19.July
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Stali (6500 seats)

Struggling Stal Stalowa Wola will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Katowice in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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 Stalowa and Katowice.

Katowice are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

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Stal Stalowa Wola form and stats

Overall 2. Liga East stats at home this season for Stal Stalowa Wola are 6-3-6 (wins-draw-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadion Stali after three straight home wins.

The fans are hoping that Stalowa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the 2. Liga East game against Widzew Lodz (placed 1st). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Elana Torun in a game that was won 5-1.

The game against Widzew Lodz was basically lost in the first half (0-3) and the second half was more of a formality.

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 Stal Stalowa Wola have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won five, drawn two and lost two.

The Stalowa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 15 matches. Stal Stalowa Wola's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Katowice form and stats

7-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Katowice in their 2. Liga East matches away. Katowice has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

It's the second away game in a row for Katowice, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Pogon Siedlce (placed 10th) in the 2. Liga East last time out. A draw for Katowice before that, at their own venue hosting Widzew Lodz (1-1).

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

Katowice has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 25 goals from 16 games. Katowice have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Katowice - Stalowa 2-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: one - three - four (Stalowa wins - draws - Katowice wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

StalowaM. Fidziukiewicz
M. Fidziukiewicz
10 goals
KatowiceD. Rogalski
D. Rogalski
9 goals
KatowiceA. Jędrych
A. Jędrych
8 goals

Stal Stalowa Wola missing players

Katowice missing players

Stal Stalowa Wola Katowice
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 5 16 32
12 6 0 Won W 3 7 17
7 3 2 Drew D 1 4 7
13 6 3 Lost L 1 5 8
43 22 4 Scored S 10 25 56
46 17 9 Conceded C 6 20 37
88% 87% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 73% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 91%
66% 60% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 56% 59%
31% 27% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 38% 34%
16% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
56% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 69% 69%
28% 33% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 25%
28% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 6%
 
4.4 5.2 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 4.8
3.9 3.4 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.6 4.1
2 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.2 2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
243 126 26 Total Shots T S 72 166 290
105 66 14 Shots on Target S O 30 66 122
35% 33% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 46%
Key stats in 2. Liga East this season:
  • 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 Widzew Lodz 32 17 8 7 65 35 16 8 5 3 36 18 16 9 3 4 29 17 30 59
2 Gornik eczna 32 17 8 7 43 35 16 10 2 4 20 13 16 7 6 3 23 22 8 59
3 Katowice 32 17 7 8 56 37 16 10 3 3 31 17 16 7 4 5 25 20 19 58
4 Bytovia Bytów 32 14 8 10 47 45 16 10 4 2 29 19 16 4 4 8 18 26 2 50
5 Resovia Rzeszów 32 12 12 8 48 31 16 7 6 3 29 15 16 5 6 5 19 16 17 48
6 Olimpia Elblag 32 12 11 9 42 34 16 7 4 5 22 18 16 5 7 4 20 16 8 47
7 Stal Rzeszow 32 14 5 13 49 42 16 8 3 5 25 18 16 6 2 8 24 24 7 47
8 Lech Poznań II 32 12 10 10 48 43 16 8 5 3 30 19 16 4 5 7 18 24 5 46
9 SKRA Czestochowa 32 13 7 12 35 38 16 9 4 3 21 11 16 4 3 9 14 27 -3 46
10 Pogon Siedlce 32 14 3 15 49 51 17 8 1 8 23 23 15 6 2 7 26 28 -2 45
11 Polkowice 32 12 8 12 55 45 16 5 6 5 30 20 16 7 2 7 25 25 10 44
12 Garbarnia Krakow 32 12 8 12 40 36 16 5 4 7 17 20 16 7 4 5 23 16 4 44
13 Stargard Szczecinski 32 13 5 14 49 50 16 7 2 7 26 27 16 6 3 7 23 23 -1 44
14 Stal Stalowa Wola 32 12 7 13 43 46 15 6 3 6 22 17 17 6 4 7 21 29 -3 43
15 Znicz Pruszkow 32 13 4 15 45 50 16 7 2 7 26 28 16 6 2 8 19 22 -5 43
16 Elana Torun 32 10 8 14 42 51 16 7 3 6 28 27 16 3 5 8 14 24 -9 38
17 Legionovia Legionowo 32 6 6 20 32 60 16 2 6 8 15 23 16 4 0 12 17 37 -28 24
18 Gryf Wejherowo 32 3 5 24 23 82 16 2 2 12 14 34 16 1 3 12 9 48 -59 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.