ŁKS Łódź will do battle with visiting side Śląsk Wrocław at Stadion im. Władysława Króla in this Ekstraklasa match on Saturday.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for ŁKS Łódź v Śląsk Wrocław, scroll down - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
ŁKS Łódź
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ŁKS Łódź will be hoping to bounce back here following the 4-1 Ekstraklasa loss in their previous game against Górnik Zabrze.
In that match, ŁKS Łódź managed 54% possession and 3 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer for ŁKS Łódź was Dani Ramírez (85'). At the other end, Górnik Zabrze had 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. Szymon Czyż (25'), Lawrence Ennali (35'), Kamil Lukoszek (63') and Nascimento (90') scored for Górnik Zabrze.
Fixtures featuring ŁKS Łódź have often been lively encounters lately with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past 6 clashes, a total of 27 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 4.5 goals per game) with 9 of those belonging to ŁKS Łódź.
Śląsk Wrocław
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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Ruch Chorzów in Ekstraklasa competition, Śląsk Wrocław will be aiming to make amends here.
In that game, Śląsk Wrocław managed 60% possession and 23 shots at goal with 6 on target. For Śląsk Wrocław, the goals were scored by Erik Expósito (86') and Yehor Matsenko (92'). Ruch Chorzów had 6 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Soma Novothny (11'), Tomasz Wójtowicz (27') and Michał Feliks (75') scored for Ruch Chorzów.
In the course of their 6 previous matches, Jacek Magiera's Śląsk Wrocław have slotted home 6 times - giving them the goals per game average of 1.
Coming into this contest, Śląsk Wrocław have not won away from home in their last 5 league games.
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Head to head
An inspection of past results between these clubs going back to 29/11/2008 tells us that these fixtures have not been happy ones for ŁKS Łódź. They’ve not been able to register any victories at all whereas Śląsk Wrocław have been too good for them, beating them in 100% of those matches played.
An aggregate of 18 goals were produced between them in this period, with 2 of them for Rycerze Wiosny and 16 being from Śląsk. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.
The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Ekstraklasa match day 14 on 05/11/2023 when it ended Śląsk Wrocław 2-1 ŁKS Łódź.
In that match, Śląsk Wrocław had 49% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The scorers were Erik Expósito (12') and Piotr Samiec-Talar (96').
ŁKS Łódź got 11 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Stipe Jurić (78') was the scorer.
The referee was Bartosz Frankowski.
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Team News: ŁKS Łódź
The ŁKS Łódź manager Marcin Matysiak will be thankful to have no fitness concerns to speak of before this game owing to a fully injury-free group to pick from.
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Team News: Śląsk Wrocław
Thanks to a completely healthy squad ready to go, the Śląsk Wrocław manager Jacek Magiera does not have any fitness worries to report before this match.
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Prediction
Our feeling is that ŁKS Łódź will really need to work well to be putting a goal past this Śląsk Wrocław side who we think might manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.
We’re therefore expecting a good tussle with a 0-1 winning margin for Śląsk Wrocław at the end of the match.
Should be an interesting one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
03:05 03/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
ŁKS Łódź
Formed: 1908
Stadium: Stadion im. Władysława Króla (18,029)
Captain: Adam Marciniak
Chairman: Jarosław Olszowy
Manager: Marcin Matysiak
Competitions: Ekstraklasa position 18
🔑 Key Player: Dani Ramírez
Customarily playing in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Dani Ramírez was born in Leganés, Spain. Having made his senior debut playing for ŁKS Łódź in the 2019 - 2020 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has hit 8 league goals in this Ekstraklasa 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in 29 appearances.