2. Liga East match prediction: Little separates Stal Stalowa Wola and Olimpia Elbląg in quality

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Competition: Poland 2. Liga East
Competition: Wed 03.June
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 Olimpia Elbląg in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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Stal Stalowa Wola form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 2. Liga East this season. Stal Stalowa Wola have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadion Stali.

Stress levels are on the rise for Stal Stalowa Wola's attacking players as they have now played 185 minutes without scoring in a league game. P. Stelmach was their last goal scorer. Nothing to worry about in defence for Stal Stalowa Wola, as their goalkeeper Dawid Pietrzkiewicz has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the 2. Liga East.

The home team returns to Stadion Stali after being equal after 90 minutes with Stargard Szczeciński (placed 7th) on their last time out; the 2. Liga East game ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bytovia Bytów that ended 0-0.

Stalowa are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Liga East match at Górnik Łęczna awaits in three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Stal Stalowa Wola here at Stadion Stali in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (4 from 7 games). 9 goals have been conceded.

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Olimpia Elbląg form and stats

Playing away, Olimpia Elbląg have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the 2. Liga East this season. Olimpia Elbląg has built quite a streak of draws from their away games now, as four in a row has ended all square. Will this streak be broken in today's game?

Olimpia Elbląg had fun at their own home (Stadion Stali) last time out, beating Katowice 3-1. O. Prytulyak (2) and P. Brychlik scored. Before that, Olimpia travelled to Widzew Lodz and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

A quick return to home after this game, as Olimpia Elbląg are hosting Resovia Rzeszów in the 2. Liga East only three days away.

Olimpia has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far).

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Olimpia Elbląg - Stal Stalowa Wola 0-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Stalowa wins - draws - Olimpia Elbląg wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olimpia ElblągD. Szuprytowski
D. Szuprytowski
8 goals
StalowaM. Fidziukiewicz
M. Fidziukiewicz
5 goals
Olimpia ElblągM. Kuczałek
M. Kuczałek
5 goals

Stal Stalowa Wola missing players

Olimpia Elbląg missing players

Stal Stalowa Wola Olimpia Elbląg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 7 4 Played P 5 11 22
6 1 0 Won W 3 5 9
6 2 1 Drew D 2 5 9
10 4 3 Lost L 0 1 4
23 4 2 Scored S 10 18 33
34 9 7 Conceded C 4 10 21
82% 71% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 43% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 82% 82%
59% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 36%
36% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 27% 23%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 9% 5%
59% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 60% 64% 64%
27% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 40% 36% 27%
32% 57% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
4.4 5.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 2.9 3.2
3.9 3.3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.6 5.8 4.8
2.1 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
148 51 18 Total Shots T S 48 87 171
60 26 10 Shots on Target S O 22 37 68
28% 15% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 49% 47%
Key stats in 2. Liga East this season:
  • Olimpia Elbląg has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • Olimpia Elbląg have scored at least twice as many goals away as Stal Stalowa Wola have scored home.
  • Olimpia Elbląg have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Olimpia Elbląg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stal Stalowa Wola has the fewest points (5) at home
  • Stal Stalowa Wola has the fewest scored goals (4) at home
  • Stal Stalowa Wola have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Stal Stalowa Wola have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 22 14 5 3 48 19 11 6 4 1 27 11 11 8 1 2 21 8 29 47
2 Górnik Łęczna 22 12 6 4 30 25 11 7 2 2 13 8 11 5 4 2 17 17 5 42
3 Resovia Rzeszów 22 12 5 5 41 20 11 7 2 2 25 10 11 5 3 3 16 10 21 41
4 Katowice 22 12 5 5 39 24 11 7 2 2 22 11 11 5 3 3 17 13 15 41
5 Olimpia Elbląg 22 9 9 4 33 21 11 4 4 3 15 11 11 5 5 1 18 10 12 36
6 Bytovia Bytów 22 9 6 7 31 32 12 8 2 2 22 14 10 1 4 5 9 18 -1 33
7 Stargard Szczeciński 22 9 4 9 32 34 11 6 2 3 18 15 11 3 2 6 14 19 -2 31
8 Polkowice 22 8 6 8 38 26 12 4 5 3 23 12 10 4 1 5 15 14 12 30
9 Stal Rzeszów 22 9 3 10 35 32 12 6 2 4 20 15 10 3 1 6 15 17 3 30
10 Znicz Pruszków 22 9 3 10 31 37 11 5 1 5 19 23 11 4 2 5 12 14 -6 30
11 Elana Toruń 22 8 5 9 29 27 11 6 2 3 22 15 11 2 3 6 7 12 2 29
12 Garbarnia Kraków 22 7 7 8 23 25 12 3 4 5 10 15 10 4 3 3 13 10 -2 28
13 Lech Poznań II 22 7 7 8 26 29 10 4 3 3 14 12 12 3 4 5 12 17 -3 28
14 Pogoń Siedlce 22 8 3 11 30 34 12 5 1 6 14 15 10 3 2 5 16 19 -4 27
15 SKRA Częstochowa 22 7 4 11 17 31 11 6 2 3 11 10 11 1 2 8 6 21 -14 25
16 Stal Stalowa Wola 22 6 6 10 23 34 7 1 2 4 4 9 15 5 4 6 19 25 -11 24
17 Legionovia Legionowo 22 3 4 15 17 41 11 1 4 6 7 16 11 2 0 9 10 25 -24 13
18 Gryf Wejherowo 22 3 4 15 15 47 11 2 2 7 10 20 11 1 2 8 5 27 -32 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.