Warta Poznań vs Widzew Lodz: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii (4694 seats)

Another appealing match in the Ekstraklasa. Warta Poznań is in the 12th place after playing five matches. They welcome Widzew Lodz who are placed 13th after five matches.

Insights:
  • Warta Poznań have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Ekstraklasa
  • Widzew Lodz have won significantly less corners away then at home.

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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Warta Poznań form and stats

0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Warta Poznań have to build on here at Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii in the Ekstraklasa. The Poznań manager Szulczek might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Happy days for Warta Poznań in their previous game, a fixture away at Korona Kielce (placed 10th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Grzesik (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Grzesik had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Pogon Szczecin that was lost 1-2.

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 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

At Stadion Groclinu Dyskobolii, Warta Poznań has the goal stats of 1-6 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

Things could have gone better for Widzew Lodz in their Ekstraklasa away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Widzew Lodz failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Legia Warszawa (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Lipski got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Lipski scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

A 0-0 draw at Slask Wrocaw's stadium before that.

Widzew are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 4 matches.

Widzew Lodz are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Poznań-Widzew Lodz H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Warta Poznań two wins, Widzew Lodz three wins, zero draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Widzew LodzB. Pawłowski
B. Pawłowski
3 goals
Warta PoznańA. Zreľák
A. Zreľák
2 goals
Widzew LodzJ. Sánchez Ribas
J. Sánchez Ribas
2 goals

Warta Poznań missing players

Widzew Lodz missing players

Warta Poznań Widzew Lodz
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 3 5
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
3 2 0 Lost L 0 1 3
4 1 0 Scored S 0 3 6
8 6 0 Conceded C 0 2 7
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 80%
60% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 80%
60% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 60%
20% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 60%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 40%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 20%
 
3.6 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.7 5.8
3.4 1.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.3 4.8
1.8 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.3 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.2 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.3 12.8
2.6 2.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4 4.4
31% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 27%
 
11.4 10.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 15 12
4.4 5.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 6 4.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • All of Warta Poznań's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Warta Poznań have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Warta Poznań have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Ekstraklasa
  • Warta Poznań have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Warta Poznań haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Widzew Lodz have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Warta Poznań Last season Widzew Lodz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 4   Won W   7 18
9 6   Drew D   6 8
14 7   Lost L   4 8
35 16   Scored S   17 53
38 22   Conceded C   15 38
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 91%
71% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   53% 71%
32% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   29% 50%
15% 12%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 35%
3% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
38% 59%   BTTS BTTS   29% 47%
29% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   53% 41%
38% 35%   Failed to Score F T   35% 21%
 
4.3 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.3
4.5 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 4.9
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.1
2 2   Red cards R C   3 4
 
9.5 11.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 10.4
3.6 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.1
28% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 38%
 
10.8 11.3   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.4
3.9 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wisła Płock 5 4 1 0 16 4 2 2 0 0 7 1 3 2 1 0 9 3 12 13
2 Stal Mielec 5 3 1 1 10 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 7 4 5 10
3 Pogon Szczecin 5 3 1 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 10
4 Legia Warszawa 5 3 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 10
5 Cracovia Krakow 5 3 0 2 7 3 3 2 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 9
6 Radomiak Radom 5 2 2 1 8 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 8
7 Slask Wrocaw 5 2 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 0 8
8 Zagebie Lubin 5 2 2 1 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 8
9 Rakow Czestochowa 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 7
10 Korona Kielce 5 2 1 2 5 5 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 7
11 Gornik Zabrze 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 6
12 Warta Poznań 5 2 0 3 4 8 2 0 0 2 1 6 3 2 0 1 3 2 -4 6
13 Widzew Lodz 5 1 1 3 6 7 2 0 0 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 -1 4
14 Jagiellonia Biaystok 5 1 1 3 5 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
15 Piast Gliwice 4 1 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 1 4 -4 3
16 Lechia Gdansk 4 1 0 3 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 4 9 -6 3
17 Miedz Legnica 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 -5 1
18 Lech Poznan 4 0 1 3 2 7 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1

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.