Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Piast Gliwice welcomes Podbeskidzie

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Mon 03.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (10037 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Piast Gliwice fans are optimistic that the difference between 4th and Podbeskidzie's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.

Insights:
  • Podbeskidzie have the most conceded goals (56) in Ekstraklasa

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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Piast Gliwice form and stats

Overall Ekstraklasa stats at home this season for Piast Gliwice are 5-3-5 (wins-draw-losses).

Piast Gliwice shared the glory with Zagłębie Lubin in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Ahead of that match, Gliwice lost 0-1 at home to Legia Warszawa.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Gliwice matches with similar probabilities have ended with six wins, zero draws and one defeat (from seven games).

There will be little rest for Gliwice after this match as they are travelling to Raków Częstochowa for a Ekstraklasa game in only four days.

Piast Gliwice has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Gliwice are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Miejski in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 13 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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Podbeskidzie form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Podbeskidzie, who have the most conceded goals (56) in Ekstraklasa, so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-10 (win-draw-lose). The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Podbeskidzie have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 14 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Jastrzebie game.

Podbeskidzie had fun at their own home (Stadion Miejski) last time out, beating Lech Poznań 1-0. Marko Roginic scored. A 3-4 defeat away at Śląsk Wrocław before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wisła Płock in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Podbeskidzie as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Podbeskidzie's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 34 goals in 13 travels.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Podbeskidzie - Gliwice 0-5 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gliwice six wins, two draws and Podbeskidzie two victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GliwiceJ. Świerczok
J. Świerczok
12 goals
PodbeskidzieK. Bilinski
K. Bilinski
11 goals
Piast GliwiceT. Mendes Alves
T. Mendes Alves
4 goals

Piast Gliwice missing players

Podbeskidzie missing players

Piast Gliwice Podbeskidzie
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
10 5 2 Won W 0 0 6
9 3 1 Drew D 1 3 6
8 5 1 Lost L 2 10 15
35 14 6 Scored S 2 12 28
28 12 4 Conceded C 4 34 56
85% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
59% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 92% 85%
37% 23% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 69% 59%
30% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 46% 37%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 19%
37% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 56%
41% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
37% 38% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 38% 30%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
11.6 11.7 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.8 9.1
4.2 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3 3.3
31% 25% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 31% 31%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Podbeskidzie have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Podbeskidzie have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Podbeskidzie have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Podbeskidzie have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the fewest points (3) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the most conceded goals (34) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the most conceded goals (56) in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the most conceded goals in the second half (31) in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the the worst goal difference (-22) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Ekstraklasa
  • Podbeskidzie have yet to win a game away.
  • Podbeskidzie 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 Legia Warszawa 27 18 5 4 47 24 13 8 2 3 28 19 14 10 3 1 19 5 23 59
2 Pogoń Szczecin 27 15 5 7 33 18 13 8 4 1 15 4 14 7 1 6 18 14 15 50
3 Raków Częstochowa 26 14 7 5 41 24 14 8 3 3 18 9 12 6 4 2 23 15 17 49
4 Piast Gliwice 27 10 9 8 35 28 13 5 3 5 14 12 14 5 6 3 21 16 7 39
5 Zagłębie Lubin 27 11 6 10 37 35 14 7 4 3 23 18 13 4 2 7 14 17 2 39
6 Warta Poznań 27 12 3 12 29 28 14 6 2 6 12 12 13 6 1 6 17 16 1 39
7 Śląsk Wrocław 27 10 8 9 32 29 13 7 5 1 20 12 14 3 3 8 12 17 3 38
8 Lechia Gdańsk 27 11 5 11 35 33 14 6 2 6 22 17 13 5 3 5 13 16 2 38
9 Lech Poznań 27 8 9 10 35 34 13 4 6 3 17 14 14 4 3 7 18 20 1 33
10 Górnik Zabrze 27 9 6 12 27 30 14 5 3 6 19 19 13 4 3 6 8 11 -3 33
11 Jagiellonia Białystok 27 9 6 12 36 44 13 5 4 4 21 18 14 4 2 8 15 26 -8 33
12 Wisła Kraków 27 7 8 12 35 38 14 4 2 8 18 22 13 3 6 4 17 16 -3 29
13 Wisła Płock 27 7 8 12 31 40 13 3 4 6 13 16 14 4 4 6 18 24 -9 29
14 Cracovia Kraków 27 7 12 8 26 30 13 5 5 3 17 17 14 2 7 5 9 13 -4 28
15 Stal Mielec 26 5 9 12 28 44 13 4 4 5 12 19 13 1 5 7 16 25 -16 24
16 Podbeskidzie 27 6 6 15 28 56 14 6 3 5 16 22 13 0 3 10 12 34 -28 24

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.