Śląsk Wrocław vs Piast Gliwice match preview: Even contest expected at Stadion Miejski

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 19.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (42771 seats)

Sneaking up on the top teams is the target when these mid-table teams battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Śląsk Wrocław in 11th and Piast Gliwice in 10th place.

Insights:
  • Piast Gliwice have the most dropped points from leading position (16) 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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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Śląsk Wrocław have to build on here at Stadion Miejski in the Ekstraklasa.

Śląsk Wrocław shared the glory with Gornik eczna in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The striker Zylla was named "man of the match" for Wrocław with a rating of 7.85/10. Zylla hit one key pass.

Prior to that, an away loss at Lechia Gdansk.

This is expected to be a close game, with Śląsk Wrocław perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Śląsk Wrocław as a small favourite), we find eight games. Śląsk Wrocław has won three of these, drawn five and lost zero.

Wrocław has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. On the other hand, Śląsk Wrocław have conceded 11 goals.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

As the visiting team in Ekstraklasa matches, Piast Gliwice have produced an overall stat of 3-3-4 so far.

It's the second away game in a row for Gliwice, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Wisła Płock (placed 9th) last time out. Attacker Wilczek got a player rating of 7.82 in the game. "Man of the match" Wilczek scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Piast Gliwice playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were two Piast Gliwice wins, three draws and three defeats.

Gliwice have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

Śląsk Wrocław and Piast Gliwice have played each other previously this season: Piast Gliwice - Śląsk Wrocław 1-1. Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two squads are: six wins for Wrocław, one draw and three wins for Piast Gliwice. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

Śląsk WrocławE. Expósito Hernández
E. Expósito Hernández
9 goals
Śląsk WrocławR. Pich
R. Pich
5 goals
Śląsk WrocławA. Łyszczarz
A. Łyszczarz
5 goals

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Śląsk Wrocław Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 9 4 Played P 3 10 21
6 3 2 Won W 2 3 7
7 4 1 Drew D 1 3 5
8 2 1 Lost L 0 4 9
31 12 7 Scored S 7 11 28
33 11 6 Conceded C 3 10 28
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 62%
62% 56% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 20% 33%
38% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 29%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 24%
71% 67% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 48%
14% 22% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 30% 19%
19% 22% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 33%
 
4.6 4.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.7 4.2
6 5.3 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 9 7.3 6.5
1.8 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.2 1.5
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 13.7 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.1 9.6
4.7 4.4 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 3.9
32% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 37% 35%
 
11.9 10.6 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 12.4 10.6
5.1 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 4.8 4.4
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice 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 Lech Poznan 21 13 6 2 45 16 11 9 2 0 28 3 10 4 4 2 17 13 29 45
2 Pogoń Szczecin 21 12 7 2 39 17 10 8 2 0 26 8 11 4 5 2 13 9 22 43
3 Rakow Czestochowa 21 12 5 4 39 22 10 6 3 1 23 8 11 6 2 3 16 14 17 41
4 Radomiak Radom 21 9 9 3 29 18 11 5 5 1 16 10 10 4 4 2 13 8 11 36
5 Lechia Gdansk 21 10 6 5 35 25 10 7 2 1 19 8 11 3 4 4 16 17 10 36
6 Gornik Zabrze 20 9 4 7 29 27 10 5 2 3 15 12 10 4 2 4 14 15 2 31
7 Stal Mielec 21 8 7 6 28 28 11 6 2 3 16 14 10 2 5 3 12 14 0 31
8 Cracovia Krakow 21 8 6 7 30 29 11 5 3 3 18 15 10 3 3 4 12 14 1 30
9 Wisła Płock 21 9 3 9 30 29 11 8 2 1 17 5 10 1 1 8 13 24 1 30
10 Piast Gliwice 21 7 5 9 28 28 11 4 2 5 17 18 10 3 3 4 11 10 0 26
11 Śląsk Wrocław 21 6 7 8 31 33 9 3 4 2 12 11 12 3 3 6 19 22 -2 25
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 20 6 6 8 25 33 10 4 4 2 16 12 10 2 2 6 9 21 -8 24
13 Wisa Krakow 21 6 3 12 21 33 10 4 1 5 11 12 11 2 2 7 10 21 -12 21
14 Warta Poznan 21 4 8 9 16 25 11 1 6 4 7 13 10 3 2 5 9 12 -9 20
15 Gornik eczna 21 4 8 9 21 38 11 2 5 4 11 20 10 2 3 5 10 18 -17 20
16 Zagłębie Lubin 21 6 2 13 22 41 10 4 1 5 14 16 11 2 1 8 8 25 -19 20
17 Legia Warszawa 20 6 0 14 22 32 10 4 0 6 12 14 10 2 0 8 10 18 -10 18
18 Nieciecza 20 3 6 11 22 38 10 3 3 4 16 19 10 0 3 7 6 19 -16 15

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.