Delightful dogfight as daring Wisła Płock duel with determined Górnik Łęczna

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego (10978 seats)

Ekstraklasa: What this game might lack in style it should compensate in guts and commitment. Bring on Wisła Płock - Górnik Łęczna!

Insights:
  • Wisła Płock have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Polish Cup. That game was also an away game, at Legia Warszawa. 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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Wisła Płock form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion im. Kazimierza Górskiego as Wisła Płock have scored 17 goals to get 26 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Ekstraklasa are 8-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Wisła has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Bartoszek and the players.

The fans are hoping that Wisła Płock will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Raków Częstochowa (placed 3rd). Kamiński, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.83 out of 10 in that game. Kamiński saved a penalty.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Zagebie Lubin.

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 Wisła have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn three and lost two.

A decent goal production from Wisła Płock in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. As for guarding their own goal, Wisła Płock have only let in 5 goals at home.

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Górnik Łęczna form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Górnik Łęczna so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Górnik Łęczna has drawn their two previous away games.

Górnik have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Maciej Gostomski. It's been 192 minutes since they last conceded in Ekstraklasa.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Stal Mielec in the Ekstraklasa.

Górnik Łęczna are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Górnik Łęczna as they have only managed to score 10 times from 11 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Górnik Łęczna have conceded 18 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the teams met previously this season; Górnik Łęczna - Wisła 3-2. Wisła Płock-Górnik Łęczna H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Wisła Płock six wins, Górnik Łęczna four wins, zero draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Górnik ŁęcznaB. Śpiączka
B. Śpiączka
10 goals
Wisła PłockŁ. Sekulski
Ł. Sekulski
7 goals
Wisła PłockD. Warchoł
D. Warchoł
6 goals

Wisła Płock missing players

Górnik Łęczna missing players

Wisła Płock Górnik Łęczna
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 4 11 23
9 8 3 Won W 2 2 5
3 2 1 Drew D 1 4 9
11 1 0 Lost L 1 5 9
31 17 8 Scored S 4 10 23
34 5 1 Conceded C 3 18 38
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 82% 87%
74% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 87%
48% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 45% 48%
30% 9% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 35%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 9%
52% 27% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 64% 65%
30% 64% 75% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 22%
17% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 26%
 
4.8 4.7 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 4.4 3.9
5.2 5.7 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.2 6.6
3.1 3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.7 2.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.4 11.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.6 8.1
4 4.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 2.4 2.8
33% 33% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 38% 35%
 
13.7 13 14 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 13 14.1
5.6 4.8 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 5.3 5.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Wisła Płock have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Wisła Płock 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 23 14 6 3 48 17 11 9 2 0 28 3 12 5 4 3 20 14 31 48
2 Pogon Szczecin 23 13 7 3 40 20 11 8 2 1 26 11 12 5 5 2 14 9 20 46
3 Raków Częstochowa 23 13 6 4 42 23 11 7 3 1 25 8 12 6 3 3 17 15 19 45
4 Radomiak Radom 23 10 9 4 32 21 12 6 5 1 18 10 11 4 4 3 14 11 11 39
5 Lechia Gdansk 23 11 6 6 36 27 11 8 2 1 20 8 12 3 4 5 16 19 9 39
6 Górnik Zabrze 23 9 6 8 31 30 12 5 3 4 17 15 11 4 3 4 14 15 1 33
7 Cracovia Kraków 23 8 7 8 31 31 12 5 3 4 19 17 11 3 4 4 12 14 0 31
8 Stal Mielec 23 8 7 8 28 31 12 6 2 4 16 15 11 2 5 4 12 16 -3 31
9 Piast Gliwice 23 8 6 9 31 29 12 4 3 5 17 18 11 4 3 4 14 11 2 30
10 Wisła Płock 23 9 3 11 31 34 11 8 2 1 17 5 12 1 1 10 14 29 -3 30
11 Jagiellonia Biaystok 23 7 8 8 28 35 12 4 6 2 17 13 11 3 2 6 11 22 -7 29
12 Slask Wrocaw 23 6 8 9 32 36 11 3 5 3 13 14 12 3 3 6 19 22 -4 26
13 Warta Poznan 23 5 9 9 20 27 12 2 6 4 10 14 11 3 3 5 10 13 -7 24
14 Górnik Łęczna 23 5 9 9 23 38 12 3 5 4 13 20 11 2 4 5 10 18 -15 24
15 Zagebie Lubin 23 7 3 13 25 42 11 5 1 5 17 17 12 2 2 8 8 25 -17 24
16 Legia Warszawa 22 7 1 14 24 33 11 5 0 6 14 15 11 2 1 8 10 18 -9 22
17 Wisa Krakow 23 6 4 13 22 35 11 4 2 5 11 12 12 2 2 8 11 23 -13 22
18 Nieciecza 22 4 7 11 24 39 11 3 4 4 16 19 11 1 3 7 8 20 -15 19

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.