WROCłAW. Śląsk Wrocław beat Widzew Lodz to win 2-1. M. Nahuel was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Śląsk Wrocław to strike first with a penalty of Matías Nahuel at the 53′. Then Matías Nahuel scored again for Śląsk Wrocław in the 78′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Imad Rondic reduced the distance for Widzew Lodz (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Widzew Lodz lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stadion Miejski stadium in Wrocław on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 24,117 spectators. The referee was Bartosz Frankowski who had the assistance of Marcin Boniek and Paulina Baranowska. The 4th official was . The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.68 degrees Celsius or 56.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 11 Total 11
- 7 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 93 Attack 119
- 68 Dangerous attack 71
- 93 Ball safe 95
- 1 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 7
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Widzew Lodz had a superior ball possession 56% while Śląsk Wrocław was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Widzew Lodz was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Śląsk Wrocław was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Śląsk Wrocław shot 11 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Widzew Lodz shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Śląsk Wrocław received 2 yellow cards (Alen Mustafić and Jehor Macenko). Talking about the opposition, Widzew Lodz received 7 yellow cards (Jordi Sánchez, Mateusz Zyro, Ernest Terpilowski, Fábio Nunes, Rafał Gikiewicz, Bartlomiej Pawlowski and Dominik Kun).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Śląsk Wrocław has 45 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Widzew Lodz will stays with 28 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Śląsk Wrocław will play away against Jagiellonia Białystok on the 9th of March with a 14-10 head to head stats in favor of Śląsk Wrocław (11 draws).
Widzew Lodz will host Legia Warszawa on the 9th of March with a 12-0 head to head record in favor of Legia Warszawa (3 draws).
Śląsk Wrocław – Formation
Śląsk Wrocław started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Jacek Magiera decided to play with the following team: Rafal Leszczynski , Jehor Macenko , Lukasz Bejger , Aleks Petkov , Patryk Janasik , Michal Rzuchowski , Piotr Samiec-Talar , Patrick Olsen , Alen Mustafić , Matías Nahuel and Patryk Klimala .
The home team had on the bench: Aleksander Paluszek , Erik Expósito , Patryk Szwedzik, Daniel Lukasik, Burak İnce, Martin Konczkowski, Kacper Trelowski, Tommaso Guercio and Simeon Petrov.
Substitutions
Śląsk Wrocław made 3 changes: Alen Mustafić for Aleksander Paluszek (79′), Matías Nahuel for Burak İnce (90′) and Patryk Klimala for Erik Expósito (64′).
Player of the match: Matías Nahuel
The most impressive player for Śląsk Wrocław was Matías Nahuel .
His rating is with 2 goals, 35 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Widzew Lodz – Formation
Widzew Lodz started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Daniel Myśliwiec played with: Rafał Gikiewicz , Lirim Kastrati , Mateusz Zyro , Serafin Szota , Luís Silva , Noah Diliberto , Dominik Kun , Bartlomiej Pawlowski , Ernest Terpilowski , Jordi Sánchez and Dawid Tkacz .
These were the players on the bench: Paweł Kwiatkowski, Ivan Krajcirik, Antoni Klimek , Kamil Cybulski, Ignacy Dawid, Fábio Nunes and Imad Rondic .
Substitutions
Widzew Lodz made 3 changes: Dawid Tkacz for Antoni Klimek (63′), Ernest Terpilowski for Fábio Nunes (46′) and Noah Diliberto for Imad Rondic (70′).
Player of the match: Bartlomiej Pawlowski
The most impressive player for Widzew Lodz was Bartlomiej Pawlowski.
His rating is with 29 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ekstraklasa.
- Śląsk Wrocław – Widzew Lodz – 2-1
- Legia Warszawa – Pogoń Szczecin – 1-1
- Górnik Zabrze – Jagiellonia Białystok – 2-1