Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stal Mielec & Piast Gliwice face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Polish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Stal Mielec form and stats
Mielec was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Polish Cup.Three Ekstraklasa home games done for Stal Mielec, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Stal Mielec to get some points in this home game.
Stal Mielec lost their last game at Rakow Czestochowa after a 1-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a Ekstraklasa defeat to Wisa Krakow (0-6).
Mielec are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 3 goals in 3 games. Stal Mielec's defense is seriously deficient as 10 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
Gliwice was sent out of Polish Cup in the quarter-finals last season.Playing away, Piast Gliwice have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Gliwice, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Jagiellonia Biaystok game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Gliwice are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Piast Gliwice's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Wisla Plock that finished 2-2. It was a Ekstraklasa defeat before that one as the away game against Cracovia Kraków wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
As mentioned above, Piast Gliwice drew the match against Wisla Plock. Manager W. Fornalik brought on Michał Żyro to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Piast Gliwice are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. In the opposite end, Gliwice have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Mielec one win, zero draws and Piast Gliwice one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Mak 3 goals |   M. Żyro 3 goals | M. Domański 2 goals |
Stal Mielec missing players
Piast Gliwice missing players
| Stal Mielec | Piast Gliwice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 37 | 13 | Scored | S | 14 | 28 | ||
| 41 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 44% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 264 | 104 | Total Shots | T S | 158 | 304 | ||
| 106 | 41 | Shots on Target | S O | 50 | 102 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 27% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rakow Czestochowa | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Gornik Zabrze | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Zagebie Lubin | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Slask Wrocaw | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Lechia Gdansk | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Legia Warszawa | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Pogon Szczecin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Wisa Krakow | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Lech Poznan | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Wisla Plock | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 12 | Warta Poznan | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Cracovia Kraków | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Stal Mielec | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 5 |
| 15 | Podbeskidzie | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 5 |
| 16 | Piast Gliwice | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 2 |