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!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
Gliwice was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Polish Cup.When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Piast Gliwice have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games.
Gliwice's last game was hosting Nieciecza and winning 2-1. Midfielder Patryk Sokołowski was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.85 (out of ten) in that game. Sokołowski scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).
A Ekstraklasa defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Lech Poznan.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gliwice handle that role? We have found 22 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 13 wins, six draws and three defeats.
Gliwice have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Miejski with 16 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gliwice defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Górnik Zabrze form and stats
They also participated in Polish Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Playing away, Górnik Zabrze have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season.
Two travels in a row for Górnik, whose manager J. Urban could celebrate last time after the Ekstraklasa win against Gornik eczna. Robert Dadok got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Dadok scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Legia Warszawa.We have checked recent matches where Górnik have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were zero victories, four draws and nine defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Slask Wrocaw in just three days.
Górnik have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Górnik Zabrze struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gliwice five wins, two draws and Górnik Zabrze three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jiménez Núñez 6 goals |  A. Toril Domingo 5 goals | P. Sokołowski 4 goals |
Piast Gliwice missing players
Górnik Zabrze missing players
| Piast Gliwice | Górnik Zabrze | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 23 | Scored | S | 15 | 34 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 28% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.4 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Pogon Szczecin | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Lechia Gdansk | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Radomiak Radom | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Rakow Czestochowa | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Slask Wrocaw | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Piast Gliwice | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Górnik Zabrze | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Stal Mielec | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Wisla Plock | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Cracovia Krakow | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Zagebie Lubin | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 14 | Wisa Krakow | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | Nieciecza | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Warta Poznan | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Legia Warszawa | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
| 18 | Gornik eczna | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -21 | 9 |