Ekstraklasa match prediction: Little separates Śląsk Wrocław and Piast Gliwice in quality

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 22.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (42771 seats)

A new Ekstraklasa season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Śląsk Wrocław and Piast Gliwice. Bring it on!

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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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

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 five of these, drawn two and lost one.

Śląsk Wrocław have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Śląsk Wrocław have scored 5 goals and conceded 1 time.

Last season, Śląsk Wrocław's league statistics were 13 wins, 10 draws and 7 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Ekstraklasa. Over these 30 matches they scored 42 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Śląsk Wrocław managed 8-6-1 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 20 conceded.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

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 nine relevant matches. Results were three Piast Gliwice wins, two draws and four defeats.

Piast Gliwice played one friendly in their break from official games, resulting in 0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. In these one match Piast Gliwice scored 1 and conceded 2 goals.

Let's have a look at how Piast Gliwice performed last season in the Ekstraklasa: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 2 and lost 7 with 15/17 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Wrocław won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Piast Gliwice has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Śląsk Wrocław Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Śląsk Wrocław Last season Piast Gliwice
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
37 19   Played P   18 37
14 9   Won W   6 18
12 8   Drew D   3 7
11 2   Lost L   9 12
51 37   Scored S   16 41
46 28   Conceded C   20 32
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 92%
76% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 65%
57% 79%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 35%
24% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 5%
5% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
62% 89%   BTTS BTTS   39% 35%
19% 5%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 41%
27% 5%   Failed to Score F T   44% 32%
 
5.4 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
4.6 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.4
1.8 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.4
4 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
376 205   Total Shots T S   192 426
155 89   Shots on Target S O   74 174
33% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 24%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Gornik Zabrze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Jagiellonia Biaystok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Lech Poznan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lechia Gdansk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Legia Warszawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Piast Gliwice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Podbeskidzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Pogoń Szczecin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rakow Czestochowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Śląsk Wrocław 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Stal Mielec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Warta Poznan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Wisa Krakow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Wisla Plock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Zagebie Lubin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Cracovia Kraków 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 7 5 2 0 15 6 4 3 1 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 6 3 9 17
2 Lechia Gdansk 7 4 1 2 8 8 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 1 7 5 0 13
3 Legia Warszawa 7 2 3 2 7 5 4 2 1 1 6 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 9
4 Pogoń Szczecin 7 2 3 2 8 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 9
5 Piast Gliwice 7 2 2 3 5 6 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 -1 8
6 Jagiellonia Biaystok 7 2 2 3 7 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 2 4 9 -5 8
7 Cracovia Kraków 7 2 1 4 10 11 3 1 0 2 4 5 4 1 1 2 6 6 -1 7
8 Śląsk Wrocław 7 1 2 4 9 13 4 1 2 1 8 8 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 5

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.