Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lechia Gdańsk & Piast Gliwice face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Polish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Lechia Gdańsk nor Piast Gliwice as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Lechia Gdańsk form and stats
The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Lechia Gdańsk at their home stadium (Stadion Energa Gdańsk) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Polish Cup for Lechia Gdańsk.
The home team returns to Stadion Energa Gdańsk after being equal after 90 minutes with Zagebie Lubin on their last time out; the Ekstraklasa game ended 4-4. Preceding that match was the home Ekstraklasa game against Legia Warszawa that was lost 0-2.
A disappointing finish for Lechia Gdańsk in their match versus Zagebie Lubin as their 4-2 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 4-4 full time score. A goal frenzy last time out for Lechia Gdańsk, with a total of 8 goals in the match against Zagebie Lubin. Fun stuff to watch!
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 Lechia Gdańsk have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won six times, drawn one and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Arka Gdynia are coming to town in four days.
The Lechia Gdańsk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. Lechia Gdańsk's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
Piast Gliwice was sent out of Polish Cup in the 16th finals last season.Playing away, Piast Gliwice have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 7 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season. When we have look at the Polish Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Piast Gliwice, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Legia Warszawa in the Ekstraklasa last time out. Before that, Piast Gliwice secured a home win against Arka Gdynia with the score 1-0.
Piast Gliwice are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of five matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Piast Gliwice are hosting Wisa Krakow in the Ekstraklasa only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Piast Gliwice as they have only managed to score 11 times from 13 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Piast Gliwice have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lechia Gdańsk six wins, two draws and Piast Gliwice two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 J. Muñoz García 12 goals |  F. Lopes Paixão 10 goals |  P. Parzyszek 7 goals |
Lechia Gdańsk missing players
Piast Gliwice missing players
| Lechia Gdańsk | Piast Gliwice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 13 | 21 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 6.1 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 252 | 141 | Total Shots | T S | 145 | 258 | ||
| 90 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 111 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 28 | 51 |
| 2 | Piast Gliwice | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 43 |
| 3 | Lech Poznan | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 42 |
| 4 | Cracovia Kraków | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Slask Wrocaw | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 42 |
| 6 | Pogon Szczecin | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 41 |
| 7 | Lechia Gdańsk | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -1 | 38 |
| 8 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Rakow Czestochowa | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -5 | 36 |
| 10 | Wisla Plock | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -9 | 36 |
| 11 | Zagebie Lubin | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 33 |
| 12 | Gornik Zabrze | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | -2 | 33 |
| 13 | Wisa Krakow | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -5 | 31 |
| 14 | Arka Gdynia | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 25 |
| 15 | Korona Kielce | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -16 | 23 |
| 16 | KS odz | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | -18 | 20 |