Week 2 brings us a match on Jul 22nd where Widzew Lodz and Jagiellonia Białystok will play a match in Białystok in a Ekstraklasa match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. Jagiellonia Białystok sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Piast Gliwice. Imaz Balleste scored the first goal for Jagiellonia Białystok in the 29th minute, then Mateusz Kowalski added another in the 4th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Marc Gual Huguet In the end, Piast Gliwice couldn’t muster any offence and Jagiellonia Białystok ran away with the shutout win. Jagiellonia Białystok is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Widzew Lodz recorded a 1-2 loss against Pogoń Szczecin. Bartłomiej Pawłowski scored the first goal for Widzew Lodz in the 19th minute, then Luka Zahović tied it up for Pogoń Szczecin in the 45th minute on a feed from Mariusz Fornalczyk But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 71st minute on a goal by Vahan Bichakhchyan. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Widzew Lodz is fortunate enough to have Bartłomiej Pawłowski in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals. Jagiellonia Białystok’s most prolific scorer has been Jesus Imaz Balleste. The Spanish attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.