Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zagłębie Sosnowiec & 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 Sosnowiec 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.
Zagłębie Sosnowiec form and stats
Zagłębie Sosnowiec was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the Polish Cup.Zagłębie Sosnowiec's struggle is real here at Stadion Ludowy with only 3 points collected from 7 1. Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-3-4. Zagłębie Sosnowiec are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadion Ludowy with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Jastrzebie match.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Sosnowiec, who played 2-2 against Podbeskidzie. That match was also played at this venue (Stadion Ludowy). The hometeam coach A. Skowronek made a successful contribution in the game against Podbeskidzie, bringing on P. Bryła who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Miedz Legnica (0-4).There will be little rest for Sosnowiec after this match as they are travelling to Sandecja Nowy Sacz for a 1. Liga game in only four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sosnowiec here at Stadion Ludowy in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 7 games). On the other hand, Sosnowiec have conceded 9 goals.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
Last season their Polish Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Gliwice won their last game, 4-1 versus Legia Warszawa played at home. It's hard not to mention Alberto Toril Domingo's lethal finishing against Legia Warszawa. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Attacker Alberto Toril Domingo got a player rating of 9.84 in the game. "Man of the match" Domingo scored three goals.
A 1-1 draw at Gornik eczna's stadium before that.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ekstraklasa trip to Jagiellonia Biaystok.
The attacking power of Gliwice when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. Piast Gliwice are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings between these contenders: Sosnowiec won one, Piast Gliwice were winners in four and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Sobczak 6 goals |  A. Toril Domingo 5 goals | K. Vida 3 goals |
Zagłębie Sosnowiec missing players
Piast Gliwice missing players
| Zagłębie Sosnowiec | Piast Gliwice | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 42 | 20 | Scored | S | 14 | 37 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 54% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 15% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Widzew Lodz | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Miedz Legnica | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 3 | Korona Kielce | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Arka Gdynia | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | Tychy 71 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| 6 | Podbeskidzie | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Sandecja Nowy Sacz | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | ŁKS Łódź | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 9 | Odra Opole | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Chrobry Gogow | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | Resovia Rzeszow | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | Katowice | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -8 | 15 |
| 13 | SKRA Czestochowa | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Jastrzebie | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -12 | 11 |
| 17 | Stomil Olsztyn | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 18 | Polkowice | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 10 |
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 27 |
| 2 | Rakow Czestochowa | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | Lechia Gdansk | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Pogon Szczecin | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 5 | Slask Wrocaw | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Piast Gliwice | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Cracovia Kraków | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Radomiak Radom | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 9 | Stal Mielec | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 11 | Zagłębie Lubin | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Gornik Zabrze | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | Wisa Krakow | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Wisla Plock | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Legia Warszawa | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 16 | Warta Poznan | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Nieciecza | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | Gornik eczna | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -20 | 6 |