Widzew Łódź v Korona Kielce — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Ekstraklasa · Saturday, 15 August 2026 · 19:15. Final score 1–2 (half-time 1–2). Before kick-off we rated it 53% under 2.5 goals — the match finished with 3, so that call missed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals48%52%Under
Over 3.5 goals25%75%no pick
Both teams to score57%43%Yes

The result model puts Widzew Łódź at 48%, the draw at 25% and Korona Kielce at 27%, from expected goals of 1.6 and 1.14.

Bookmaker prices and where we differ

MarketPriceImpliedOur ratingEdge
Over 2.5 goals2.1045%48%+3%
Under 2.5 goals1.7055%52%-3%
Both teams to score1.9150%57%+7%

Implied percentages have the bookmaker's margin removed, so they add to 100 and can be compared with our rating directly. Edge is simply the gap between the two. A positive edge means our model thinks the outcome is likelier than the price suggests — it is not a tip, and a high probability with a negative edge is a poor bet however safe it looks. Prices are a pre-match snapshot from a single bookmaker and move constantly.

Match odds: Widzew Łódź 1.95, draw 3.10, Korona Kielce 3.80.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Ekstraklasa has produced over 2.5 goals in 53% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Widzew Łódź have 1 in 3 this season (1 of 1 at home), Korona Kielce 0 in 2 (0 of 1 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 32 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 53% and 49%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 3 and 2 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 14 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. That moves the two figures to 48% and 40%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 46%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 50%. That nudges the number 10% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 46%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 52%, from expected goals of 1.6 for Widzew Łódź and 1.14 for Korona Kielce. Folding in 30% of that view gives 48%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Widzew Łódź333%33%33%
Korona Kielce20%0%50%

Head to head

15 May 26Korona Kielce 1–0 Widzew ŁódźU2.5
23 Nov 25Widzew Łódź 1–3 Korona KielceO2.5
11 Apr 25Korona Kielce 2–1 Widzew ŁódźO2.5
4 Oct 24Widzew Łódź 0–1 Korona KielceU2.5
1 Apr 24Widzew Łódź 3–1 Korona KielceO2.5
22 Sept 23Korona Kielce 1–1 Widzew ŁódźU2.5

More: Widzew Łódź season stats · Korona Kielce season stats · Ekstraklasa table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.