Ekstraklasa preview: Can Lechia Gdańsk edge out victory against Podbeskidzie?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 26.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Energa Gdańsk (41984 seats)

The season is still fairly new and the Ekstraklasa table has to be read with caution. So far Lechia Gdańsk find themselves in 8th position and Podbeskidzie are placed 11th.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Ekstraklasa game of the season here at Stadion Energa Gdańsk. Last season these fans witnessed 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss from Lechia Gdańsk's 3 home games.

The fans are hoping that Lechia will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Ekstraklasa game against Górnik Zabrze (placed 1st). Before that game, the home loss against Rakow Czestochowa with the scoreline 1-3.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lechia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won seven times, drawn one and lost two.

Early season league goal statistics from Lechia Gdańsk's 1 home game: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Podbeskidzie form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Ekstraklasa for Podbeskidzie, who have the most conceded goals (8) in Ekstraklasa, with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Podbeskidzie might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Rakow Czestochowa proved too strong as Podbeskidzie slumped to a 1-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Miejski. Before that, Podbeskidzie travelled to Jagiellonia Biaystok and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

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

It's early days yet, but Podbeskidzie has scored 4 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Lechia wins - draws - Podbeskidzie wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Podbeskidzie missing players

Lechia Gdańsk Podbeskidzie
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 2 4
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 1 0 Scored S 2 4 7
6 3 0 Conceded C 2 6 12
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 50%
33% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 2
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 7 0 Total Shots T S 11 21 29
3 2 0 Shots on Target S O 6 11 15
67% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 47%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lechia Gdańsk has the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk has the the worst goal difference (-4) in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie has the most conceded goals (6) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie has the most conceded goals (8) in Ekstraklasa
Lechia Gdańsk Last season Podbeskidzie
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 18   Played P   17 34
15 7   Won W   6 19
11 5   Drew D   6 8
11 6   Lost L   5 7
48 20   Scored S   22 64
50 22   Conceded C   17 35
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 72%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 79%
54% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 56%
22% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 35%
8% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
57% 44%   BTTS BTTS   59% 59%
24% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 26%
27% 33%   Failed to Score F T   18% 15%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.5 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2
5 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
386 199   Total Shots T S   213 436
147 69   Shots on Target S O   76 174
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 37%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Górnik Zabrze 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 9
2 Slask Wrocaw 3 2 1 0 8 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 7
3 Rakow Czestochowa 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 6
4 Legia Warszawa 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 6
5 Zagebie Lubin 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 6
6 Jagiellonia Biaystok 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 5
7 Pogon Szczecin 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 4
8 Lechia Gdańsk 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 3 -4 3
9 Lech Poznan 3 0 2 1 6 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 4 5 -1 2
10 Wisla Plock 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 2
11 Podbeskidzie 3 0 2 1 6 8 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 4 6 -2 2
12 Wisła Kraków 3 0 2 1 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 2
13 Stal Mielec 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 -2 2
14 Warta Poznan 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
15 Piast Gliwice 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 1
16 Cracovia Krakow 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 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 Lech Poznan 7 5 2 0 15 6 4 3 1 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 6 3 9 17
2 Lechia Gdańsk 7 4 1 2 8 8 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 1 7 5 0 13
3 Legia Warszawa 7 2 3 2 7 5 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 9
4 Pogon Szczecin 7 2 3 2 8 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 9
5 Piast Gliwice 7 2 2 3 5 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 -1 8
6 Jagiellonia Biaystok 7 2 2 3 7 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 4 9 -5 8
7 Cracovia Krakow 7 2 1 4 10 11 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 6 6 -1 7
8 Slask Wrocaw 7 1 2 4 9 13 4 1 2 1 8 8 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 5
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 Stal Mielec 34 21 4 9 57 31 17 11 4 2 28 13 17 10 0 7 29 18 26 67
2 Podbeskidzie 34 19 8 7 64 35 17 13 2 2 42 18 17 6 6 5 22 17 29 65
3 Warta Poznan 34 18 6 10 52 35 17 9 2 6 29 19 17 9 4 4 23 16 17 60
4 Radomiak Radom 34 16 9 9 52 45 17 12 3 2 29 13 17 4 6 7 23 32 7 57
5 Miedz Legnica 34 14 9 11 49 44 17 7 6 4 29 21 17 7 3 7 20 23 5 51
6 Nieciecza 34 14 8 12 47 34 17 8 5 4 31 21 17 6 3 8 16 13 13 50
7 Chrobry Gogow 34 14 7 13 41 44 17 8 5 4 22 13 17 6 2 9 19 31 -3 49
8 Puszcza Niepoomice 34 13 9 12 36 37 17 4 2 11 13 24 17 9 7 1 23 13 -1 48
9 Tychy 71 34 12 11 11 60 53 17 7 6 4 32 23 17 5 5 7 28 30 7 47
10 Stomil Olsztyn 34 13 7 14 30 38 17 9 4 4 19 14 17 4 3 10 11 24 -8 46
11 Sandecja Nowy Sacz 34 12 8 14 45 49 17 8 5 4 28 21 17 4 3 10 17 28 -4 44
12 Zagebie Sosnowiec 34 12 8 14 49 55 17 5 4 8 23 31 17 7 4 6 26 24 -6 44
13 Odra Opole 34 11 9 14 33 39 17 8 5 4 15 8 17 3 4 10 18 31 -6 42
14 Jastrzebie 34 9 14 11 41 46 17 6 4 7 21 24 17 3 10 4 20 22 -5 41
15 Bechatow 34 11 7 16 36 45 17 7 5 5 21 18 17 4 2 11 15 27 -9 40
16 Olimpia Grudziadz 34 11 7 16 45 56 17 6 4 7 26 28 17 5 3 9 19 28 -11 40
17 Chojniczanka Chojnice 34 8 6 20 46 67 17 4 1 12 20 33 17 4 5 8 26 34 -21 30
18 Wigry Suwaki 34 7 5 22 27 57 17 5 4 8 16 24 17 2 1 14 11 33 -30 26

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.