Ekstraklasa preview: Can Lech Poznań edge out victory against Piast Gliwice?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 14.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: INEA stadion (45830 seats)

Lech Poznań and Piast Gliwice have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Ekstraklasa.

Insights:
  • Piast Gliwice is in the best form (4-1-1)

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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Lech Poznań form and stats

3-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Lech Poznań so far this season.

It's back home for Poznań, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Pogoń Szczecin away with the result 1-0. Bartosz Salamon found the net in that victory. Before that game, the home loss against Rakow Czestochowa with the scoreline 0-2.

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

Lech Poznań are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Lech Poznań have conceded 11 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Piast Gliwice playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season.

Gliwice had fun at their own home (INEA stadion) last time out, beating Stal Mielec 2-1. Tiago Alves and Arkadiusz Pyrka scored. Prior to that result Piast Gliwice won their away game at Legia Warszawa in the Polish Cup. The scoreline was 2-1.

Tiago Alves came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Stal Mielec last time out, making the manager W. Fornalik feel like a tactical genius.

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

The travelling fans enjoy Gliwice's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. Piast Gliwice have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Piast Gliwice - Poznań 1-4 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Poznań wins - draws - Piast Gliwice wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Piast GliwiceJ. Świerczok
J. Świerczok
8 goals
Lech PoznańM. Ishak
M. Ishak
7 goals
Lech PoznańD. Ramírez Fernández
D. Ramírez Fernández
4 goals

Lech Poznań missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Lech Poznań Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 3 10 20
7 3 1 Won W 2 4 7
7 4 0 Drew D 0 3 6
6 2 1 Lost L 1 3 7
28 12 1 Scored S 6 16 26
25 11 1 Conceded C 6 12 23
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 85%
65% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 60%
50% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 40%
30% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 30%
15% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 30% 20%
55% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 40%
30% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 35%
20% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 40%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.7 16 18.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 11.3 11.9
5.3 5.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.2 4.2
26% 24% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 38% 31%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Piast Gliwice is in the best form (4-1-1)

  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 20 13 3 4 34 20 10 6 1 3 21 15 10 7 2 1 13 5 14 42
2 Pogoń Szczecin 20 10 5 5 24 13 10 5 4 1 11 4 10 5 1 4 13 9 11 35
3 Rakow Czestochowa 20 10 5 5 30 20 11 6 2 3 13 8 9 4 3 2 17 12 10 35
4 Lechia Gdansk 20 9 3 8 27 24 10 4 1 5 15 13 10 5 2 3 12 11 3 30
5 Zagłębie Lubin 20 8 5 7 26 22 10 5 3 2 15 10 10 3 2 5 11 12 4 29
6 Lech Poznań 20 7 7 6 28 25 9 3 4 2 12 11 11 4 3 4 16 14 3 28
7 Slask Wrocaw 20 8 4 8 24 21 10 6 3 1 15 8 10 2 1 7 9 13 3 28
8 Górnik Zabrze 20 8 4 8 23 22 10 4 2 4 15 14 10 4 2 4 8 8 1 28
9 Piast Gliwice 20 7 6 7 26 23 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 4 3 3 16 12 3 27
10 Wisa Krakow 20 6 7 7 30 26 10 3 1 6 14 18 10 3 6 1 16 8 4 25
11 Jagiellonia Białystok 20 7 4 9 26 32 9 4 3 2 16 12 11 3 1 7 10 20 -6 25
12 Warta Poznan 19 7 2 10 18 22 9 3 1 5 6 10 10 4 1 5 12 12 -4 23
13 Wisla Plock 19 6 5 8 25 30 10 3 2 5 9 11 9 3 3 3 16 19 -5 23
14 Cracovia Krakow 20 5 9 6 21 24 10 3 4 3 13 15 10 2 5 3 8 9 -3 19
15 Podbeskidzie 20 4 6 10 20 44 11 4 3 4 13 20 9 0 3 6 7 24 -24 18
16 Stal Mielec 20 3 7 10 21 35 10 2 4 4 9 16 10 1 3 6 12 19 -14 16

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.