This coming Friday we will play another away match in the 2024/25 season. In the 5th round match of PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa we will face Puszcza Niepołomice. The first whistle is at 18:00.
In the previous match, we tied with Zagłębie Lubin 1:1. The away meeting with Puszcza Niepołomice is another opportunity to get three points.
We are aware that the opponent we face is also irritated – not so much by the results, but even by the last match, where you can hear from the rival camp that there is an insufficiency after the meeting with Legia Warsaw. Also, I think that two teams will meet, who will want to tip the scales of victory to their side on Friday. I firmly believe that we will be the ones to enjoy the three points – said coach Szymon Grabowski at a pre-match press conference.
I agree that we are indeed not satisfied with the points we have earned at this point either. However, the last game showed that we can play football and that it can look a little better – Ivan Zhelizko said at a press briefing.
RIVAL PROFILE: PUSZCZA NIEPOŁOMICE
Last season, the Puszcza team finished the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa competition in 12th place. Currently, the players from Niepołomice are in 15th place in the table. In the current season, the players from the Małopolska region have not won any game so far. In the 1st round of the 2024/25 PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa season, Puszcza faced Jagiellonia Białystok in an away game. The meeting ended in a 0:2 loss for the players from Niepołomice. In the 2nd round of the current season, Puszcza tied with Górnik Zabrze 2:2. The next meeting the Niepołomice players lost to Zagłębie Lubin 0:1. However, in the previous round, Puszcza’s players added one point to the table for the second time this season. The match against Legia Warsaw ended in a 2:2 draw.
LAST MATCH WITH PUSZCZA NIEPOŁOMICE
The last time we faced Puszcza was on February 9, 2021 in an away match in Niepołomice. It was a match played as part of the 1/8 Fortuna Polish Cup in the 2020/2021 season. The match ended with a victory of the Puszcza players 3:1.
HISTORY OF MEETINGS WITH PUSZCZA NIEPOŁOMICE
So far we have faced Puszcza Niepołomice in 3 matches. All matches were played within the framework of the Polish Cup competition, always away. The first clash between our clubs was on August 12, 2015. The meeting was played within the 1/16 of the Polish Cup. The match ended with the victory of our team 5:1. The next time we met with the club from Niepołomice was in the 2016/17 season, but this time within 1/8 of the same competition. In regular time and after overtime, the scoreboard showed 1:1. The match was decided by penalty kicks, after which Puszcza was promoted to the next round. The last meeting with Puszcza is the previously mentioned meeting played in the 1/8 Fortuna Polish Cup on February 9, 2021. The match ended with a 3:1 victory for the niepołomiczans.
REFEREES PANEL
The match Puszcza Niepołomice vs. Lechia Gdansk in the 5th round of PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa will be led by Marcin Kochanek from Opole. Last season he was a referee in two matches involving the White-Greens. In the match played as part of the 9th round of Fortuna 1 Liga with GKS Katowice, in which our team won 5:1, and in the lost match of the 30th round of Fortuna 1 Liga with Stal Rzeszów 2:4. Assistants on the line will be Marek Arys and Krzysztof Stępień. The technical referee will be Szymon Lężny. VAR will be operated by Piotr Lasyk and Krzysztof Myrmus.
WHERE TO WATCH THE MATCH?
The broadcast of this match will be available on TV on Canal+ Sport 3 and Canal+ Sport 5, in the application and on the Canal+Online website. The broadcast will start at 18:00. The match will be commented by Żelisław Żyżyński and Michał Trela.
