Ekstraklasa prediction and preview: Piast Gliwice moderate expected to subdue Stal Mielec

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 21.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (10037 seats)

Piast Gliwice get ready to host Stal Mielec for another engrossing Ekstraklasa match here at Stadion Miejski.

Insights:
  • Piast Gliwice have the fewest scored goals (1) in Ekstraklasa

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Ekstraklasa game of the season here at Stadion Miejski. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from Piast Gliwice's 17 home games.

Happy days for Gliwice in their previous game, a fixture away at Cracovia Kraków (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Finally, a league win after five matches without. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Fornalik when Félix scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute. Kądzior (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.73/10. Kądzior served one assist, hit three key passes and had 23 successful passes (of 26 total).

Heartbreak before that as Piast Gliwice lost 0-2 at Legia Warszawa's place.

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 Piast Gliwice have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 22 games) they have won 13 times, drawn 6 and lost 3.

Piast Gliwice has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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Stal Mielec form and stats

Stal Mielec have six points from their first three away games in the Ekstraklasa, meaning two victories and a loss.

It's the second away game in a row for Stal Mielec, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Gornik Zabrze (placed 11th) last time out. Attacker Hamulic got a player rating of 8.12 in the game. "Man of the match" Hamulic scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Cracovia Kraków.

We have checked recent matches where Mielec have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 1 victory, 1 draw and 6 defeats.

Stal Mielec have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Mielec in these games.

Head 2 Head

Piast Gliwice have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Stal Mielec.

Top Goalscorers

Stal MielecM. Domański
M. Domański
4 goals
Stal MielecP. Wlazło
P. Wlazło
2 goals
Stal MielecS. Hamulic
S. Hamulic
2 goals

Piast Gliwice missing players

Stal Mielec missing players

Piast Gliwice Stal Mielec
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 0 Played P 1 3 5
1 0 0 Won W 1 2 3
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 2 7 10
5 1 0 Conceded C 0 4 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 67% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 20%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 60%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 40%
75% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 4
6.2 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.3 5.4
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7.5 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.7 9.8
2 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.2
12% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 54% 48%
 
10.5 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 18 16.3 14.6
3.8 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.7 6
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice have the fewest scored goals (1) in Ekstraklasa
Piast Gliwice Last season Stal Mielec
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
15 7   Won W   2 9
9 4   Drew D   6 10
10 6   Lost L   9 15
45 23   Scored S   18 39
37 22   Conceded C   31 52
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
56% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 76%
35% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 50%
26% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 24%
18% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 15%
47% 59%   BTTS BTTS   71% 62%
32% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   12% 18%
26% 24%   Failed to Score F T   24% 26%
 
4.4 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   3.5 4.5
5.9 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 6.1
1.5 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
9.4 9.7   Shots (avg) S (   8.9 9
3.9 4.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.4 3.8
34% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 30%
 
10.1 8.6   Shots against (avg) S A   14.8 13.8
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.7 5.3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wisla Plock 5 4 1 0 16 4 2 2 0 0 7 1 3 2 1 0 9 3 12 13
2 Stal Mielec 5 3 1 1 10 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 7 4 5 10
3 Pogon Szczecin 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 10
4 Legia Warszawa 5 3 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 10
5 Cracovia Kraków 5 3 0 2 7 3 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 9
6 Radomiak Radom 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 8
7 Śląsk Wrocław 5 2 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 0 8
8 Zagłębie Lubin 5 2 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 8
9 Rakow Czestochowa 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
10 Korona Kielce 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 7
11 Gornik Zabrze 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 6
12 Widzew Lodz 5 1 1 3 6 7 2 0 0 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 -1 4
13 Jagiellonia Białystok 5 1 1 3 5 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
14 Piast Gliwice 4 1 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 4 -4 3
15 Warta Poznan 4 1 0 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 -5 3
16 Lechia Gdansk 4 1 0 3 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 4 9 -6 3
17 Miedź Legnica 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
18 Lech Poznan 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1

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.