KIELCE. Lech Poznań snatched a late win Korona Kielce 1-0 after K. Velde scored just 1 goal (86′). Lech Poznań took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Kolporter Arena stadium in Kielce on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Bartosz Frankowski with the support of Marcin Boniek and Michal Sobczak. The 4th official was Sylwester Rasmus. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing at -2.18 degrees Celsius or 28.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lech Poznań had a superior ball possession 58% while Korona Kielce was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lech Poznań was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lech Poznań won the match.​

Korona Kielce shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Lech Poznań shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Korona Kielce received 1 yellow card (Nono). Talking about the opposition, Lech Poznań received 4 yellow cards (Dino Hotić, John van den Brom, Ali Gholizadeh and Barry Douglas).

Standings

After this encounter, Korona Kielce will stay with 17 points to sit in the 14th place. On the other side, Lech Poznań will have 32 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Korona Kielce will play away against Widzew Lodz on the 30th of March with a 6-6 head to head statistic.

Lech Poznań will play away agasint Widzew Lodz on the 18th of May with a 9-3 head to head in favor of Lech Poznań (4 draws).

Korona Kielce – Formation

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

The manager Kamil Kuzera decided to play with the following team: Xavier Dziekonski (7.0), Dominick Zator (7.1), Piotr Malarczyk (6.8), Milosz Trojak (7.0), Marcus Godinho (7.0), Yoav Hofmayster (7.0), Dawid Blanik (6.6), Martin Remacle (7.5), Dalibor Takac (6.6), Nono (7.3) and Evgeniy Shikavka (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Konrad Forenc, Marius Briceag, Jacek Podgorski (6.7), Ronaldo Deaconu (6.6), Milosz Strzebonski, Radosław Turek, Jakub Konstantyn (6.3), Adrián Dalmau (6.4) and Bartosz Kwiecien.

Substitutions

Korona Kielce made 4 changes: Martin Remacle for Ronaldo Deaconu (74′), Dalibor Takac for Jacek Podgorski (56′), Dawid Blanik for Jakub Konstantyn (74′) and Evgeniy Shikavka for Adrián Dalmau (79′).

Player of the match: Martin Remacle​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Korona Kielce was Martin Remacle.

His rating is (7.5) with 21 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Lech Poznań – Formation

Lech Poznań started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

John van den Brom played with: Bartosz Mrozek (7.1), Joel Pereira (7.0), Miha Blazic (7.0), Antonio Milić (7.1), Barry Douglas (7.1), Radosław Murawski (7.3), Jesper Karlström (7.0), Ali Gholizadeh (6.3), Afonso Sousa (6.8), Adriel D’Avila Ba Loua (6.8) and Mikael Ishak (7.0).

They had on the bench: Elias Andersson, Filip Marchwiński (6.4), Kristoffer Velde (7.5), Dino Hotić (6.4), Nika Kvekveskiri (6.6), Filip Bednarek, Alan Czerwiński, Maksymilian Pingot and Artur Sobiech (7.0).

Lech Poznań could not rely on the presence of Kristoffer Velde (injured).

Substitutions

Lech Poznań made 5 changes: Adriel D’Avila Ba Loua for Kristoffer Velde (27′), Afonso Sousa for Filip Marchwiński (60′), Radosław Murawski for Nika Kvekveskiri (60′), Ali Gholizadeh for Dino Hotić (74′) and Mikael Ishak for Artur Sobiech (74′).

Player of the match: Kristoffer Velde​

The most impressive player for Lech Poznań was Kristoffer Velde.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 13 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 8.

His performance was extraordinary also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 27′.

Results of the day

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

• Widzew Lodz – Radomiak Radom – 0-3
• Korona Kielce – Lech Poznań – 0-1