📊 Form Guide

Ruch Chorzów

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Ruch Chorzów fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 2-3 Ekstraklasa success over Śląsk Wrocław.

In that game, Ruch Chorzów had 40% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Ruch Chorzów, the scorers were Soma Novothny (11'), Tomasz Wójtowicz (27') and Michał Feliks (75'). For their opponents, Śląsk Wrocław got 23 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Erik Expósito (86') and Yehor Matsenko (92') scored for Śląsk Wrocław.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Ruch Chorzów have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Ruch Chorzów have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 13 goals in the process. Despite that, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern will be replicated in this upcoming match or not.

Analysis of their past results shows that Ruch Chorzów:

• are winless against Lech Poznań in their previous 12 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 3 league matches.

Lech Poznań

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In their last game, Lech Poznań drew 0-0 in the Ekstraklasa tie with Cracovia.

In that match, Lech Poznań had 75% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 on target. Cracovia got 5 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

A series of dependable showings from the Lech Poznań defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 fixtures in total. Over that same time, their own attack force has managed to score 7.

Coming into this fixture, Lech Poznań remain undefeated by Ruch Chorzów when having played them away from home in the previous 5 league games. Travelling fans have really enjoyed these clashes.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over past results between these clubs stretching back to 17/10/2015 shows that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Ruch Chorzów. They’ve not managed to come away with any victories whatsoever whereas Lech Poznań have dominated them, getting wins in 83 per cent of those games played.

A sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 3 of them for Niebiescy and 18 coming from Kolejorz. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The previous league contest between these sides was Ekstraklasa match day 14 on 04/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Lech Poznań 2-0 Ruch Chorzów.

In that game, Lech Poznań managed 66% possession and 18 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by Mikael Ishak (36') and Kristoffer Velde (53').

At the other end, Ruch Chorzów got 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Krzysztof Jakubik.

ℹ️ Team News: Ruch Chorzów

The Ruch Chorzów boss Janusz Niedźwiedź does not have any fitness worries whatsoever before this game with a completely injury-free group available to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Lech Poznań

Thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Lech Poznań boss Mariusz Rumak doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of before this match.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Ruch Chorzów will really need to work well to hit the back of the net against this Lech Poznań side who we reckon should just have the edge.

We’ve gone for a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 win for Lech Poznań at the end of the 90 minutes.

Little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 18:03 03/05/2024