Evenly matched teams: Warta Poznań vs Zagłębie Lubin match preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion przy Drodze Dębińskiej (4694 seats)

Pre-match info: 5 points stand between the sides before this game, Zagłębie Lubin on top. Can Warta Poznań shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Warta Poznań have yet to win a game at home.
  • Zagłębie Lubin have won significantly more corners away than at home.

The visiting Zagłębie Lubin played their last game only four days ago, a Polish Cup match. That game was also an away game, at Slask Wroclaw II. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Warta Poznań form and stats

The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Warta Poznań at their home stadium (Stadion przy Drodze Dębińskiej) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Two draws in a row at home now for Poznań.

Stress levels are on the rise for Poznań's attacking players as they have now played 222 minutes without scoring in a league game. M. Kuzimski was their last goal scorer.

No payout for Poznań in their previous match, an away game at Gornik Zabrze that ended in defeat 0-1. Defender Jakub Kiełb got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Kiełb won 4 of 5 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Nieciecza.

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 Poznań have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost four.

Poznań are traveling soon after this match as the Polish Cup match at Olimpia Grudziadz awaits in four days.

Poznań has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 4 games. Warta Poznań have conceded 4 in these home matches.

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Zagłębie Lubin form and stats

Zagłębie Lubin are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ekstraklasa, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Zagłębie Lubin play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Slask Wroclaw II.

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Nieciecza.

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 14 relevant matches. Results were seven Zagłębie wins, zero draws and seven defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Zagłębie's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. The Zagłębie Lubin manager D. Zuraw has some worries about the defense as 7 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Previous five meetings with these sides: Warta Poznań won three, Zagłębie Lubin were winners in two and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Warta PoznańJ. Grzesik
J. Grzesik
2 goals
PoznańM. Corryn
M. Corryn
2 goals
Zagłębie LubinP. Szysz
P. Szysz
2 goals

Warta Poznań missing players

Zagłębie Lubin missing players

Warta Poznań Zagłębie Lubin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 0 3 7
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 4
4 3 1 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
8 2 1 Scored S 0 1 9
8 4 1 Conceded C 0 7 12
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 86%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 71%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 43%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 43%
25% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
50% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 29%
 
4.4 4 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 6.1
5.2 6.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.3 5.9
1.4 1.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2.3
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 9.2 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 13.3
3.2 3.2 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.7 4.6
31% 15% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 7% 28%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Warta Poznań have yet to win a game at home.
  • Zagłębie Lubin have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Zagłębie Lubin 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 Lech Poznań 8 5 3 0 18 5 5 3 2 0 10 1 3 2 1 0 8 4 13 18
2 Slask Wrocaw 8 3 5 0 11 7 4 1 3 0 4 3 4 2 2 0 7 4 4 14
3 Pogon Szczecin 8 3 4 1 11 7 4 3 1 0 8 2 4 0 3 1 3 5 4 13
4 Lechia Gdańsk 8 3 4 1 11 8 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 0 3 1 4 6 3 13
5 Zagłębie Lubin 7 4 0 3 9 12 4 3 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 1 7 -3 12
6 Rakow Czestochowa 6 3 2 1 11 9 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 3 1 1 9 7 2 11
7 Wisa Krakow 8 3 2 3 13 14 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 1 1 2 6 10 -1 11
8 Wisla Plock 8 3 1 4 14 10 4 3 1 0 9 1 4 0 0 4 5 9 4 10
9 Radomiak Radom 7 2 4 1 8 6 4 2 2 0 6 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 10
10 Piast Gliwice 8 3 1 4 10 10 4 1 1 2 7 8 4 2 0 2 3 2 0 10
11 Gornik Zabrze 7 3 1 3 8 9 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 -1 10
12 Legia Warszawa 6 3 0 3 7 6 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 1 0 3 3 5 1 9
13 Jagiellonia Białystok 8 2 3 3 9 11 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 0 1 2 2 6 -2 9
14 Cracovia Krakow 8 2 3 3 9 13 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 1 2 2 4 8 -4 9
15 Stal Mielec 8 2 2 4 7 13 4 2 0 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 3 7 -6 8
16 Warta Poznań 8 1 4 3 8 8 4 0 3 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 6 4 0 7
17 Górnik Łęczna 8 1 2 5 7 18 4 1 1 2 5 10 4 0 1 3 2 8 -11 5
18 Nieciecza 7 0 3 4 6 11 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 0 1 2 1 3 -5 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.