ZABRZE. Górnik Zabrze overcomes Śląsk Wrocław 3-1. Górnik Zabrze was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with B. Nowak (49′), B. Nowak (54′) and L. Podolski (80′). Śląsk Wrocław reduced the distance with a goal (83′) by P. Schwarz, but there was not much to do for them.

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 9,455 spectators.​ The referee was Bartosz Frankowski assisted by Marcin Boniek and Jacub Winkler. The 4th official was Sylwester Rasmus. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -0.3 degrees Celsius or 31.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
  • 20 Total 9
  • 9 On Target 3
  • 11 Off Target 6
  • 2 Shots blocked 2
  • 111 Attack 99
  • 68 Dangerous attack 80
  • 110 Ball safe 89
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 6
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 15 Total 12
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Górnik Zabrze was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Śląsk Wrocław that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Śląsk Wrocław was putting more pressure with 80 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Górnik Zabrze managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Górnik Zabrze shot 20 times, 9 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Śląsk Wrocław shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Górnik Zabrze received 2 yellow cards (A. Manneh and F. Bainovic). Talking about the opposition, Śląsk Wrocław received 2 yellow cards (S. Lewkot and S. Bergier).

Match Timeline

13'
21'
32'
46'
49'
54'
57'
57'
59'
Piotr Krawczyk- sub ->B. Nowak
67'
67'
74'
Lukas Podolski(goal)P. Krawczyk
80'
83'
83'
83'
87'
88'

Standings

After playing this match, Górnik Zabrze will have 24 points like Śląsk Wrocław and Stal Mielec to remain in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Śląsk Wrocław will stay with 24 points like Górnik Zabrze and Stal Mielec to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Górnik Zabrze will host Pogoń Szczecin on the 12th of December with a 6-6 head to head stats.

Śląsk Wrocław will play away agasint Warta Poznań on the 13th of December with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Śląsk Wrocław (2 draws).

Górnik Zabrze – Formation

Górnik Zabrze
G
G. Sandomierski 99.Poland
6.4
D
7.1
D
Rafal Janicki 26.Poland
6.8
21'
D
7.7
M
R. Dadok 96.Poland
7.2
M
Krzysztof Kubica 6.Poland
7.4
67'
M
Alasana Manneh 8.Gambia
6.9
83' 32'
M
Erik Janža 64.Slovenia
7.1
F
Lukas Podolski 10.Germany
7.4
83' 80'
F
Jesús Jiménez 9.Spain
8.0
F
Bartosz Nowak 17.Poland
8.8
67' 49', 54'
Substitutes
G
Daniel Bielica 1.Poland
D
Jakub Szymanski 77.Poland
7.1
21'
D
Jean Jules Mvondo 23.Cameroon
M
Filip Bainović 44.Serbia
6.4
67' 88'
M
D. Stalmach 22.Poland
6.7
83'
M
Mateusz Cholewiak 11.Poland
F
Piotr Krawczyk 21.Poland
6.9
67'
F
David Toshevski 18.Macedonia
F
Vamara Sanogo 20.France
6.2
83'

Górnik Zabrze adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Jan Urban decided to play with the following team: Grzegorz Sandomierski (6.4), Przemyslaw Wiśniewski (7.1), Rafał Janicki (7.1), Adrian Gryszkiewicz (7.7), Robert Dadok (7.2), Krzysztof Kubica (7.4), Alasana Manneh (7.1), Erik Janža (7.1), Lukas Podolski (7.6), Jesús Jiménez (8.0) and Bartosz Nowak (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Daniel Bielica, Filip Bainović (6.4), Dariusz Stalmach (6.8), Jakub Szymanski (7.1), Jean Jules Mvondo, Piotr Krawczyk (6.9), David Tosevski, Vamara Sanogo (6.4) and Mateusz Cholewiak.

Substitutions

Górnik Zabrze made 5 changes: R. Janicki for J. Szymanski (9′), K. Kubica for F. Bainovic (67′), B. Nowak for P. Krawczyk (67′), L. Podolski for D. Stalmach (83′) and A. Manneh for V. Sanogo (83′).

Best player: Bartosz Nowak​

The player that probably impressed the most for Górnik Zabrze was Bartosz Nowak.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 28 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 6.

Śląsk Wrocław – Formation

Śląsk Wrocław
G
Matúš Putnocký 1.Slovakia
6.5
D
Łukasz Bejger 21.Poland
6.3
D
Wojciech Golla 14.Poland
6.8
D
Diogo Verdasca 2.Portugal
7.0
46'
M
6.3
57'
M
Szymon Lewkot 39.Poland
6.5
13'
M
Petr Schwarz 17.Czech Republic
6.8
M
Dino Stiglec 4.Croatia
7.1
57'
F
6.6
F
7.4
74'
F
Robert Pich 7.Slovakia
6.4
87'
Substitutes
G
Michal Szromnik 22.Poland
D
Víctor García 23.Spain
6.7
57'
D
Patryk Janasik 19.Poland
6.2
57'
M
W. Sobota 5.Poland
M
Marcel Zylla 25.Poland
87'
M
Rafał Makowski 6.Poland
M
Adrian Łyszczarz 33.Poland
7.4
74' 83'
F
Caye Quintana 24.Spain
F
Sebastian Bergier 32.Poland
6.5
46' 59'

Also Śląsk Wrocław adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Jacek Magiera played with: Matúš Putnocký (6.5), Łukasz Bejger (6.3), Wojciech Golla (6.8), Diogo Verdasca (7.0), Bartłomiej Pawłowski (6.3), Szymon Lewkot (6.5), Petr Schwarz (6.8), Dino Štiglec (7.1), Mateusz Praszelik (7.2), Erik Expósito (6.6) and Robert Pich (6.7).

They had on the bench: Michał Szromnik, Victor Garcia Marin (6.7), Waldemar Sobota, Marcel Zylla, Rafał Makowski, Patryk Janasik (6.2), Adrian Łyszczarz (7.1), Cayetano Quintana and Sebastian Bergier (6.5).

Śląsk Wrocław could not rely on the presence of A. Lyszczarz (injured).

Substitutions

Śląsk Wrocław made 5 changes: D. Verdasca for S. Bergier (46′), B. Pawlowski for P. Janasik (57′), D. Stiglec for V. Garcia (57′), M. Praszelik for A. Lyszczarz (74′) and R. Pich for M. Zylla (87′).

Best player: Mateusz Praszelik​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Śląsk Wrocław was Mateusz Praszelik.

His rating is (7.2) with 40 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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