ZABRZE. Górnik Zabrze conquers Korona Kielce 3-1. Górnik Zabrze got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Dominick Zator (35′) and Sebastian Musiolik (39′). Korona Kielce tried to recover with a goal from Evgeniy Shikavka (68′). However, the match was closed by a goal (76′) scored by Adrian Kaprálik for Górnik Zabrze.

The match was played at the Arena Zabrze stadium in Zabrze on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 11,506 spectators.​ The referee was Tomasz Kwiatkowski with the assistance of Arkadiusz Wójcik and Filip Sierant. The 4th official was Sebastian Jarzebak. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.63 degrees Celsius or 43.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Górnik Zabrze was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Korona Kielce that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Korona Kielce had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Górnik Zabrze was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Górnik Zabrze shot 12 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Korona Kielce shot 15 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Górnik Zabrze received 2 yellow cards (Boris Sekulic and Adrian Kaprálik). On the opposite side, Korona Kielce didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Górnik Zabrze will play away against Widzew Lodz on the 24th of February with a 6-4 head to head in favor of Górnik Zabrze (5 draws).

Korona Kielce will host Legia Warszawa on the 24th of February with a 22-6 head to head statistic in favor of Legia Warszawa (5 draws).

Górnik Zabrze – Formation

Górnik Zabrze started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jan Urban decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bielica (6.6), Boris Sekulic (6.3), Dominik Szala (7.3), Rafal Janicki (7.0), Michal Siplak (7.0), Damian Rasak (7.3), Dani Pacheco (6.7), Adrian Kaprálik (8.2), Lukas Podolski (7.5), Lawrence Ennali (7.0) and Sebastian Musiolik (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Kryspin Szczesniak, Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos, Kamil Lukoszek, Norbert Barczak (7.1), Piotr Krawczyk, Michal Szromnik, Soichiro Kozuki (6.4), Szymon Czyż (7.0) and Erik Janza.

Górnik Zabrze could not rely on the presence of Piotr Krawczyk (injured) and Kamil Lukoszek (injured).

Substitutions

Górnik Zabrze made 5 changes: Dani Pacheco for Szymon Czyż (66′), Sebastian Musiolik for Soichiro Kozuki (66′), Lukas Podolski for Piotr Krawczyk (88′), Lawrence Ennali for Kamil Lukoszek (88′) and Boris Sekulic for Norbert Barczak (79′).

Player of the match: Adrian Kaprálik​

The player that probably impressed the most for Górnik Zabrze was Adrian Kaprálik.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 18 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10.

Korona Kielce – Formation

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

Kamil Kuzera played with: Konrad Forenc (7.0), Dominick Zator (7.0), Piotr Malarczyk (7.0), Milosz Trojak (6.4), Marius Briceag (6.8), Dalibor Takac (7.0), Dawid Blanik (7.0), Martin Remacle (7.3), Nono (6.4), Daniel Trejo (6.6) and Adrián Dalmau (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jacek Podgorski, Evgeniy Shikavka (7.7), Milosz Strzebonski, Jakub Konstantyn (6.3), Marcel Pieczek, Daniel Bąk (6.7), Mariusz Fornalczyk (6.4), Rafal Mamla and Mateusz Czyzycki.

Substitutions

Korona Kielce made 3 changes: Adrián Dalmau for Evgeniy Shikavka (55′), Dawid Blanik for Jakub Konstantyn (74′) and Daniel Trejo for Mariusz Fornalczyk (55′).

Player of the match: Evgeniy Shikavka​

The most impressive player for Korona Kielce was Evgeniy Shikavka.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 4 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.

His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 55′.

Results of the day

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

• Górnik Zabrze – Korona Kielce – 3-1