Ekstraklasa match preview: Korona Kielce versus Piast Gliwice

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 22.March
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: UKI Arena (15700 seats)

The visiting Piast Gliwice side should be favourites in this visit to Korona Kielce, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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

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Korona Kielce form and stats

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Korona Kielce have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 13 games.

Korona Kielce's previous game was a Ekstraklasa match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus ŁKS Łódź (placed 16th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Śląsk Wrocław.

Korona Kielce have scored 10 league goals here from 13 matches, not a lot. Korona Kielce are not conceding a lot of goals here at UKI Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 13 matches.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

4-2-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Piast Gliwice in their Ekstraklasa matches away.

It's the second away game in a row for Piast Gliwice, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Legia Warszawa (placed 1st) in the Ekstraklasa last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Arka Gdynia.

The attacking power of Piast Gliwice when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Piast Gliwice have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Piast Gliwice - Korona Kielce 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Korona Kielce, three draws and four wins for Piast Gliwice. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

Piast GliwiceJ. Muñoz García
J. Muñoz García
12 goals
Piast GliwiceP. Parzyszek
P. Parzyszek
7 goals
Korona KielceA. Kovačević
A. Kovačević
4 goals

Korona Kielce missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Korona Kielce Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 3 Played P 5 13 26
7 5 2 Won W 3 4 13
5 2 0 Drew D 2 2 4
14 6 1 Lost L 0 7 9
15 10 3 Scored S 7 11 28
30 10 2 Conceded C 2 16 25
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 92%
46% 38% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 69% 65%
27% 23% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 46% 42%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
23% 23% 33% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 38%
38% 46% 67% Clean Sheets C S 60% 23% 38%
50% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 46% 31%
 
4.7 6 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.2 5
4.7 3.8 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.2 6.1 5.4
2.4 2.5 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
5 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
294 170 27 Total Shots T S 62 128 280
111 60 13 Shots on Target S O 26 51 121
14% 17% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 22% 23%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Korona Kielce has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • Korona Kielce has the fewest matches over the total-line (7)
  • Korona Kielce has the fewest scored goals (10) at home
  • Korona Kielce has the fewest scored goals (15)
  • Korona Kielce has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
  • Korona Kielce has the most matches under the total-line (19)
  • Korona Kielce have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Piast Gliwice have won significantly less corners away then at 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 26 16 3 7 54 26 14 10 1 3 37 12 12 6 2 4 17 14 28 51
2 Piast Gliwice 26 13 4 9 28 25 13 9 2 2 17 9 13 4 2 7 11 16 3 43
3 Lech Poznań 26 11 9 6 45 25 13 7 3 3 27 10 13 4 6 3 18 15 20 42
4 Cracovia Kraków 26 13 3 10 35 25 13 9 1 3 21 9 13 4 2 7 14 16 10 42
5 Śląsk Wrocław 26 11 9 6 34 29 13 7 5 1 24 19 13 4 4 5 10 10 5 42
6 Pogoń Szczecin 26 11 8 7 27 23 12 5 3 4 13 10 14 6 5 3 14 13 4 41
7 Lechia Gdansk 26 10 8 8 32 33 13 5 4 4 14 13 13 5 4 4 18 20 -1 38
8 Jagiellonia Białystok 26 10 7 9 35 35 13 7 3 3 20 11 13 3 4 6 15 24 0 37
9 Raków Częstochowa 26 11 3 12 32 37 13 7 2 4 18 14 13 4 1 8 14 23 -5 36
10 Wisła Płock 26 10 6 10 32 41 13 6 3 4 19 16 13 4 3 6 13 25 -9 36
11 Zagłębie Lubin 26 9 6 11 41 40 13 6 4 3 26 17 13 3 2 8 15 23 1 33
12 Górnik Zabrze 26 8 9 9 34 36 13 8 4 1 25 12 13 0 5 8 9 24 -2 33
13 Wisła Kraków 26 9 4 13 33 38 13 6 2 5 19 11 13 3 2 8 14 27 -5 31
14 Korona Kielce 26 7 5 14 15 30 13 5 2 6 10 10 13 2 3 8 5 20 -15 26
15 Arka Gdynia 26 6 7 13 22 37 13 3 6 4 12 15 13 3 1 9 10 22 -15 25
16 ŁKS Łódź 26 5 5 16 25 44 13 4 3 6 16 18 13 1 2 10 9 26 -19 20

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.