ZABRZE. Górnik Zabrze overcomes Ruch Chorzów 1-0 after L. Podolski scored just 1 goal (51′). Górnik Zabrze made the most of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Arena Zabrze stadium in Zabrze on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 22,508 spectators.​ The referee was Tomasz Musial who had the assistance of Sebastian Mucha and Marcin Cieply. The 4th official was Piotr Szypula. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.96 degrees Celsius or 69.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Górnik Zabrze was in firm control of the ball 57% while Ruch Chorzów was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Górnik Zabrze was putting more pressure with 77 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Górnik Zabrze won the match​.

Górnik Zabrze shot 14 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Ruch Chorzów shot 10 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Górnik Zabrze received 3 yellow cards (Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos, Erik Janza  and Daisuke Yokota). Talking about the opposition, Ruch Chorzów received 4 yellow cards (Patryk Sikora, Mateusz Bartolewski, Daniel Szczepan and Tomasz Wójtowicz).

Standings

After playing this match, Górnik Zabrze will have 9 points like Warta Poznań and Stal Mielec to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Ruch Chorzów will stay with 6 points like Pogoń Szczecin and ŁKS Łódź to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

Górnik Zabrze – Formation

Górnik Zabrze adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jan Urban decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bielica (7.0), Robert Dadok (7.5), Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos (7.0), Rafal Janicki (7.8), Erik Janza  (7.3), Szymon Czyż (6.7), Damian Rasak (7.0), Daisuke Yokota (6.8), Lukas Podolski (7.9), Adrian Kaprálik (7.0) and Sebastian Musiolik (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Boris Sekulic, Kryspin Szczesniak, Dani Pacheco (7.1), Pawel Olkowski (6.6), Kamil Lukoszek, Mateusz Chmarek, Piotr Krawczyk, Michal Siplak and Michal Szromnik.

Substitutions

Górnik Zabrze made 4 changes: Erik Janza  for Michal Siplak (90′), Lukas Podolski for Piotr Krawczyk (90′), Szymon Czyż for Dani Pacheco (46′) and Adrian Kaprálik for Pawel Olkowski (75′).

Best player: Lukas Podolski​

The player that probably impressed the most for Górnik Zabrze was Lukas Podolski.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 44 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

Ruch Chorzów – Formation

Also Ruch Chorzów adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Jarosław Skrobacz played with: Michał Buchalik (7.0), Kacper Michalski (6.8), Przemysław Szur (6.8), Maciej Sadlok (7.5), Mateusz Bartolewski (7.5), Patryk Sikora (6.6), Szymon Szymanski (6.8), Miłosz Kozak (6.3), Tomasz Swędrowski (6.7), Tomasz Wójtowicz (6.3) and Daniel Szczepan (6.4).

They had on the bench: Juliusz Letniowski (6.8), Tomasz Foszmańczyk (6.4), Jan Sedlak (6.8), Dominik Steczyk (7.0), Paweł Baranowski (7.0), Wiktor Długosz, Remigiusz Szywacz, Jakub Bielecki and Kacper Skwierczynski.

Substitutions

Ruch Chorzów made 5 changes: Patryk Sikora for Juliusz Letniowski (69′), Kacper Michalski for Dominik Steczyk (69′), Miłosz Kozak for Tomasz Foszmańczyk (80′), Mateusz Bartolewski for Paweł Baranowski (75′) and Szymon Szymanski for Jan Sedlak (75′).

Best player: Maciej Sadlok​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ruch Chorzów was Maciej Sadlok.

His rating is (7.5) with 41 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Puszcza Niepołomice – Śląsk Wrocław – 1-3
• Górnik Zabrze – Ruch Chorzów – 1-0