POZNAń. Lech Poznań prevails over Warta Poznań 1-0 after A. Sousa scored just 1 goal (54′). Lech Poznań was much superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadion przy Drodze Dębińskiej stadium in Poznań on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 18,755 spectators.​ The referee was Daniel Stefanski with the assistance of Dawid Igor Golis and Filip Sierant. The 4th official was Marcin Kochanek. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 74%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lech Poznań had a strong ball possession 61% while Warta Poznań was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lech Poznań was more pushing with 35 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lech Poznań won the contest.​

Warta Poznań shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lech Poznań shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Warta Poznań received 3 yellow cards (A. Zrelak, K. Szmyt and D. Stavropoulos). Talking about the opposition, Lech Poznań received 2 yellow cards (K. Velde and G. Tsitaishvili).

Standings

After playing this match, Warta Poznań will stay with 11 points like Piast Gliwice and Korona Kielce to remain in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Lech Poznań will have 14 points like Cracovia Kraków and Radomiak Radom to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Warta Poznań will play away against Legia Warszawa on the 8th of October with a 3-1 head to head statistic in favor of Legia Warszawa (0 draws).

Lech Poznań will host Legia Warszawa on the 1st of October with a 19-15 head to head record in favor of Legia Warszawa (7 draws).

Warta Poznań – Formation

Warta Poznań started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Dawid Szulczek decided to play with the following team: Adrian Lis (6.2), Dimitrios Stavropoulos (7.3), Dawid Szymonowicz (7.1), Robert Ivanov (7.0), Jan Grzesik (6.8), Michał Kopczyński (6.5), Mateusz Kupczak (7.1), Konrad Matuszewski (7.0), Niilo Mäenpää (6.6), Miguel Luís (6.3) and Adam Zreľák (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Jedrzej Grobelny, Kamil Koscielny, Wiktor Pleśnierowicz, Maciej Żurawski (6.8), Milan Corryn, Michał Jakóbowski, Kajetan Szmyt (6.5), Miłosz Szczepański (6.5) and Enis Destan.

Substitutions

Warta Poznań made 3 changes: M. Kopczynski for M. Zurawski (63′), N. Maenpaa for K. Szmyt (71′) and L. Miguel for M. Szczepanski (71′).

Best player: Dimitrios Stavropoulos​

The player that probably impressed the most for Warta Poznań was Dimitrios Stavropoulos.

His rating is (7.3) with 32 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12.

Lech Poznań – Formation

Lech Poznań started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

John van den Brom played with: Filip Bednarek (7.1), Joel Pereira (7.9), Ľubomír Šatka (7.3), Antonio Milić (7.3), Barry Douglas (7.3), Radosław Murawski (7.2), Nika Kvekveskiri (7.2), Michał Skóraś (6.5), Afonso Sousa (8.0), Kristoffer Velde (5.9) and Filip Szymczak (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Artur Rudko, Filip Dagerstål, Alan Czerwiński (6.4), Jesper Karlström (6.7), Filip Marchwiński, Giorgi Tsitaishvili (6.4), João Amaral (6.8) and Mikael Ishak.

Substitutions

Lech Poznań made 4 changes: K. Velde for J. Amaral (58′), A. Sousa for G. Tsitaishvili (58′), M. Skoras for A. Czerwinski (73′) and N. Kvekveskiri for J. Karlstrom (73′).

Best player: Afonso Sousa​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lech Poznań was Afonso Sousa.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 19 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Warta Poznań – Lech Poznań – 0-1
• Korona Kielce – Górnik Zabrze – 1-2
• Zagłębie Lubin – Wisła Płock – 2-1