Ekstraklasa match prediction: Little separates Zagłębie Lubin and Śląsk Wrocław in quality

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 01.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Zagłębia Lubin (16068 seats)

Zagłębie Lubin will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 10 points behind Śląsk Wrocław.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Zagłębie Lubin form and stats

5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Zagłębie Lubin so far this season.

The home team returns to Stadion Zagłębia Lubin after being equal after 90 minutes with Wisła Płock (placed 8th) on their last time out; the Ekstraklasa game ended 1-1. Preceding that match was a defeat to Wisła Kraków (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Zagłębie Lubin perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Zagłębie Lubin as a small favourite), we find five games. Zagłębie Lubin has won zero of these, drawn two and lost three.

There will be little rest for Zagłębie Lubin after this match as they are travelling to ŁKS Łódź for a Ekstraklasa game in only three days.

The Zagłębie Lubin fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Zagłębie Lubin have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

Playing away, Śląsk Wrocław, who have the most clean sheets (6) away in Ekstraklasa, have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season.

Śląsk Wrocław had fun at their own home (Stadion Zagłębia Lubin) last time out, beating Górnik Zabrze 2-1. A 0-0 draw at Pogoń Szczecin's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Śląsk Wrocław playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were one Śląsk Wrocław win, one draw and three defeats.

A new game in only three days for Śląsk Wrocław, the Ekstraklasa home match versus Korona Kielce. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Śląsk Wrocław as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. Śląsk Wrocław are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Śląsk Wrocław - Zagłębie Lubin 4-4 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Zagłębie Lubin won four, Śląsk Wrocław won four and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zagłębie LubinD. Bohar
D. Bohar
11 goals
Śląsk Wrocław
R. Pich
6 goals
Zagłębie Lubin
S. Živec
5 goals

Zagłębie Lubin missing players

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

Zagłębie Lubin Śląsk Wrocław
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 2 11 23
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 10
5 3 1 Drew D 1 4 9
10 3 1 Lost L 0 3 4
32 19 3 Scored S 4 9 31
32 12 3 Conceded C 1 6 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 73% 87%
74% 82% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 36% 70%
48% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 18% 48%
26% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 17%
13% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
48% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 18% 57%
17% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 55% 26%
35% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 55% 30%
 
5 4.5 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 5.7
4.7 4.7 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.2 4.3
1.5 1.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
273 140 32 Total Shots T S 22 102 219
109 57 12 Shots on Target S O 13 41 94
29% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 22% 33%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Zagłębie Lubin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zagłębie Lubin have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Śląsk Wrocław have scored away.
  • Zagłębie Lubin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Śląsk Wrocław has the fewest conceded goals (6) away
  • Śląsk Wrocław has the most clean sheets (6) away

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Legia Warszawa 23 14 3 6 49 23 12 9 1 2 34 9 11 5 2 4 15 14 26 45
2 Cracovia Kraków 23 13 3 7 32 18 12 9 1 2 21 7 11 4 2 5 11 11 14 42
3 Pogoń Szczecin 23 11 7 5 25 18 11 5 3 3 12 8 12 6 4 2 13 10 7 40
4 Śląsk Wrocław 23 10 9 4 31 24 12 6 5 1 22 18 11 4 4 3 9 6 7 39
5 Lech Poznań 23 10 7 6 39 22 12 6 3 3 23 9 11 4 4 3 16 13 17 37
6 Piast Gliwice 23 11 4 8 25 22 12 8 2 2 16 9 11 3 2 6 9 13 3 37
7 Lechia Gdańsk 23 9 7 7 26 26 12 5 4 3 14 11 11 4 3 4 12 15 0 34
8 Wisła Płock 23 9 5 9 28 36 12 6 3 3 19 14 11 3 2 6 9 22 -8 32
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 23 8 6 9 31 33 11 6 2 3 18 10 12 2 4 6 13 23 -2 30
10 Zagłębie Lubin 23 8 5 10 32 32 11 5 3 3 19 12 12 3 2 7 13 20 0 29
11 Raków Częstochowa 23 9 2 12 28 37 11 6 1 4 16 14 12 3 1 8 12 23 -9 29
12 Górnik Zabrze 23 6 9 8 27 29 11 6 4 1 19 9 12 0 5 7 8 20 -2 27
13 Wisła Kraków 23 8 2 13 28 35 11 6 0 5 16 8 12 2 2 8 12 27 -7 26
14 Arka Gdynia 23 6 6 11 20 33 11 3 5 3 10 12 12 3 1 8 10 21 -13 24
15 Korona Kielce 23 6 5 12 12 26 11 4 2 5 8 8 12 2 3 7 4 18 -14 23
16 ŁKS Łódź 23 4 4 15 21 40 12 3 3 6 13 16 11 1 1 9 8 24 -19 16

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.