Widzew Lodz favourites for feisty fight facing Ruch Chorzów

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź (18008 seats)

In total; eleven league matches are played and Widzew Lodz are 7 points ahead of Ruch Chorzów. What will the score be?

Insights:
  • Widzew Lodz haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ruch Chorzów have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Ekstraklasa

Widzew Lodz and Ruch Chorzów should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Widzew Lodz so far this season. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź.

Widzew Lodz's previous game was also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Stal Mielec (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Cigaņiks, defender, was given a rating of 8.21/10 in that game, top of the team. Cigaņiks scored one goal, hit three key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Piast Gliwice (2-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Widzew Lodz handle that role? We have found 10 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Widzew has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Widzew Lodz have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ruch Chorzów form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ruch Chorzów so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-3 (win-draw-lose).

Ruch Chorzów's previous game was their home loss versus Pogon Szczecin (0-3). Midfield player Kozak was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Kozak hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Puszcza Niepołomice.

We have checked recent matches where Ruch Chorzów have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 8 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

The attacking power of Chorzów when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. As for defending, Ruch Chorzów rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 10 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for Widzew Lodz, two draws and five wins for Ruch Chorzów. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 11 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

WidzewJ. Sánchez Ribas
J. Sánchez Ribas
3 goals
Widzew LodzB. Pawłowski
B. Pawłowski
3 goals
Ruch ChorzówT. Swędrowski
T. Swędrowski
3 goals

Widzew Lodz missing players

Ruch Chorzów missing players

Widzew Lodz Ruch Chorzów
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 2 Played P 1 6 11
4 4 2 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 4
5 1 0 Lost L 0 3 6
14 7 4 Scored S 0 5 11
16 4 2 Conceded C 0 10 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 91%
82% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 73%
45% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 55%
27% 20% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 27%
18% 20% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
64% 20% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 45%
27% 60% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 18%
9% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 45%
 
4.6 4.6 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.3 4.3
4.3 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.8 5.6
2.8 3.2 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.4 12.6 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9 10.8
3.5 4.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.7 2.9
37% 32% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 34%
 
13.8 12.2 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17 16.2 15
4.7 3.8 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 5
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Ruch Chorzów have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ruch Chorzów have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Ekstraklasa
  • Ruch Chorzów have the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Ekstraklasa
  • Ruch Chorzów have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ruch Chorzów have yet to win a game away.
  • Widzew Lodz 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 Śląsk Wrocław 11 7 2 2 18 10 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 4 1 1 10 5 8 23
2 Raków Częstochowa 10 7 1 2 22 12 6 5 1 0 13 2 4 2 0 2 9 10 10 22
3 Jagiellonia Biaystok 10 7 1 2 23 14 5 5 0 0 15 5 5 2 1 2 8 9 9 22
4 Legia Warszawa 10 6 2 2 19 11 6 5 0 1 13 4 4 1 2 1 6 7 8 20
5 Lech Poznań 10 6 2 2 19 14 5 4 1 0 13 4 5 2 1 2 6 10 5 20
6 Zagebie Lubin 11 6 2 3 14 12 6 4 2 0 7 3 5 2 0 3 7 9 2 20
7 Pogon Szczecin 11 6 0 5 22 13 6 3 0 3 13 10 5 3 0 2 9 3 9 18
8 Radomiak Radom 11 4 2 5 14 15 5 2 2 1 8 5 6 2 0 4 6 10 -1 14
9 Widzew Lodz 11 4 2 5 14 16 5 4 0 1 7 4 6 0 2 4 7 12 -2 14
10 Piast Gliwice 11 2 7 2 10 10 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 0 5 1 3 4 0 13
11 Cracovia Kraków 10 3 4 3 11 15 5 1 2 2 6 11 5 2 2 1 5 4 -4 13
12 Stal Mielec 11 3 3 5 15 15 6 3 2 1 13 8 5 0 1 4 2 7 0 12
13 Warta Poznan 11 2 4 5 11 13 6 1 2 3 4 6 5 1 2 2 7 7 -2 10
14 Korona Kielce 10 2 4 4 10 12 5 1 3 1 5 4 5 1 1 3 5 8 -2 10
15 Górnik Zabrze 11 2 4 5 7 15 5 1 2 2 2 5 6 1 2 3 5 10 -8 10
16 Puszcza Niepołomice 11 2 3 6 12 22 5 2 2 1 7 7 6 0 1 5 5 15 -10 9
17 Ruch Chorzów 11 1 4 6 11 20 5 1 1 3 6 10 6 0 3 3 5 10 -9 7
18 ŁKS Łódź 11 2 1 8 6 19 5 2 1 2 5 7 6 0 0 6 1 12 -13 7

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.