LUBARTóW. Stal Mielec managed to find the solution against Korona Kielce to win 2-1. K. Kruk was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Korona Kielce to strike first with an early goal of Kyrylo Petrov  at the 9′. Then it was a goal in the 40′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, K. Kruk gave the win to Stal Mielec in the 72′ minute scoring a double. Stal Mielec capitalized on its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadion Miejski w Lubartowie stadium in Lubartów on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Bartosz Frankowski assisted by Jacub Winkler and Paulina Baranowska. The 4th official was Jacek Małyszek. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.5 degrees Celsius or 59.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Stal Mielec had a strong ball possession 57% while Korona Kielce was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Stal Mielec was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Stal Mielec won the match​.

Stal Mielec shot 15 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Korona Kielce shot 14 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Stal Mielec received 1 yellow card (K. Kruk). On the other side, Korona Kielce didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Stal Mielec will have 38 points like Górnik Zabrze, Widzew Lodz and Radomiak Radom to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Korona Kielce will stay with 35 points like Zagłębie Lubin to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Stal Mielec will host Warta Poznań on the 27th of May with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Warta Poznań (3 draws).

Korona Kielce will play away agasint Widzew Lodz on the 27th of May with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Widzew Lodz (4 draws).

Stal Mielec – Formation

Stal Mielec started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Kamil Kieres decided to play with the following team: Bartosz Mrozek (6.4), Kamil Kruk (8.4), Mateusz Matras (7.1), Marcin Flis (6.7), Fabian Hiszpański (6.4), Alex Vallejo (7.6), Piotr Wlazło (7.3), Krystian Getinger (6.9), Koki Hinokio (7.4), Rauno Sappinen (6.6) and Maciej Domański (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mateusz Kochalski, Arkadiusz Kasperkiewicz, Leândro, Paweł Żyra, Maciej Wolski, Mateusz Mak (6.8), Bartłomiej Ciepiela, Fryderyk Gerbowski and Mikołaj Lebedyński (6.4).

Substitutions

Stal Mielec made 4 changes: K. Hinokio for Mateusz Mak (72′), Rauno Sappinen for Mikołaj Lebedyński (72′), Fabian Hiszpanski  for Maciej Wolski (90′) and Maciej Domanski for Bartlomiej Ciepiela (90′).

Best player: Kamil Kruk​

The player that probably impressed the most for Stal Mielec was Kamil Kruk.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 41 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10.

Korona Kielce – Formation

Korona Kielce started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Kamil Kuzera played with: Marcel Zapytowski (6.3), Marcus Godinho (7.0), Dominick Zator (6.7), Miłosz Trojak (7.0), Marius Briceag (6.1), Kyrylo Petrov (6.8), Jacek Podgórski (6.5), Ronaldo Deaconu (7.1), Nono (6.5), Jakub Łukowski (6.2) and Yevgeni Shikavka (6.7).

They had on the bench: Rafal Mamla, Adrian Danek, Bartosz Kwiecień, Piotr Malarczyk, Adam Deja, Dalibor Takáč, Dawid Błanik (6.3), Marcin Szpakowski and Kacper Kostorz (6.8).

Substitutions

Korona Kielce made 2 changes: Jakub Lukowski for Dawid Błanik (69′) and Jacek Podgorski for Kacper Kostorz (75′).

Best player: Ronaldo Deaconu​

The most impressive player for Korona Kielce was Ronaldo Deaconu.

His rating is (7.1) with 21 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Śląsk Wrocław – Radomiak Radom – 0-1
• Stal Mielec – Korona Kielce – 2-1
• Lech Poznań – Górnik Zabrze – 0-1