ZABRZE. Górnik Zabrze defeats Śląsk Wrocław with a 2-0 win with a goal from P. Krawczyk (11′) and a goal from K. Okunuki (44′).

The match was played at the Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla stadium in Zabrze on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 16,543 spectators.​ The referee was Szymon Marciniak who had the assistance of Pawel Sokolnicki and Krzysztof Nejman. The 4th official was Leszek Lewandowski. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.5 degrees Celsius or 67.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Górnik Zabrze was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Śląsk Wrocław that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Śląsk Wrocław had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Górnik Zabrze found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Górnik Zabrze shot 18 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Śląsk Wrocław shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Górnik Zabrze received 2 yellow cards (Dani Pacheco and Lukas Podolski). On the opposite side, Śląsk Wrocław received 4 yellow cards (Petr Schwarz, Dennis Jastrzembski, Konrad Poprawa and Matías Nahuel).

Standings

After this match, Górnik Zabrze will have 35 points like Stal Mielec and Korona Kielce to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Śląsk Wrocław will stay with 31 points to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Górnik Zabrze will host Pogoń Szczecin on the 20th of May with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Górnik Zabrze (12 draws).

Śląsk Wrocław will host Miedź Legnica on the 20th of May with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Śląsk Wrocław (1 draw).

Górnik Zabrze – Formation

Górnik Zabrze adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Jan Urban decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bielica (7.1), Boris Sekulić (8.0), Emil Bergström (7.3), Richard Jensen (6.9), Erik Janža (6.5), Damian Rasak (7.3), Daisuke Yokota (6.7), Lukas Podolski (7.4), Dani Pacheco (7.4), Kanji Okunuki (7.5) and Piotr Krawczyk (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Pavel Pavlyuchenko, Anthony van den Hurk, Robert Dadok, Jakub Pochciol, Amadej Maroša, Jean Jules Mvondo, Mateusz Cholewiak (6.4), Paweł Olkowski and Aleksander Paluszek.

Substitutions

Górnik Zabrze made 3 changes: K. Okunuki for Mateusz Cholewiak (74′), Piotr Krawczyk for Paweł Olkowski (87′) and D. Yokota for Jean Jules Sepp Mvondo (90′).

Best player: Boris Sekulić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Górnik Zabrze was Boris Sekulić even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 47 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.

Śląsk Wrocław – Formation

Also Śląsk Wrocław adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Jacek Magiera played with: Rafał Leszczyński (6.4), Martin Konczkowski (6.8), Konrad Poprawa (6.6), Daníel Leó Grétarsson (6.9), Łukasz Bejger (6.4), Petr Schwarz (6.6), John Yeboah (6.7), Matías Nahuel (6.6), Adrian Bukowski (6.2), Dennis Jastrzembski (6.4) and Patryk Szwedzik (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Victor Garcia Marin, Adrian Łyszczarz (6.2), Diogo Verdasca, Michał Szromnik, Lukasz Gerstenstein, Piotr Samiec-Talar (6.7) and Michał Rzuchowski (6.8).

Substitutions

Śląsk Wrocław made 3 changes: P. Szwedzik for Adrian Łyszczarz (60′), A. Bukowski for Michał Rzuchowski (70′) and Dennis Jastrzembski for Piotr Samiec-Talar (70′).

Best player: Patryk Szwedzik​

The player that probably impressed the most for Śląsk Wrocław was Patryk Szwedzik.

His rating is (7.1) with 12 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ekstraklasa.​

• Widzew Lodz – Piast Gliwice – 2-3
• Górnik Zabrze – Śląsk Wrocław – 2-0
• Korona Kielce – Zagłębie Lubin – 2-2