Soccer match preview: Lech Poznań confident before travelling to Piast Gliwice

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (10037 seats)

This could be a great fixture, with Piast Gliwice placed 5th and Lech Poznań at 1st. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lech Poznań have the most scored goals (61) in Ekstraklasa

This should be an entertaining match with lots of fun and energy as both contenders are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Piast Gliwice at their home stadium (Stadion Miejski) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. Piast Gliwice haven’t lost a league-game in eleven attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Pogon Szczecin, 91 days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Gliwice, who won 3-2 against Warta Poznan (placed 10th). Konczkowski (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Konczkowski scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).

Ahead of that match, Piast Gliwice won a home game hosting Jagiellonia Biaystok (2-1).

The Piast Gliwice fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Gliwice have conceded 19 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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Lech Poznań form and stats

As the visiting team matches, Lech Poznań, who have the most scored goals (61) in Ekstraklasa, have produced an overall stat of 7-5-3 so far. Momentum is building for Lech Poznań in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Polish Cup home loss versus Raków Częstochowa with 1-3 on the scoreboard.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Stal Mielec.

Poznań has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 15 games.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled before this season: Lech Poznań - Piast Gliwice 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Piast Gliwice wins - draws - Lech Poznań wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lech PoznańM. Ishak
M. Ishak
16 goals
Lech PoznańJ. Reis Amaral
J. Reis Amaral
13 goals
Lech PoznańJ. Kamiński
J. Kamiński
8 goals

Piast Gliwice missing players

Lech Poznań missing players

Piast Gliwice Lech Poznań
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 15 31
14 7 2 Won W 2 7 19
8 3 0 Drew D 1 5 8
9 5 2 Lost L 1 3 4
42 21 7 Scored S 6 23 61
34 19 8 Conceded C 3 15 21
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
55% 60% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 71%
35% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 47% 48%
29% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 32%
19% 27% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 13% 16%
45% 53% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 53% 42%
32% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 48%
29% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 16%
 
4.3 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 7.1 7.1
6.1 5.9 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.8 3.9
1.5 1.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.5 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.5 9.9 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.8 15.5 17.4
3.9 4.7 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6.2 6.9
35% 30% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 28%
 
10.1 8.5 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7 7 7
4 4.1 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3 2.3
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lech Poznań have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most clean sheets (15) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most scored goals (61) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the the best goal difference (+40) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 31 19 8 4 61 21 16 12 3 1 38 6 15 7 5 3 23 15 40 65
2 Raków Częstochowa 31 19 8 4 56 28 15 9 5 1 31 12 16 10 3 3 25 16 28 65
3 Pogon Szczecin 31 18 8 5 60 28 16 11 2 3 39 17 15 7 6 2 21 11 32 62
4 Lechia Gdansk 31 15 8 8 49 34 15 11 3 1 27 9 16 4 5 7 22 25 15 53
5 Piast Gliwice 31 14 8 9 42 34 15 7 3 5 21 19 16 7 5 4 21 15 8 50
6 Wisla Plock 31 14 3 14 45 45 15 10 2 3 24 11 16 4 1 11 21 34 0 45
7 Radomiak Radom 31 10 14 7 36 31 15 6 7 2 21 14 16 4 7 5 15 17 5 44
8 Cracovia Kraków 31 11 9 11 36 38 16 6 5 5 21 19 15 5 4 6 15 19 -2 42
9 Gornik Zabrze 31 11 8 12 44 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 15 5 3 7 22 26 -1 41
10 Warta Poznan 31 9 9 13 30 36 16 4 6 6 15 20 15 5 3 7 15 16 -6 36
11 Legia Warszawa 31 11 3 17 36 43 15 8 0 7 21 18 16 3 3 10 15 25 -7 36
12 Stal Mielec 31 9 9 13 36 45 16 7 3 6 20 20 15 2 6 7 16 25 -9 36
13 Jagiellonia Biaystok 31 8 11 12 36 48 16 5 7 4 21 18 15 3 4 8 15 30 -12 35
14 Slask Wrocaw 31 7 12 12 37 46 15 3 7 5 14 20 16 4 5 7 23 26 -9 33
15 Zagebie Lubin 31 9 5 17 35 56 16 6 3 7 24 28 15 3 2 10 11 28 -21 32
16 Wisa Krakow 31 7 9 15 35 49 15 5 4 6 21 20 16 2 5 9 14 29 -14 30
17 Nieciecza 31 7 9 15 33 52 16 5 5 6 19 25 15 2 4 9 14 27 -19 30
18 Gornik eczna 31 6 9 16 26 54 15 4 5 6 14 25 16 2 4 10 12 29 -28 27

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.