Korona Kielce vs Górnik Zabrze match preview: Even contest expected at Suzuki Arena

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 12.Aug
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Suzuki Arena

This is shaping up to be quite the exciting contest at Suzuki Arena in the Ekstraklasa. Korona Kielce is in 16th position and host Górnik Zabrze in 17th place. Read all about the match here!

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Korona Kielce form and stats

The first Ekstraklasa game here at Suzuki Arena resulted in a draw. Last season Korona Kielce's home game statistics were 8 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats from 17 games.

No payout for Korona in their previous match, an away game at KS odz that ended in defeat 1-2. Heartbreak for Korona Kielce in their last match as KS odz's Tutyškinas scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Deaconu (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.33/10. Deaconu hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Slask Wrocaw.

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 Korona Kielce have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Early season league goal statistics from Korona Kielce's 1 home game: {1 goals}, 1 conceded.

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Ekstraklasa ended in defeat. Last season Górnik Zabrze had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 7, drew 4 and lost 6.

Górnik have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 360 minutes ago. Podolski was the goal scorer.

Górnik Zabrze delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Piast Gliwice (placed 14th) in their previous game. Midfielder Lukoszek was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Lukoszek hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).

Prior to that match, the Górnik manager Urban faced defeat when travelling to Warta Poznan and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Górnik Zabrze in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for Górnik Zabrze, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

Górnik Zabrze have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Górnik Zabrze have put together a streak of 6 consecutive games without defeat (4-2-0) when playing Korona Kielce.

Top Goalscorers

KoronaA. Dalmau Vaquer
A. Dalmau Vaquer
2 goals

Korona Kielce missing players

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Korona Kielce Górnik Zabrze
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 1 1 Scored S 0 0 0
3 1 1 Conceded C 0 2 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 67%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 67%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
3.5 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 4.3
2.5 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7 6.7
2.5 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.5 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 7.7
4.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 1
22% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
5.5 4 4 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 13.7
2.5 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 2.7
Korona Kielce Last season Górnik Zabrze
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 8   Won W   7 13
8 3   Drew D   4 9
15 6   Lost L   6 12
39 19   Scored S   22 45
48 19   Conceded C   20 43
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
74% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 76%
50% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 47%
21% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 24%
12% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 32%
21% 24%   Failed to Score F T   29% 26%
 
5.3 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.4
5.9 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.4
2.4 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.7
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.9 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.1 12.4
4.4 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.4
26% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 30%
 
13.2 12.6   Shots against (avg) S A   13 11.8
4.5 4.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.5

  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 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
2 Zagebie Lubin 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Pogon Szczecin 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Jagiellonia Biaystok 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 6
5 Rakow Czestochowa 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
6 Warta Poznan 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
7 Cracovia Krakow 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
8 Legia Warszawa 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
9 Ruch Chorzow 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
10 Widzew Lodz 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
11 Radomiak Radom 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 3
12 KS odz 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 3
13 Stal Mielec 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
14 Piast Gliwice 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 2
15 Slask Wrocaw 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
16 Korona Kielce 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Górnik Zabrze 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 1
18 Puszcza Niepoomice 2 0 0 2 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rakow Czestochowa 34 23 6 5 63 24 17 14 2 1 41 10 17 9 4 4 22 14 39 75
2 Legia Warszawa 34 19 9 6 57 37 17 12 5 0 38 17 17 7 4 6 19 20 20 66
3 Lech Poznan 34 17 10 7 51 29 17 9 2 6 25 15 17 8 8 1 26 14 22 61
4 Pogon Szczecin 34 17 9 8 57 46 17 10 4 3 33 23 17 7 5 5 24 23 11 60
5 Piast Gliwice 34 15 8 11 40 31 17 7 4 6 20 15 17 8 4 5 20 16 9 53
6 Górnik Zabrze 34 13 9 12 45 43 17 6 5 6 23 23 17 7 4 6 22 20 2 48
7 Cracovia Krakow 34 12 10 12 41 35 17 8 5 4 23 10 17 4 5 8 18 25 6 46
8 Warta Poznan 34 12 9 13 37 35 17 5 7 5 21 18 17 7 2 8 16 17 2 45
9 Zagebie Lubin 34 12 9 13 35 44 17 4 5 8 13 20 17 8 4 5 22 24 -9 45
10 Radomiak Radom 34 12 8 14 34 41 17 5 4 8 17 20 17 7 4 6 17 21 -7 44
11 Stal Mielec 34 11 10 13 36 40 17 6 7 4 18 14 17 5 3 9 18 26 -4 43
12 Korona Kielce 34 11 8 15 39 48 17 8 3 6 19 19 17 3 5 9 20 29 -9 41
13 Widzew Lodz 34 11 8 15 38 47 17 5 3 9 22 28 17 6 5 6 16 19 -9 41
14 Jagiellonia Biaystok 34 9 14 11 48 49 17 8 4 5 30 22 17 1 10 6 18 27 -1 41
15 Slask Wrocaw 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 6 6 5 23 23 17 3 5 9 12 25 -13 38
16 Wisla Plock 34 10 7 17 41 50 17 8 4 5 23 16 17 2 3 12 18 34 -9 37
17 Lechia Gdansk 34 8 6 20 28 56 17 5 4 8 15 22 17 3 2 12 13 34 -28 30
18 Miedz Legnica 34 4 11 19 33 55 17 3 7 7 16 23 17 1 4 12 17 32 -22 23

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.