Piast Gliwice look to Stadion Miejski supporters for inspiration before Stal Mielec match

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (10037 seats)

This should be an interesting match as Piast Gliwice have their supposed home advantage, while Stal Mielec lead them by 5 points in the Ekstraklasa standings.

Insights:
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Stal Mielec have the most points from losing position (9) in Ekstraklasa

There haven't been much to rest for the home team, as they had a Ekstraklasa game only four days earlier. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Radomiak Radom.

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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 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

The home team returns to Stadion Miejski after being equal after 90 minutes with Radomiak Radom (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Ekstraklasa game ended 2-2. Midfield player Sokołowski got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Sokołowski scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Rakow Czestochowa.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gliwice handle that role? We have found 21 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 13 wins, five draws and three defeats.

The Gliwice fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Gliwice have conceded 15 from these games.

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Stal Mielec form and stats

Stal Mielec have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ekstraklasa, after 1-4-3 (8 played).

Stal Mielec had fun at their own home (Stadion Miejski) last time out, beating Nieciecza 1-0. Piasecki scored. Strączek was the team player of the game with the player rating of 9.0. The agile goalkeeper Strączek saved two (!) penalties, stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Wisla Plock.

Mielec 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, one draw and five defeats. From a total of six matches.

Stal Mielec have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Mielec's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 13 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met previously this season: Stal Mielec - Gliwice 0-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Gliwice wins - draws - Stal Mielec wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Stal MielecM. Mak
M. Mak
7 goals
Stal MielecG. Tomasiewicz
G. Tomasiewicz
6 goals
GliwiceP. Sokołowski
P. Sokołowski
5 goals

Piast Gliwice missing players

Stal Mielec missing players

Piast Gliwice Stal Mielec
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 1 Played P 4 8 18
6 4 0 Won W 0 1 7
4 1 0 Drew D 2 4 6
8 4 1 Lost L 2 3 5
25 16 2 Scored S 5 10 25
25 15 3 Conceded C 7 13 25
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 89%
56% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 72%
39% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
33% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 28%
28% 44% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 25% 22%
50% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 56%
17% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 28%
33% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 25% 28%
 
4.2 4.9 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.4 3.8
6.8 6.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.8 6.6
1.3 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.4 10 14 Shots (avg) S ( 8 6.9 8.5
3.8 4.8 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.8 3.7
37% 37% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 45% 38%
 
11.1 9.7 15 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 14.5 14.4
4.6 4.3 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.9 4.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Piast Gliwice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stal Mielec have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Stal Mielec have the most points from losing position (9) in Ekstraklasa
  • Stal Mielec have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 18 11 5 2 35 12 9 7 2 0 21 2 9 4 3 2 14 10 23 38
2 Pogon Szczecin 18 10 6 2 34 15 8 7 1 0 23 6 10 3 5 2 11 9 19 36
3 Lechia Gdansk 18 9 6 3 33 22 9 6 2 1 17 8 9 3 4 2 16 14 11 33
4 Rakow Czestochowa 17 9 5 3 30 20 7 4 3 0 15 6 10 5 2 3 15 14 10 32
5 Radomiak Radom 18 8 8 2 25 16 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 3 4 2 10 8 9 32
6 Stal Mielec 18 7 6 5 25 25 10 6 2 2 15 12 8 1 4 3 10 13 0 27
7 Wisla Plock 18 8 2 8 28 26 9 7 2 0 16 3 9 1 0 8 12 23 2 26
8 Gornik Zabrze 17 7 4 6 24 23 10 5 2 3 15 12 7 2 2 3 9 11 1 25
9 Slask Wrocaw 18 6 6 6 30 28 8 3 4 1 12 9 10 3 2 5 18 19 2 24
10 Jagiellonia Biaystok 18 6 6 6 24 26 10 4 4 2 16 12 8 2 2 4 8 14 -2 24
11 Cracovia Krakow 18 6 5 7 23 26 9 4 2 3 13 12 9 2 3 4 10 14 -3 23
12 Piast Gliwice 18 6 4 8 25 25 9 4 1 4 16 15 9 2 3 4 9 10 0 22
13 Zagebie Lubin 17 6 2 9 19 30 9 4 1 4 13 13 8 2 1 5 6 17 -11 20
14 Wisa Krakow 18 5 3 10 18 30 8 3 1 4 8 11 10 2 2 6 10 19 -12 18
15 Warta Poznan 18 3 6 9 13 23 10 1 5 4 6 12 8 2 1 5 7 11 -10 15
16 Gornik eczna 18 3 6 9 17 35 9 1 4 4 8 18 9 2 2 5 9 17 -18 15
17 Nieciecza 17 2 6 9 20 29 9 2 3 4 14 18 8 0 3 5 6 11 -9 12
18 Legia Warszawa 16 4 0 12 15 27 7 3 0 4 8 10 9 1 0 8 7 17 -12 12

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.