Ekstraklasa preview: Can Warta Poznań edge out victory against Ruch Chorzów?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Mon 14.Aug
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Miejski Stadion Sportowy (7430 seats)

This is shaping up to be quite the engaging skirmish at Miejski Stadion Sportowy in the Ekstraklasa. Warta Poznań is in 7th place and welcome Ruch Chorzów in 11th position. Learn more about the match here!

This should be an entertaining match with lots of action and energy as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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Warta Poznań form and stats

Only two Ekstraklasa home games for Warta Poznań so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.

Warta Poznań travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rakow Czestochowa that ended 2-2. Żurawski was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Rakow Czestochowa after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Luís was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Luís scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Gornik Zabrze.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Warta Poznań have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 0.

At Miejski Stadion Sportowy, Warta Poznań has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Ruch Chorzów form and stats

It's not happening yet for Ruch Chorzów on their Ekstraklasa travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?

It might be tough going out on the road again for Ruch Chorzów, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Legia Warszawa (placed 3rd). Starzyński, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.12. Starzyński hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Chorzów secured a home win against KS odz with the score 2-0.

Ruch Chorzów are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.

Ruch Chorzów have the goal stats of 1-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Warta PoznańM. Kupczak
M. Kupczak
1 goals
PoznańK. Szmyt
K. Szmyt
1 goals
Warta PoznańM. Żurawski
M. Żurawski
1 goals

Warta Poznań missing players

Ruch Chorzów missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Warta Poznań Ruch Chorzów
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 0 Played P 0 2 3
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
4 2 0 Scored S 0 1 3
3 1 0 Conceded C 0 5 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
67% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 33%
33% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
33% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
6 6.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.5 3
6 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 6.3
0.7 0.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.7 10.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 9.3
3.7 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1 2.3
36% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 43%
 
13 12 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 20 19
3.7 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 4
Warta Poznań Last season Ruch Chorzów
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 5   Won W   7 17
9 7   Drew D   6 11
13 5   Lost L   4 6
37 21   Scored S   20 48
35 18   Conceded C   17 33
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
65% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 76%
29% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   24% 32%
21% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 18%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
38% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 50%
35% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 44%
38% 29%   Failed to Score F T   12% 9%
 
4.2 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.8
4.6 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.9
2.1 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.3
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.2 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.4
3.4 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.4
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
10.8 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 11.1
3.6 3.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.2

