This Saturday, we will face Korona Kielce in an away game as part of the 15th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa in season 2024/25. The match will start at 12:15.
Lechia will travel to Kielce to fight for three valuable points against Korona. The meeting in Świętokrzyskie promises to be a fierce duel, in which the White-Greens will do everything to break the bad streak, return to Gdansk with a full pot and leave the relegation zone.
– I can only reiterate what I said earlier in the week – even though we are not scoring the way we would like to, the attitude, commitment and work of the players in training is at the same high level and we still believe that this breakthrough and scoring will happen this weekend– said coach Szymon Grabowski at the pre-match press conference.
– I think Korona present such direct football, probably even more than Cracovia. A very uncomfortable rival when it comes to three players up front, as they play a 3-4-3 set-up, two tens and a nine . They are very dynamic players who feel comfortable with the ball at their feet, especially Fornalczyk. We will definitely have to watch out for their first line. But again, I think that our analyst Maciek Majdowski’s recognition of the opponent is good enough that we will be able and able to exploit the gaps we see in terms of defensive play – added the White-Greens coach to the statement.
– We are all aware of our situation in the table, which is not where we would like it to be. Certainly the upside is that the game is starting to look better and better. We are looking better with every match. Of course, the last game didn’t go our way, we played most of the game in ten, which didn’t make it easy for us either, but I think we showed character in that game, even if we didn’t manage to get at least a point – said Tomasz Wójtowicz at a press briefing.
– Despite the fact that Korona doesn’t have an outstanding amount of points and is hovering around that relegation zone, they are also a team who can play football and who will require us to play well and be committed, just like any other team. Now there is no need to look at which team we are playing against, just try to catch points with each one, because these matches will be less and less, and no matter who we will be playing against, we have to count on three points in each game – added our midfielder to the statement.
RIVAL PROFILE: KORONA KIELCE
Korona came close to relegation from the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa last season. The team from Kielce finished the competition in 14th place with just one point above the relegation zone. Currently, Korona’s players are 13th in the league table. In the previous round, the Kielce team won on an away game against GKS Katowice 2:1.
LAST MATCH AGAINST KORONA KIELCE
The last time we faced Korona Kielce in an away match was on 18 February 2023 as part of the 21st round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. The meeting ended with a 1:0 win for the Kielce players, while the last match won against the Kielce players took place on 1 March 2020 as part of the 24th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. The meeting ended with a score of 1:2, with Flavio Paixao and Maciej Gajos scoring the goals for our team.The meeting ended with a score of 1:2, with Flavio Paixao and Maciej Gajos scoring the goals for our team.
THE OVERALL SUMMARY OF THE MATCHES AGAINST KORONA KIELCE
So far, we have played 29 matches against Korona Kielce. We have won in 8 matches. There has been a draw in 7 matches. On the other hand, we have suffered defeat 14 times.
REFEREES PANEL
The match Korona Kielce vs. Lechia Gdańsk as part of the 15th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa will be officiated by Tomasz Kwiatkowski from Warsaw. Last season he was the referee in one match involving the White-Greens. It was a derby match played as part of the 33rd round of Fortuna 1. Liga against Arka Gdynia, which was won by our team 2:1. Assistants on the line will be Arkadiusz Kamil Wójcik and Tomasz Niemirowski. The technical referee will be Damian Gawęcki. Paweł Pskit and Tomasz Listkiewicz will be responsible for VAR.
WHERE TO WATCH THE MATCH?
Transmission of this match will be available on Canal+ Sport 3 TV, the app and the Canal+ Online website. The broadcast is scheduled to start at 12:10, with the pre-match studio starting at 11:45.
