Football match preview: Piast Gliwice vs Warta Poznań

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 06.November
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (10037 seats)

In total; 13 rounds of fixtures have been played and Piast Gliwice are 10 points on top of Warta Poznań. What happens?

Insights:
  • Piast Gliwice have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Ekstraklasa
  • Warta Poznań have the fewest scored goals (8) 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

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Piast Gliwice have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Miejski.

An away draw last time out for Gliwice, facing Jagiellonia Białystok in a game that ended 3-3. Opportunity lost for Gliwice in the Jagiellonia Białystok match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Michał Chrapek (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Chrapek scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 32 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that match, a Polish Cup win away at Zagebie Sosnowiec.

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 three wins, zero draws and one defeat (from four games).

Goals decide football matches and Piast Gliwice are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Piast Gliwice defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Warta Poznań form and stats

There's been little loot from Warta Poznań's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 6 away games in the Ekstraklasa. Warta Poznań only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw. Poznań are desperate to end a ten-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Gornik eczna fixture.

The attacking players of Warta Poznań have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 672 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ekstraklasa home defeat versus Lechia Gdańsk with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Łukasz Trałka was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.0/10. Trałka hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A draw for Poznań before that, at their own venue hosting Stal Mielec (0-0).

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Warta Poznań when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning one game.

Warta Poznań are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Warta Poznań have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the former eight meetings): Gliwice won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Warta Poznań got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / four

Top Goalscorers

GliwiceA. Toril Domingo
A. Toril Domingo
5 goals
Piast GliwiceK. Vida
K. Vida
3 goals
Piast GliwiceP. Sokołowski
P. Sokołowski
3 goals

Piast Gliwice missing players

Warta Poznań missing players

Piast Gliwice Warta Poznań
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 3 Played P 2 6 13
5 3 3 Won W 0 1 1
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
5 3 0 Lost L 2 4 7
21 14 9 Scored S 0 6 8
19 13 4 Conceded C 3 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
62% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 69%
38% 57% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 23%
38% 57% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 15%
38% 57% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
54% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 23%
23% 14% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 23%
23% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 69%
 
4.2 4.6 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.2 4.9
7.2 6.9 8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 4.3 5
1.3 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.7 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.8 9.9 10 Shots (avg) S ( 7 7.8 9.5
4 4.9 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.2 3.2
40% 41% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 19%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Piast Gliwice have scored more than double the goals of Warta Poznań.
  • Piast Gliwice have the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Warta Poznań have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Warta Poznań have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Warta Poznań have the fewest scored goals (8) in Ekstraklasa
  • Warta Poznań have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Ekstraklasa
  • Warta Poznań have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Ekstraklasa
  • Warta Poznań haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Warta Poznań is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 13 8 4 1 27 7 7 5 2 0 18 2 6 3 2 1 9 5 20 28
2 Lechia Gdańsk 13 7 5 1 23 10 6 4 2 0 11 4 7 3 3 1 12 6 13 26
3 Rakow Czestochowa 11 7 3 1 24 16 4 2 2 0 10 6 7 5 1 1 14 10 8 24
4 Pogon Szczecin 12 6 4 2 20 10 6 5 1 0 16 4 6 1 3 2 4 6 10 22
5 Śląsk Wrocław 13 5 5 3 23 18 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 3 2 2 15 12 5 20
6 Radomiak Radom 13 4 7 2 17 13 6 3 3 0 10 5 7 1 4 2 7 8 4 19
7 Piast Gliwice 13 5 3 5 21 19 7 3 1 3 14 13 6 2 2 2 7 6 2 18
8 Cracovia Krakow 13 4 5 4 20 21 6 2 2 2 11 10 7 2 3 2 9 11 -1 17
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 13 4 5 4 16 19 8 3 4 1 12 9 5 1 1 3 4 10 -3 17
10 Stal Mielec 13 4 5 4 15 18 7 4 1 2 9 8 6 0 4 2 6 10 -3 17
11 Zagłębie Lubin 12 5 2 5 14 18 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 2 1 3 5 11 -4 17
12 Górnik Zabrze 12 4 3 5 14 16 7 3 1 3 7 7 5 1 2 2 7 9 -2 15
13 Wisa Krakow 12 4 2 6 14 21 6 2 1 3 7 10 6 2 1 3 7 11 -7 14
14 Wisla Plock 12 4 1 7 19 21 5 4 1 0 10 1 7 0 0 7 9 20 -2 13
15 Nieciecza 12 2 4 6 16 21 7 2 2 3 12 14 5 0 2 3 4 7 -5 10
16 Legia Warszawa 10 3 0 7 11 17 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 1 0 5 5 12 -6 9
17 Warta Poznań 13 1 5 7 8 17 7 0 4 3 2 8 6 1 1 4 6 9 -9 8
18 Gornik eczna 12 1 3 8 10 30 6 1 2 3 6 15 6 0 1 5 4 15 -20 6

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.