  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 Poznań 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
2 Zagłębie Lubin 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
3 Legia Warszawa 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
4 Pogoń Szczecin 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Jagiellonia Biaystok 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 6
6 Rakow Czestochowa 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
7 Warta Poznań 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Cracovia Kraków 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
9 Widzew Lodz 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
10 Radomiak Radom 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 3
11 Ruch Chorzów 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 3
12 Puszcza Niepoomice 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 7 -3 3
13 KS odz 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 3
14 Stal Mielec 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
15 Piast Gliwice 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 2
16 Korona Kielce 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Slask Wrocaw 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Gornik Zabrze 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 1
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 Rakow Czestochowa 34 23 6 5 63 24 17 14 2 1 41 10 17 9 4 4 22 14 39 75
2 Legia Warszawa 34 19 9 6 57 37 17 12 5 0 38 17 17 7 4 6 19 20 20 66
3 Lech Poznań 34 17 10 7 51 29 17 9 2 6 25 15 17 8 8 1 26 14 22 61
4 Pogoń Szczecin 34 17 9 8 57 46 17 10 4 3 33 23 17 7 5 5 24 23 11 60
5 Piast Gliwice 34 15 8 11 40 31 17 7 4 6 20 15 17 8 4 5 20 16 9 53
6 Gornik Zabrze 34 13 9 12 45 43 17 6 5 6 23 23 17 7 4 6 22 20 2 48
7 Cracovia Kraków 34 12 10 12 41 35 17 8 5 4 23 10 17 4 5 8 18 25 6 46
8 Warta Poznań 34 12 9 13 37 35 17 5 7 5 21 18 17 7 2 8 16 17 2 45
9 Zagłębie Lubin 34 12 9 13 35 44 17 4 5 8 13 20 17 8 4 5 22 24 -9 45
10 Radomiak Radom 34 12 8 14 34 41 17 5 4 8 17 20 17 7 4 6 17 21 -7 44
11 Stal Mielec 34 11 10 13 36 40 17 6 7 4 18 14 17 5 3 9 18 26 -4 43
12 Korona Kielce 34 11 8 15 39 48 17 8 3 6 19 19 17 3 5 9 20 29 -9 41
13 Widzew Lodz 34 11 8 15 38 47 17 5 3 9 22 28 17 6 5 6 16 19 -9 41
14 Jagiellonia Biaystok 34 9 14 11 48 49 17 8 4 5 30 22 17 1 10 6 18 27 -1 41
15 Slask Wrocaw 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 6 6 5 23 23 17 3 5 9 12 25 -13 38
16 Wisla Plock 34 10 7 17 41 50 17 8 4 5 23 16 17 2 3 12 18 34 -9 37
17 Lechia Gdansk 34 8 6 20 28 56 17 5 4 8 15 22 17 3 2 12 13 34 -28 30
18 Miedz Legnica 34 4 11 19 33 55 17 3 7 7 16 23 17 1 4 12 17 32 -22 23
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 KS odz 34 19 9 6 58 36 17 13 3 1 32 16 17 6 6 5 26 20 22 66
2 Ruch Chorzów 34 17 11 6 48 33 17 10 5 2 28 16 17 7 6 4 20 17 15 62
3 Nieciecza 34 16 13 5 55 37 17 10 6 1 31 17 17 6 7 4 24 20 18 61
4 Wisa Krakow 34 18 6 10 61 38 17 10 4 3 34 19 17 8 2 7 27 19 23 60
5 Puszcza Niepoomice 34 16 10 8 49 36 17 10 5 2 24 11 17 6 5 6 25 25 13 58
6 Stal Rzeszow 34 14 9 11 57 44 17 11 3 3 42 21 17 3 6 8 15 23 13 51
7 Podbeskidzie 34 12 13 9 56 47 17 7 5 5 26 18 17 5 8 4 30 29 9 49
8 Arka Gdynia 34 13 9 12 56 45 17 3 7 7 26 25 17 10 2 5 30 20 11 48
9 Chrobry Gogow 34 12 10 12 44 53 17 5 7 5 20 21 17 7 3 7 24 32 -9 46
10 Katowice 34 10 14 10 41 39 17 5 6 6 20 22 17 5 8 4 21 17 2 44
11 Zagebie Sosnowiec 34 10 12 12 33 43 17 8 4 5 20 17 17 2 8 7 13 26 -10 42
12 Gornik eczna 34 9 13 12 40 45 17 5 9 3 25 22 17 4 4 9 15 23 -5 40
13 Tychy 71 34 10 9 15 46 52 17 5 6 6 26 25 17 5 3 9 20 27 -6 39
14 Resovia Rzeszow 34 9 11 14 43 51 17 4 5 8 18 24 17 5 6 6 25 27 -8 38
15 Odra Opole 34 10 7 17 39 48 17 5 4 8 21 22 17 5 3 9 18 26 -9 37
16 SKRA Czestochowa 34 9 4 21 19 50 17 3 3 11 9 25 17 6 1 10 10 25 -31 31
17 Chojniczanka Chojnice 34 5 12 17 35 57 17 5 6 6 20 21 17 0 6 11 15 36 -22 27
18 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 34 5 12 17 28 54 17 4 4 9 17 27 17 1 8 8 11 27 -26 27

Table
  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 Poznań 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
2 Zagłębie Lubin 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 7
3 Legia Warszawa 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6
4 Pogoń Szczecin 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Jagiellonia Biaystok 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 6
6 Rakow Czestochowa 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
7 Warta Poznań 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Cracovia Kraków 2 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
9 Widzew Lodz 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 3
10 Radomiak Radom 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 3
11 Ruch Chorzów 3 1 0 2 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 5 -2 3
12 Puszcza Niepoomice 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 3 7 -3 3
13 KS odz 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 3
14 Stal Mielec 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
15 Piast Gliwice 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1 2
16 Korona Kielce 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Slask Wrocaw 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
18 Gornik Zabrze 3 0 1 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 1

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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.