GLIWICE. Piast Gliwice overcomes Zagłębie Lubin with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Czerwinski (17′) and a goal from F. Piasecki (27′). Zagłębie Lubin lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stadion Miejski stadium in Gliwice on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 3,217 spectators.​ The referee was Tomasz Kwiatkowski who had the assistance of Arkadiusz Wójcik and Marcin Lisowski. The 4th official was Mateusz Piszczelok. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Zagłębie Lubin had a superior ball possession 58% while Piast Gliwice was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Piast Gliwice was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Piast Gliwice won the match​.

Piast Gliwice shot 17 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zagłębie Lubin shot 6 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Piast Gliwice received 2 yellow cards (A. Pyrka and Tihomir Kostadinov). Regarding the opposition, Zagłębie Lubin received 2 yellow cards (Sokratis Dioudis and Marko Poletanovic).

Standings

After playing this contest, Piast Gliwice has 32 points like Cracovia Kraków to hold in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Zagłębie Lubin will stays with 35 points like Radomiak Radom to remain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Piast Gliwice will play away with Pogoń Szczecin on the 20th of April with a 11-6 head to head record in favor of Pogoń Szczecin (11 draws).

Zagłębie Lubin will host Jagiellonia Białystok on the 20th of April with a 13-11 head to head stats in favor of Jagiellonia Białystok (8 draws).

Piast Gliwice – Formation

Piast Gliwice adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Aleksandar Vukovic decided to play with the following team: Frantisek Plach (7.0), A. Pyrka (8.1), Tomas Huk (7.7), Jakub Czerwinski (8.5), Tomasz Mokwa (7.1), Patryk Dziczek (7.7), Grzegorz Tomasiewicz (7.1), Michael Ameyaw (7.3), Milosz Szczepanski (7.0), Jorge Félix (7.0) and Fabian Piasecki (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: A. Mosór, Miguel Muñoz, Michal Chrapek, Damian Kadzior, Jakub Holubek, Tom Hateley (6.8), Karol Szymanski, Sergiy Krykun and Tihomir Kostadinov (6.7).

Piast Gliwice could not rely on the presence of Tihomir Kostadinov (injured).

Substitutions

Piast Gliwice made 2 changes: Fabian Piasecki for Tihomir Kostadinov (34′) and Milosz Szczepanski for Tom Hateley (80′).

Player of the match: Jakub Czerwinski​

The player that probably impressed the most for Piast Gliwice was Jakub Czerwinski.

His rating is 8.5 with 1 goal, 48 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 5.

Zagłębie Lubin – Formation

Also Zagłębie Lubin adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Waldemar Fornalik played with: Sokratis Dioudis (8.1), Bartosz Kopacz  (6.4), M. Nalepa (7.3), Aleks Lawniczak (7.0), Luís Mata (6.7), Damian Dabrowski (7.1), Marko Poletanovic (6.6), T. Pieńko (6.4), S. Buletsa (6.8), Mateusz Wdowiak (6.7) and Dawid Kurminowski (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: J. Burić, Tomasz Makowski, A. Woźniak, Mateusz Grzybek (6.4), M. Mróz (7.0), Juan Muñoz (7.0), P. Kusztal (6.8), B. Kłudka and D. Bohar (7.0).

Substitutions

Zagłębie Lubin made 5 changes: T. Pieńko for D. Bohar (62′), Luís Mata for Mateusz Grzybek (62′), Marko Poletanovic for M. Mróz (75′), S. Buletsa for Juan Muñoz (46′) and Mateusz Wdowiak for P. Kusztal (82′).

Player of the match: Sokratis Dioudis​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Zagłębie Lubin was the goalkeeper: Sokratis Dioudis. His rating is 8.06. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Piast Gliwice – Zagłębie Lubin – 2-0