Ekstraklasa duel: Close contest expected between Jagiellonia Białystok and Lechia Gdańsk

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Date: Sun 15.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bialystok City Stadium (22372 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Jagiellonia Białystok in 9th and Lechia Gdańsk in 7th place.

Jagiellonia Białystok and Lechia Gdańsk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Jagiellonia Białystok form and stats

5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Jagiellonia Białystok so far this season.

The Jagiellonia Białystok fans got no joy from their last match, a Ekstraklasa game also here at Bialystok City Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Zagłębie Lubin (placed 10th). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Rakow Czestochowa.

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 Jagiellonia Białystok have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 1 Lost 0.

The Jagiellonia Białystok fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Jagiellonia Białystok have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

As the visiting team in Ekstraklasa matches, Lechia Gdańsk have produced an overall stat of 4-2-2 so far.

The Lechia Gdańsk goalkeeper Zlatan Alomerovic is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 261 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Lechia Gdańsk won their last game, 2-0 versus Wisla Plock played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Zagłębie Lubin.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Lechia Gdańsk in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Lechia Gdańsk, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Lechia Gdańsk find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. 8 goals have been conceded by Lechia Gdańsk in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Jagiellonia Białystok - Lechia Gdańsk 3-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Jagiellonia Białystok victories, 2 draws and 6 Lechia Gdańsk wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lechia GdańskFlávio Paixão
Flávio Paixão
15 goals
Jagiellonia BiałystokJesús Imaz
Jesús Imaz
10 goals

Jagiellonia Białystok missing players

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Jagiellonia Białystok Lechia Gdańsk
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 1 8 18
7 5 0 Won W 1 4 8
5 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
6 3 1 Lost L 0 2 4
28 15 0 Scored S 2 10 23
23 10 1 Conceded C 1 8 16
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
83% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 72%
50% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 44%
39% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 11%
17% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
61% 44% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 61%
28% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 28%
17% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
6.1 6.4 6 Corners For (avg) C F 2 5.5 5.6
4.5 4.2 14 Corners Against (avg) C A 9 5.8 5.6
2.2 2.6 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 5 3.1 2.5
2 1 1 Red Cards R C 1 3 3
 
203 112 8 Total Shots T S 8 75 193
83 50 2 Shots on Target S O 4 35 78
34% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 29%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Legia Warszawa 19 12 2 5 39 18 10 7 1 2 27 8 9 5 1 3 12 10 21 38
2 Pogon Szczecin 19 10 5 4 22 15 9 5 2 2 12 7 10 5 3 2 10 8 7 35
3 Slask Wrocaw 19 9 7 3 27 19 10 5 4 1 18 15 9 4 3 2 9 4 8 34
4 Cracovia Kraków 18 10 3 5 27 15 10 7 1 2 17 6 8 3 2 3 10 9 12 33
5 Piast Gliwice 19 9 4 6 21 19 10 6 2 2 13 9 9 3 2 4 8 10 2 31
6 Lech Poznań 19 8 6 5 32 19 9 4 2 3 17 8 10 4 4 2 15 11 13 30
7 Lechia Gdańsk 18 8 6 4 23 16 10 4 4 2 13 8 8 4 2 2 10 8 7 30
8 Wisla Plock 19 8 3 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 14 9 10 3 1 6 9 22 -8 27
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 18 7 5 6 28 23 9 5 1 3 15 10 9 2 4 3 13 13 5 26
10 Zagłębie Lubin 19 7 4 8 29 27 9 4 3 2 17 10 10 3 1 6 12 17 2 25
11 Rakow Czestochowa 19 8 1 10 21 29 10 6 0 4 14 12 9 2 1 6 7 17 -8 25
12 Gornik Zabrze 19 4 8 7 21 27 9 4 4 1 14 9 10 0 4 6 7 18 -6 20
13 Arka Gdynia 19 5 5 9 16 27 9 2 5 2 7 9 10 3 0 7 9 18 -11 20
14 Korona Kielce 18 4 3 11 10 24 9 3 1 5 7 8 9 1 2 6 3 16 -14 15
15 ŁKS Łódź 19 4 2 13 18 33 9 3 1 5 11 12 10 1 1 8 7 21 -15 14
16 Wisa Krakow 19 4 2 13 18 33 9 4 0 5 11 8 10 0 2 8 7 25 -15 14

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.