Can Górnik Zabrze beat Lechia Gdańsk in Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla clash?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla

Górnik Zabrze will plan to make use of their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The hosts are currently 9 points behind Lechia Gdańsk.

Insights:
  • Górnik Zabrze have the most points from losing position (15) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

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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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

Górnik Zabrze have played 14 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Urban led his Górnik to a defeat away at Wisa Krakow. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla. Podolski, who plays in attack, was the highest rated player for the side in that fixture, and was presented with a rating of 8.05 (out of 10). Podolski scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).

Heartbreak before that as Górnik Zabrze lost 2-3 at Wisla Plock's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Górnik Zabrze handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, two draws and four defeats.

There will be little rest for Górnik Zabrze after this match as they are travelling to Zagebie Lubin for a Ekstraklasa game in only four days.

The Górnik fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 21 goals in 14 league matches. Górnik Zabrze's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

Lechia Gdańsk have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Ekstraklasa, after 3-4-7 (14 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Lechia Gdańsk, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

Lechia had fun at their own home (Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla) last time out, beating Nieciecza 2-0. Zwoliński and Paixão scored. Pietrzak, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.35. Pietrzak hit four key passes and won 2 of 6 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Nieciecza.

Lechia Gdańsk are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

The visiting Lechia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Lechia Gdańsk have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the teams played each other previously this campaign; Lechia Gdańsk - Górnik Zabrze 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Górnik Zabrze victory, five draws and four Lechia Gdańsk wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lechia GdańskŁ. Zwoliński
Ł. Zwoliński
10 goals
GórnikL. Podolski
L. Podolski
7 goals
Lechia GdańskF. Lopes Paixão
F. Lopes Paixão
7 goals

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Górnik Zabrze Lechia Gdańsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
10 6 1 Won W 1 3 13
7 4 2 Drew D 1 4 7
11 4 1 Lost L 3 7 8
39 21 8 Scored S 4 17 42
40 16 8 Conceded C 6 22 31
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 86% 82%
61% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 36% 39%
36% 36% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 25%
14% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
68% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 43% 46%
18% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 36%
21% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 18%
 
5.4 4.9 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.9 7
5.6 5.1 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.2 5.8
2.1 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 12.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.6 12.8 13.2
4.7 5.4 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.6 5.1
30% 28% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 29%
 
9 8.1 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 12.9 12
3.9 3.4 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.4 5.5 4.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Górnik Zabrze have the most points from losing position (15) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk 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 Lech Poznan 28 16 8 4 54 20 14 10 3 1 32 5 14 6 5 3 22 15 34 56
2 Pogon Szczecin 28 16 8 4 54 24 14 10 2 2 35 14 14 6 6 2 19 10 30 56
3 Rakow Czestochowa 28 16 8 4 49 26 14 8 5 1 29 11 14 8 3 3 20 15 23 56
4 Lechia Gdańsk 28 13 7 8 42 31 14 10 3 1 25 9 14 3 4 7 17 22 11 46
5 Radomiak Radom 28 10 13 5 36 29 14 6 7 1 21 13 14 4 6 4 15 16 7 43
6 Wisla Plock 28 13 3 12 41 40 14 10 2 2 24 10 14 3 1 10 17 30 1 42
7 Piast Gliwice 28 11 8 9 36 31 14 6 3 5 19 18 14 5 5 4 17 13 5 41
8 Górnik Zabrze 28 10 7 11 39 40 14 6 4 4 21 16 14 4 3 7 18 24 -1 37
9 Legia Warszawa 28 11 3 14 34 37 14 8 0 6 21 17 14 3 3 8 13 20 -3 36
10 Cracovia Krakow 28 9 8 11 34 38 14 5 4 5 20 19 14 4 4 6 14 19 -4 35
11 Jagiellonia Biaystok 28 8 10 10 33 43 14 5 6 3 19 15 14 3 4 7 14 28 -10 34
12 Warta Poznan 28 8 9 11 27 31 15 4 6 5 13 17 13 4 3 6 14 14 -4 33
13 Stal Mielec 28 8 9 11 33 40 14 6 3 5 18 18 14 2 6 6 15 22 -7 33
14 Slask Wrocaw 28 7 10 11 35 40 13 3 6 4 13 15 15 4 4 7 22 25 -5 31
15 Zagebie Lubin 28 9 4 15 31 49 14 6 2 6 20 22 14 3 2 9 11 27 -18 31
16 Wisa Krakow 28 7 7 14 31 44 14 5 4 5 18 16 14 2 3 9 13 28 -13 28
17 Nieciecza 28 5 9 14 28 49 14 4 5 5 18 22 14 1 4 9 10 27 -21 24
18 Gornik eczna 28 5 9 14 24 49 14 3 5 6 13 25 14 2 4 8 11 24 -25 24

Read more about Ekstraklasa

The Ekstraklasa, which carries the sponsorship name Lotto Ekstraklasa, is the top football league in Poland. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away to decide a regular season league table. The top eight teams then play a championship round while the bottom eight play a relegation round.