GDAńSK. Lechia Gdańsk tops Śląsk Wrocław with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Kaluzinski (22′) and a goal from M. Nalepa (57′). Lechia Gdańsk capitalized on its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadion Energa Gdańsk stadium in Gdańsk on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 6,431 spectators.​ The referee was Bartosz Frankowski who had the assistance of Marcin Boniek and Jacub Winkler. The 4th official was Dominik Sulikowski. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.3 degrees Celsius or 36.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lechia Gdańsk was in firm control of the ball 56% while Śląsk Wrocław was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lechia Gdańsk was more aggressive with 98 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lechia Gdańsk won the match​.

Lechia Gdańsk shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Śląsk Wrocław shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Lechia Gdańsk received 1 yellow card (M. Terrazzino). Regarding the opposition, Śląsk Wrocław received 2 yellow cards (S. Lewkot and K. Maczynski).

Standings

After this match, Lechia Gdańsk will have 36 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Śląsk Wrocław will stay with 24 points like Jagiellonia Białystok to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Lechia Gdańsk will play away with Cracovia Kraków on the 11th of February with a 14-11 head to head record in favor of Cracovia Kraków (4 draws).

Śląsk Wrocław will play away agasint Górnik Łęczna on the 11th of February with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Śląsk Wrocław (3 draws).

Lechia Gdańsk – Formation

Lechia Gdańsk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Tomasz Kaczmarek decided to play with the following team: Dušan Kuciak (7.2), David Stec (6.8), Michał Nalepa (7.6), Mario Maloča (7.6), Conrado Buchanelli Holz (8.1), Jarosław Kubicki (7.1), Maciej Gajos (7.1), Joseph Ceesay (6.8), Jakub Kaluzinski (7.6), Ilkay Durmus (8.2) and Flávio Paixão (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Michał Buchalik, Rafał Pietrzak (6.9), Kristers Tobers, Jan Biegański (6.8), Egzon Kryeziu, Christian Clemens, Filip Koperski (6.6), Łukasz Zwoliński (6.9) and Marco Terrazzino (6.5).

Substitutions

Lechia Gdańsk made 5 changes: J. Kaluzinski for J. Bieganski (76′), M. Gajos for M. Terrazzino (76′), J. Ceesay for F. Koperski (80′), F. Paixao for L. Zwolinski (86′) and I. Durmus for R. Pietrzak (86′).

Best player: Ilkay Durmus​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lechia Gdańsk was Ilkay Durmus even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 22 passes (81% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 14 crosses.

Śląsk Wrocław – Formation

Śląsk Wrocław started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Jacek Magiera played with: Michał Szromnik (7.5), Łukasz Bejger (6.7), Wojciech Golla (6.2), Diogo Verdasca (6.7), Patryk Janasik (6.1), Szymon Lewkot (6.4), Petr Schwarz (6.3), Dino Štiglec (7.0), Robert Pich (6.5), Dennis Jastrzembski (7.4) and Fabian Piasecki (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Matúš Putnocký, Daniel Leo Gretarsson, Jakub Iskra (6.2), Victor Garcia Marin, Adrian Łyszczarz (6.5), Marcel Zylla (6.8), Waldemar Sobota, Krzysztof Mączyński (6.6) and Cayetano Quintana (6.4).

Substitutions

Śląsk Wrocław made 5 changes: R. Pich for C. Quintana (64′), D. Stiglec for M. Zylla (64′), S. Lewkot for K. Maczynski (64′), P. Janasik for J. Iskra (82′) and F. Piasecki for A. Lyszczarz (82′).

Best player: Michał Szromnik​

The player that probably impressed the most for Śląsk Wrocław was the goalkeeper: Michał Szromnik. His rating is 7.45. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Lechia Gdańsk – Śląsk Wrocław – 2-0
• Piast Gliwice – Pogoń Szczecin – 0-2
• Stal Mielec – Górnik Zabrze – 1-2