Ekstraklasa: Lech Poznań anticipated to win home match against Górnik Zabrze

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: INEA stadion (45830 seats)

The Lech Poznań & Górnik Zabrze managers Skorża and Urban are both fearing and feeling excited about this key match in the top regions of the Ekstraklasa positions.

Insights:
  • Lech Poznań have the most scored goals (35) in Ekstraklasa
  • Górnik Zabrze have the most points from losing position (11) in Ekstraklasa

The visiting Górnik Zabrze played their last game only four days ago, a Ekstraklasa match. That game was also an away game, at Raków Częstochowa. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Lech Poznań form and stats

7-2-0 is the performance here at INEA stadion so far in the Ekstraklasa, giving Lech Poznań a total of 23 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! Ever since the Pogon Szczecin game Poznań has been unbeatable here at INEA stadion producing five straight wins.

Lech Poznań lost their last game at Radomiak Radom (placed 5th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfielder Skóraś was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.33 (out of ten) in that game.

In the preceding match a 3-2 victory visiting Zagłębie Lubin.

The Poznań manager Skorża has got the team scoring with 21 from 9 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Lech Poznań have only let in 2 goals at home. It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

3-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Górnik Zabrze in their Ekstraklasa matches away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Górnik are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

It's the second away game in a row for Górnik, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Raków Częstochowa (placed 4th) in the Ekstraklasa last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Urban when Cholewiak scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Wiśniewski was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Wiśniewski served one assist, hit one key pass and won 11 of 13 duels.

Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Pogon Szczecin.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Górnik have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. In the opposite end, Górnik have conceded 12 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Górnik Zabrze - Poznań 1-3 was the story when this pair of teams last did battle, also in this season. Lech Poznań-Górnik Zabrze H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Poznań four wins, Górnik Zabrze three wins, three draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Lech PoznańM. Ishak
M. Ishak
10 goals
PoznańJ. Reis Amaral
J. Reis Amaral
8 goals
Górnik ZabrzeJ. Jiménez Núñez
J. Jiménez Núñez
7 goals

Lech Poznań missing players

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Lech Poznań Górnik Zabrze
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 4 8 18
11 7 1 Won W 1 3 8
5 2 2 Drew D 1 2 4
2 0 0 Lost L 2 3 6
35 21 3 Scored S 3 11 26
12 2 1 Conceded C 5 12 24
89% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
72% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 88% 67%
44% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 62% 56%
39% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 44%
17% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
44% 22% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 61%
50% 78% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
17% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 28%
 
6.5 5.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.5 4.7
3.7 4.2 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 5.8 5.4
1.3 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.6 18 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.4 11.9
7.3 7.9 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 4.6
27% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 31%
 
7.4 7.1 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.4 8.2
2.4 1.3 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 3.1
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Górnik Zabrze have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Górnik Zabrze have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Górnik Zabrze have the most points from losing position (11) in Ekstraklasa
  • Górnik Zabrze haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Lech Poznań have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lech Poznań have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most clean sheets (9) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most scored goals (35) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most scored goals in the second half (23) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the the best goal difference (+19) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the the best goal difference (+23) in Ekstraklasa

  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 Poznań 18 11 5 2 35 12 9 7 2 0 21 2 9 4 3 2 14 10 23 38
2 Pogon Szczecin 18 10 6 2 34 15 8 7 1 0 23 6 10 3 5 2 11 9 19 36
3 Lechia Gdansk 18 9 6 3 33 22 9 6 2 1 17 8 9 3 4 2 16 14 11 33
4 Raków Częstochowa 18 9 5 4 31 22 8 4 3 1 16 8 10 5 2 3 15 14 9 32
5 Radomiak Radom 18 8 8 2 25 16 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 3 4 2 10 8 9 32
6 Górnik Zabrze 18 8 4 6 26 24 10 5 2 3 15 12 8 3 2 3 11 12 2 28
7 Stal Mielec 18 7 6 5 25 25 10 6 2 2 15 12 8 1 4 3 10 13 0 27
8 Wisla Plock 18 8 2 8 28 26 9 7 2 0 16 3 9 1 0 8 12 23 2 26
9 Slask Wrocaw 18 6 6 6 30 28 8 3 4 1 12 9 10 3 2 5 18 19 2 24
10 Jagiellonia Białystok 18 6 6 6 24 26 10 4 4 2 16 12 8 2 2 4 8 14 -2 24
11 Cracovia Krakow 18 6 5 7 23 26 9 4 2 3 13 12 9 2 3 4 10 14 -3 23
12 Piast Gliwice 18 6 4 8 25 25 9 4 1 4 16 15 9 2 3 4 9 10 0 22
13 Zagłębie Lubin 18 6 2 10 19 34 9 4 1 4 13 13 9 2 1 6 6 21 -15 20
14 Wisa Krakow 18 5 3 10 18 30 8 3 1 4 8 11 10 2 2 6 10 19 -12 18
15 Legia Warszawa 17 5 0 12 19 27 8 4 0 4 12 10 9 1 0 8 7 17 -8 15
16 Warta Poznan 18 3 6 9 13 23 10 1 5 4 6 12 8 2 1 5 7 11 -10 15
17 Górnik Łęczna 18 3 6 9 17 35 9 1 4 4 8 18 9 2 2 5 9 17 -18 15
18 Nieciecza 17 2 6 9 20 29 9 2 3 4 14 18 8 0 3 5 6 11 -9 12

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.