Match preview: Lechia Gdańsk likely to triumph over Górnik Łęczna at Stadion Energa Gdańsk

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Energa Gdańsk (41984 seats)

Victory to the hosting team is predicted from this fixture if the league standings is to be trusted. The Lechia Gdańsk club members are optimistic that the mismatch between 4th and Górnik Łęczna's 16th spot in the table will be revealed on the arena.

Insights:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Górnik Łęczna have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Ekstraklasa

Lechia Gdańsk and Górnik Łęczna 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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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Energa Gdańsk as Lechia Gdańsk have scored 21 goals to get 27 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Ekstraklasa are 8-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The regulars are hoping that Lechia will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Piast Gliwice (placed 7th). The striker Zwoliński was declared "man of the match" for Lechia Gdańsk with a rating of 7.6/10. Zwoliński hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

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

A decent goal production from Lechia Gdańsk in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Lechia Gdańsk have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Górnik Łęczna form and stats

Górnik Łęczna have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Ekstraklasa, after 2-4-6 (12 played).

The manager Kieres was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Stadion Górnik. Górnik suffered a 0-1 loss to Legia Warszawa (placed 12th).

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Wisla Plock's place.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Górnik Łęczna as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. As for defending, Górnik rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches. Górnik Łęczna has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Lechia and Górnik Łęczna have played each other already this season: Górnik Łęczna - Lechia Gdańsk 0-4. Head to head totals (for the previous eight meetings): Lechia Gdańsk won six games, one match ended in a draw and Górnik Łęczna have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / two The games between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 4 red cards from the last eight duels.

Top Goalscorers

Górnik ŁęcznaB. Śpiączka
B. Śpiączka
10 goals
Lechia GdańskŁ. Zwoliński
Ł. Zwoliński
7 goals
Lechia GdańskF. Lopes Paixão
F. Lopes Paixão
6 goals

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Górnik Łęczna missing players

Lechia Gdańsk Górnik Łęczna
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 2 12 25
11 8 2 Won W 0 2 5
7 3 1 Drew D 0 4 9
7 1 0 Lost L 2 6 11
37 21 5 Scored S 2 11 24
29 9 2 Conceded C 7 21 42
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 88%
80% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 84%
40% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 48%
28% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 42% 36%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 8% 8%
48% 58% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 64%
32% 42% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 20%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 28%
 
7.1 7.6 11 Corners for (avg) C F 1 4.4 3.9
5.6 4.8 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 6.2 6.6
2.1 2.2 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2.2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12.9 13 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8 8.1
5 5.3 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 2.8
30% 33% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 34%
 
12.1 11.5 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 12.9 13.8
4.8 4.3 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.6 5.9
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Górnik Łęczna have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Górnik Łęczna have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Ekstraklasa
  • Górnik Łęczna have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Ekstraklasa
  • Górnik Łęczna have the the worst goal difference (-18) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lechia Gdańsk have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lechia Gdańsk have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Lechia Gdańsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pogon Szczecin 25 14 8 3 45 21 12 9 2 1 30 11 13 5 6 2 15 10 24 50
2 Lech Poznan 24 14 6 4 48 18 12 9 2 1 28 4 12 5 4 3 20 14 30 48
3 Rakow Czestochowa 24 14 6 4 43 23 11 7 3 1 25 8 13 7 3 3 18 15 20 48
4 Lechia Gdańsk 25 11 7 7 37 29 12 8 3 1 21 9 13 3 4 6 16 20 8 40
5 Radomiak Radom 24 10 9 5 32 25 12 6 5 1 18 10 12 4 4 4 14 15 7 39
6 Gornik Zabrze 25 10 6 9 35 32 13 6 3 4 20 15 12 4 3 5 15 17 3 36
7 Piast Gliwice 25 9 7 9 32 29 13 5 3 5 18 18 12 4 4 4 14 11 3 34
8 Wisla Plock 24 10 3 11 34 35 12 9 2 1 20 6 12 1 1 10 14 29 -1 33
9 Cracovia Krakow 25 8 8 9 32 35 13 5 4 4 20 18 12 3 4 5 12 17 -3 32
10 Stal Mielec 24 8 8 8 29 32 13 6 3 4 17 16 11 2 5 4 12 16 -3 32
11 Jagiellonia Biaystok 24 7 9 8 29 36 12 4 6 2 17 13 12 3 3 6 12 23 -7 30
12 Legia Warszawa 24 9 1 14 26 33 12 6 0 6 15 15 12 3 1 8 11 18 -7 28
13 Zagłębie Lubin 25 8 4 13 27 42 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 3 2 8 10 25 -15 28
14 Warta Poznań 25 6 9 10 22 29 13 3 6 4 12 15 12 3 3 6 10 14 -7 27
15 Slask Wrocaw 24 6 8 10 32 37 11 3 5 3 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 23 -5 26
16 Górnik Łęczna 25 5 9 11 24 42 13 3 5 5 13 21 12 2 4 6 11 21 -18 24
17 Wisa Krakow 24 6 5 13 23 36 11 4 2 5 11 12 13 2 3 8 12 24 -13 23
18 Nieciecza 24 5 7 12 25 41 13 4 4 5 17 21 11 1 3 7 8 20 -16 22

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.