Zaglebie take on visitors Korona Kielce in the starting match of Polish Ekstraklasa. The match will be played in Lubin on Dialog Arena on Sunday, July 17th.
Zaglebie won bronze medals of elite Polish division, taking 17 wins, nine draws and sufferings 11 defeats in 37 matches with 55-42 aggregate goal difference. The team played five sparring matches since the middle of June (three wins and two defeats) and have already advanced for the second qualifying round of Europa League, beating Slavia Sofia, 0-1, 3-0. The hosts of the match have already played the first leg of the second round, drawing on the road with Partizan Belgrade. Zaglebie played nine matches in 2016 in all competitions, taking six wins, one draw and two defeats.
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Korona finished in the lower part of the standings las season on 12th place with 10 wins, 15 draws and 12 defeats in 37 matches and 39-45 goal difference. The team played three friendlies before the upcoming season in Ekstraklasa, losing to AEK Athens, 0-2, drawing with Espana, 0-0 and beating Siarka, 3-1.
Zaglebie are in good conditions and gain positive results in both friendlies and eurocups after summer break. On top of that, they will have home-field advantage. The visitors, in turn, showed ambiguous results in sparrings and shouldn’t be able to resist in-form Zaglebie.
Prediction for the match: Zaglebie to win.