Stal Mielec vs Zagłębie Lubin betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion MOSiR (6849 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion MOSiR haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Stal Mielec languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Zagłębie Lubin will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Stal Mielec have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Ekstraklasa

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Stal Mielec form and stats

Stal Mielec, who have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Ekstraklasa, have played 11 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Mielec manager L. Ojrzynski and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Warta Poznan (placed 7th) in the Ekstraklasa. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wisa Krakow (1-3).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Stal Mielec have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mielec as they are travelling to their away game against Jagiellonia Biaystok in the Ekstraklasa. That match is three days after this one.

The Mielec fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. Stal Mielec have conceded 17 from these games.

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Zagłębie Lubin form and stats

There's been little loot from Zagłębie Lubin's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 12 away games in the Ekstraklasa. Zagłębie Lubin only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 2 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Zagłębie are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Damian Oko and Patryk Szysz scored in Zagłębie Lubin's previous match, the home game against Podbeskidzie that ended 2-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Lechia Gdansk wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Late drama in the previous game, when Damian Oko scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time to defeat Podbeskidzie.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Zagłębie Lubin playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were eight Zagłębie wins, zero draws and five defeats.

After this away game Zagłębie Lubin return home for a Ekstraklasa game against Wisa Krakow. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Zagłębie have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 12 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Zagłębie Lubin have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Zagłębie Lubin - Stal Mielec 2-2, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Zagłębie LubinP. Szysz
P. Szysz
6 goals
Stal MielecM. Domański
M. Domański
5 goals
Zagłębie LubinF. Starzyński
F. Starzyński
5 goals

Stal Mielec missing players

Zagłębie Lubin missing players

Stal Mielec Zagłębie Lubin
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 12 24
4 3 1 Won W 2 3 9
8 4 1 Drew D 1 2 5
11 4 2 Lost L 1 7 10
24 11 3 Scored S 7 12 29
39 17 4 Conceded C 5 17 32
87% 82% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 96%
74% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 79%
52% 45% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 54%
35% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 17%
17% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
61% 45% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 58%
13% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 21%
39% 55% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 1.9 2
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.9 11.6 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.8 11.2
4.1 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4 4.2
26% 23% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 25% 28%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Stal Mielec have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Ekstraklasa

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Legia Warszawa 24 16 4 4 45 24 12 8 1 3 28 19 12 8 3 1 17 5 21 52
2 Pogoń Szczecin 24 13 5 6 30 17 12 7 4 1 14 4 12 6 1 5 16 13 13 44
3 Rakow Czestochowa 23 11 7 5 34 23 12 6 3 3 13 8 11 5 4 2 21 15 11 40
4 Lechia Gdansk 24 11 4 9 33 27 12 6 1 5 20 14 12 5 3 4 13 13 6 37
5 Piast Gliwice 23 9 7 7 29 23 11 4 3 4 12 11 12 5 4 3 17 12 6 34
6 Slask Wrocaw 24 9 7 8 27 23 12 6 5 1 16 9 12 3 2 7 11 14 4 34
7 Warta Poznan 24 10 3 11 26 26 12 5 2 5 10 10 12 5 1 6 16 16 0 33
8 Gornik Zabrze 23 9 5 9 26 24 12 5 2 5 18 16 11 4 3 4 8 8 2 32
9 Zagłębie Lubin 24 9 5 10 29 32 12 6 3 3 17 15 12 3 2 7 12 17 -3 32
10 Jagiellonia Biaystok 24 9 4 11 31 37 12 5 3 4 18 15 12 4 1 7 13 22 -6 31
11 Lech Poznan 24 7 9 8 31 30 12 3 6 3 14 14 12 4 3 5 17 16 1 30
12 Wisa Krakow 24 7 7 10 34 33 12 4 1 7 18 21 12 3 6 3 16 12 1 28
13 Wisla Plock 24 6 7 11 27 37 12 3 3 6 11 14 12 3 4 5 16 23 -10 25
14 Cracovia Krakow 24 6 10 8 25 30 12 4 5 3 16 17 12 2 5 5 9 13 -5 23
15 Podbeskidzie 24 5 6 13 24 50 12 5 3 4 15 20 12 0 3 9 9 30 -26 21
16 Stal Mielec 23 4 8 11 24 39 11 3 4 4 11 17 12 1 4 7 13 22 -15 20

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.