Ekstraklasa match prediction: Little separates Stal Mielec and Śląsk Wrocław in quality

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 03.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion MOSiR (6849 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team claims the win or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table inhabitants Stal Mielec and Śląsk Wrocław clash at Stadion MOSiR.

Insights:
  • Stal Mielec have won significantly more corners at home than away.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Stal Mielec form and stats

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Stal Mielec have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 224 minutes without scoring a league goal. Domanski was the last player to find the net.

The Stal Mielec coach Majewski and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus KS odz in the Polish Cup.

Preceding that match was the home Ekstraklasa game against Legia Warszawa that was lost 0-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Stal Mielec perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Stal Mielec as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Stal Mielec has won 5 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Mielec are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion MOSiR in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

Śląsk Wrocław are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ekstraklasa, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Two trips in a row for Śląsk Wrocław, whose boss Djurdjevic could celebrate last time after the Polish Cup win against Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.

The game before that, in the Ekstraklasa, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Raków Częstochowa.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Śląsk Wrocław playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Śląsk Wrocław wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Śląsk Wrocław have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive matches without losing (1-3-0) when facing Stal Mielec.

The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 3 red cards from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

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

Stal Mielec missing players

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

Stal Mielec Śląsk Wrocław
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 3 7
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
10 3 0 Scored S 1 2 6
10 2 0 Conceded C 3 3 9
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 71%
86% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 57%
43% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 43%
43% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
43% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 57%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 43%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 29%
 
3.9 5.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 4.1
5.4 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.7 5.7
1.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.7 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.3 8.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.7 9
3.6 3.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 3.4
40% 27% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 17% 25%
 
14.1 11.7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 9 12.3 13.4
6 4.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 5.3
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Stal Mielec have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stal Mielec 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 Wisla Plock 7 5 1 1 19 7 3 3 0 0 9 2 4 2 1 1 10 5 12 16
2 Legia Warszawa 7 4 2 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 4 5 3 14
3 Raków Częstochowa 6 4 1 1 11 6 4 3 1 0 7 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 5 13
4 Pogon Szczecin 7 4 1 2 11 7 4 3 1 0 8 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 13
5 Radomiak Radom 7 3 2 2 9 9 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 4 2 0 11
6 Cracovia Kraków 7 3 1 3 8 6 4 2 0 2 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 10
7 Widzew Lodz 7 3 1 3 9 8 3 1 0 2 5 6 4 2 1 1 4 2 1 10
8 Korona Kielce 7 3 1 3 8 7 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 10
9 Stal Mielec 7 3 1 3 10 10 3 1 1 1 3 2 4 2 0 2 7 8 0 10
10 Śląsk Wrocław 7 2 3 2 6 9 4 1 2 1 4 6 3 1 1 1 2 3 -3 9
11 Warta Poznań 7 3 0 4 6 9 3 0 0 3 1 7 4 3 0 1 5 2 -3 9
12 Gornik Zabrze 6 2 2 2 8 8 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 5 2 0 8
13 Jagiellonia Biaystok 7 2 2 3 8 9 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 8
14 Zagebie Lubin 7 2 2 3 3 7 3 0 2 1 1 2 4 2 0 2 2 5 -4 8
15 Lech Poznan 6 2 1 3 6 7 4 1 0 3 2 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 -1 7
16 Piast Gliwice 6 2 0 4 5 6 2 1 0 1 4 1 4 1 0 3 1 5 -1 6
17 Miedz Legnica 6 1 1 4 6 11 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 0 1 2 3 7 -5 4
18 Lechia Gdańsk 6 1 0 5 5 15 2 0 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 3 5 11 -10 3

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.