Week 5 features a match on Sat Aug 13th, where Stal Mielec will travel to Zabrze to battle Górnik Zabrze in a meeting of these two closely matched Ekstraklasa teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 28 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Górnik Zabrze sits at 7th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Raków Częstochowa. Aleksander Paluszek struck first for Górnik Zabrze in the 45th minute on a feed from Erik Janza, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Raków Częstochowa was frustrated by Górnik Zabrze’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Górnik Zabrze ended the match with the shutout victory. Górnik Zabrze is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Stal Mielec recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Cracovia Kraków. Pestka scored the first goal for Stal Mielec on an own goal in the 43rd minute, then Domanski added another in the 59th minute on a penalty In the end, Cracovia Kraków was frustrated by Stal Mielec’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Stal Mielec ended the match with the shutout victory. Stal Mielec is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Górnik Zabrze won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Stal Mielec is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Piotr Wlazło and Maciej Domanski each having 2 goals in their last five. Górnik Zabrze’s top weapon lately has been Szymon Włodarczyk, who has two goals in the last five matches.