GLIWICE. Warta Poznań overcomes Piast Gliwice 1-0 after A. Zrelak scored just 1 goal (78′). Piast Gliwice was much superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the Stadion Miejski stadium in Gliwice on Saturday and it started at 11:30 am local time. The referee was Damian Sylwestrzak with the collaboration of Michal Sobczak and Adam Karasewicz. The 4th official was Piotr Rzucidło. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.4 degrees Celsius or 52.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Piast Gliwice had a strong ball possession 68% while Warta Poznań was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Piast Gliwice was has a more offensive attitude with 93 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Warta Poznań was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Piast Gliwice shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Warta Poznań shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Piast Gliwice received 1 yellow card (M. Konczkowski). Regarding the opposition, Warta Poznań received 2 yellow cards (L. Tralka and A. Zrelak).

Standings

After playing this match, Piast Gliwice will stay with 18 points like Jagiellonia Białystok to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Warta Poznań will have 11 points like Nieciecza to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Piast Gliwice will play away with Lech Poznań on the 20th of November with a 14-5 head to head in favor of Lech Poznań (6 draws).

Warta Poznań will host Wisła Płock on the 20th of November with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Warta Poznań (0 draws).

Piast Gliwice – Formation

Piast Gliwice started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Waldemar Fornalik decided to play with the following team: František Plach (6.1), Martin Konczkowski (7.1), Tomáš Huk (6.6), Jakub Czerwiński (6.8), Alexandros Katranis (7.1), Patryk Sokołowski (7.1), Tom Hateley (6.8), Arkadiusz Pyrka (6.8), Michał Chrapek (6.3), Damian Kądzior (6.8) and Alberto Toril Domingo (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Karol Szymański, Miguel Muñoz, Michael Ameyaw (6.1), Jakub Holúbek, Tomasz Jodłowiec (6.8), Patryk Lipski (6.2), Kristopher Vida (6.3), Tiago Alves and Nikola Stojiljković (6.8).

Substitutions

Piast Gliwice made 5 changes: M. Chrapek for K. Vida (66′), D. Kadzior for N. Stojiljkovic (66′), T. Hateley for P. Lipski (71′), A. Pyrka for M. Ameyaw (72′) and A. Toril for T. Jodlowiec (84′).

Best player: Martin Konczkowski​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Piast Gliwice was Martin Konczkowski.

His rating is (7.1) with 57 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Warta Poznań – Formation

Warta Poznań started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Regarding the opposition, Piotr Tworek played with: Adrian Lis (7.4), Jan Grzesik (7.6), Mateusz Kupczak (7.6), Dawid Szymonowicz (7.8), Łukasz Trałka (7.1), Jakub Kiełb (7.0), Mario Rodriguez (7.0), Michał Kopczyński (7.0), Szymon Czyż (6.9), Jayson Papeau (6.4) and Adam Zreľák (7.1).

They had on the bench: Jedrzej Grobelny, Bartłomiej Burman, Filip Malek, Konrad Matuszewski, Milan Corryn, Mateusz Czyżycki, Mateusz Kuzimski (6.6) and Jakub Sangowski.

Warta Poznań could not rely on the presence of M. Kuzimski (injured) and M. Czyzycki (injured).

Substitutions

Warta Poznań made 2 changes: A. Zrelak for M. Kuzimski (81′) and M. Rodriguez for M. Czyzycki (90′).

Best player: Dawid Szymonowicz​

The most impressive player for Warta Poznań was Dawid Szymonowicz even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 23 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

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

• Lechia Gdańsk – Zagłębie Lubin – 2-1
• Piast Gliwice – Warta Poznań – 0-1
• Radomiak Radom – Górnik Zabrze – 1-0
• Górnik Łęczna – Lech Poznań – 1-1