Week 9 features a match on Monday Sep 12th, where Jagiellonia Białystok will host Stal Mielec in a meeting of these two Ekstraklasa teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Jagiellonia Białystok recorded a 1-1 draw against Zagłębie Lubin. Tomasz Makowski struck first for Zagłębie Lubin in the 59th minute, then Maciej Bortniczuk got the equalizer for Jagiellonia Białystok in the 85th minute on a feed from Nené earning Jagiellonia Białystok at least a draw. Jagiellonia Białystok is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while stal Mielec sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Śląsk Wrocław. Saïd Hamulic struck first for Stal Mielec in the 24th minute on a feed from F. Gerbowski, then Javier Ajenjo Hyek added another on an own goal in the 69th minute In the end, Śląsk Wrocław 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 4 win and 3 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 these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws each.
Stal Mielec’s most prolific scorer has been Domanski. The midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Both Nené and Marc Gual Huguet have been the hottest scorers for Jagiellonia Białystok in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.