Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Piast Gliwice & Górnik Zabrze face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Polish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Piast Gliwice and Górnik Zabrze.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
Piast Gliwice was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Polish Cup.The Ekstraklasa results at home this season for Piast Gliwice are 4-2-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Gliwice's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Pogon Szczecin. Midfield player Hateley got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Hateley hit one key pass.
In the match before that, Piast Gliwice hosted Stal Mielec and drew the Ekstraklasa game 1-1.There will be little rest for Piast Gliwice after this match as they are travelling to Wisla Plock for a Ekstraklasa game in only four days.
The Gliwice fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Piast Gliwice defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Górnik Zabrze form and stats
Last season their Polish Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.Playing away, Górnik Zabrze have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Górnik Zabrze, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Stal Mielec last time out. Podolski, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.14. Podolski scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Lech Poznan's place.Górnik are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 10 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Górnik Zabrze have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two squads are: five wins for Gliwice, two draws and three wins for Górnik Zabrze. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Toril Domingo 5 goals |  B. Nowak 5 goals |  M. Chrapek 4 goals |
Piast Gliwice missing players
Górnik Zabrze missing players
| Piast Gliwice | Górnik Zabrze | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 31 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 20% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.9 | ||
| 6.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | ||
| 10 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 Poznan | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 42 |
| 2 | Pogon Szczecin | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 40 |
| 3 | Rakow Czestochowa | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| 4 | Lechia Gdansk | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 36 |
| 5 | Radomiak Radom | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Górnik Zabrze | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Wisla Plock | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Stal Mielec | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 9 | Cracovia Krakow | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Slask Wrocaw | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -2 | 24 |
| 11 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | Piast Gliwice | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Wisa Krakow | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 21 |
| 14 | Zagebie Lubin | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -18 | 20 |
| 15 | Gornik eczna | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Legia Warszawa | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 18 | -9 | 18 |
| 17 | Warta Poznan | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 17 |
| 18 | Nieciecza | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 15 |
