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Ekstraliga 2020 Round-Up: Stats Special

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20th March 2024

Laguta, Zmarzlik, Sayfutdinov lead 2020 numbers

It’s only been a few weeks since the season finished in Europe’s major leagues, notably the Ekstraliga, but headlines continue to be made in the Speedway world.

Emil Sayfutdinov and Artem Laguta starred as Russia retained their Speedway of Nations title in an abandoned meeting at Lublin. After tying with Poland on 23 points, Russia earned the victory after GKM Grudziadz’ Laguta rounded Szymon Wozniak (Stal Gorzow) to secure a 5-4 heat victory over their Polish counterparts in heat eight.

In club news, back-to-back World Champion Bartosz Zmarzlik has re-signed for Stal Gorzow for 2021, bringing his stay at the current Ekstraliga runners-up to 11 seasons.

Elsewhere, Czestochowa’s Jason Doyle won his 3rd consecutive Peter Craven Memorial Trophy at Belle Vue, ahead of Sparta Wroclaw’s Dan Bewley and Brady Kurtz (Unia Leszno). Bewley had previously gone one better as he took home the British Under-21 title with a 15-point maximum in a shortened meeting at Berwick.

Finally, Bewley’s Sparta Wroclaw team-mate Oliver Berntzon has switched his allegiance in Sweden, making the change from Dackerna to Lejonen.

We miss Ekstraliga Speedway, so we’ve put together a collection of stats from the 2020 campaign to fill the void for your enjoyment.

Top 10 Riders Averages (Per Ride inc. BP)

1) Emil Sayfutdinov	2.523
2) Artem Laguta	2.479
3) Bartosz Zmarzlik	2.430
4) Leon Madsen	2.206
5) Martin Vaculik	2.178
6) Tai Woffinden	2.169
7) Maciej Janowski	2.160
8) Grigorij Laguta	2.157
9) Matej Zagar	2.068
10) Nicki Pedersen	2.057

Top 10 Riders Averages (Per Ride Exc. BP)

1) Artem Laguta	2.466
2) Emil Sayfutdinov	2.341
3) Bartosz Zmarzlik	2.333
4) Leon Madsen	2.103
5) Martin Vaculik	2.089
6) Grigorij Laguta	2.029
7) Tai Woffinden	2.012
8) Nicki Pedersen	1.971
9) Maciej Janowski	1.968
10) Robert Lambert	1.893

Top 10 Riders by Points-per-meeting

1) Artem Laguta	12.86
2) Bartosz Zmarzlik	12.76
3) Emil Sayfutdinov	11.44
4) Leon Madsen	11
5= Tai Woffinden	10.44
5= Martin Vaculik	10.44
7) Maciej Janowski	10.28
8= Grigorij Laguta	10.14
8= Robert Lambert	10.14
10) Nicki Pedersen	9.86

Top 10 Points Scorers (Exc. Play-offs)

1) Artem Laguta	180
2) Bartosz Zmarzlik	173
3) Emil Sayfutdinov	164
4) Maciej Janowski	152
5) Tai Woffinden	147
6) Martin Vaculik	145
7) Leon Madsen	143
8= Robert Lambert	142
8= Grigorij Laguta
10) Nicki Pedersen	138

Top 10 Points Scorers (Inc. Play-offs)

1) Bartosz Zmarzlik	217
2) Emil Sayfutdinov	206
3) Martin Vaculik	188
4) Maciej Janowski	185
5) Artem Laguta	180
6) Tai Woffinden	167
7) Piotr Pawlicki	160
8) Patryk Dudek	156
9) Anders Thomsen	153
10) Leon Madsen	143

Top Bonus Point Scorers

1) Jaimon Lidsey	24
2= Maciej Janowski	18
2= Gleb Chuganov
2= Matej Zagar
2= Janusz Kolodziej
2= Dominik Kubera
7) Szymon Wozniak	17
8= Max Fricke	16
8= Emil Sayfutdinov
8= Patryk Dudek
8= Piotr Protasiewicz

Top 10 Race Wins (Individual)

1) Bartosz Zmarzlik	55
3= Emil Sayfutdinov	47
2) Artem Laguta	46
4) Martin Vaculik	44
5) Maciej Janowski	35
6= Grigorij Laguta	32
6= Piotr Pawlicki
7) Leon Madsen	28
8= Nicki Pedersen	27
8= Patryk Dudek

Top Individual Meeting Scores

1= Martin Vaculik (3rd-4th P/O v Sparta Wroclaw)	18
1= Artem Laguta (Wk1 v Czestochowa)
1= Bartosz Zmarzlik (Wk9 v Motor Lublin)
1= Matej Zagar (Wk10 v Unia Leszno)
5) Bartosz Zmarzlik (Wk6 v Sparta Wroclaw)	17+1
6) Bartosz Zmarzlik (Final, 1st leg v Unia Leszno)	16+1
7) Artem Laguta (Wk5 v Sparta Wroclaw)	16
8) Anders Thomsen (Wk6 v Sparta Wroclaw)	15+1
9= Grigorij Laguta (Wk8 v Sparta Wroclaw)	15
9= Artem Laguta (Wk2 v ROW Rybnik)
9= Martin Vaculik (Wk7 v Motor Lublin)
9= Robert Lambert (Wk5 v Unia Leszno)
9= Bartosz Zmarzlik (Wk13 v Sparta Wroclaw)
9= Martin Vaculik (Wk6 v Unia Leszno)
9= Bartosz Zmarzlik (P/O Semi 2nd leg v Unia Leszno)

Biggest Winning Margins

1) UNIA LESZNO v Row Rybnik	65-25
2) SPARTA WROCLAW v ROW Rybnik	63-27
3= Row Rybnik v CZESTOCHOWA	60-30
3= UNIA LESZNO v GKM Grudziadz
5) UNIA LESZNO v Stal Gorzow	59-30
5= MOTOR LUBLIN v ROW Rybnik	59-31
5= Zielona Gora v CZESTOCHOWA
7= MOTOR LUBLIN v GKM Grudziadz	58-32
7= GKM GRUDZIADZ v ROW Rybnik
9= STAL GORZOW v GKM Grudziadz	57-33
9= ZIELONA GORA v ROW Rybnik
9= UNIA LESZNO v Zielona Gora

Top 10 Aggregate Wins

1) UNIA LESZNO v ROW Rybnik	121-59
2) SPARTA WROCLAW v ROW Rybnik	114-66
3) MOTOR LUBLIN v Row Rybnik	111-69
4) ZIELONA GORA v ROW Rybnik	110-70
5= CZESTOCHOWA v ROW Rybnik	109-71
5= GKM GRUDZIADZ v ROW Rybnik
7) UNIA LESZNO v GKM Grudziadz	108-72
8) SPARTA WROCLAW v GKM Grudziadz	107-73
9) UNIA LESZNO v Stal Gorzow	104-76
10= UNIA LESZNO v Czestochowa	103-77
10= UNIA LESZNO v Zielona Gora (P/O)

Most 5-1s Scored

1) Unia Leszno	71 (inc. one 5-0)
2) Sparta Wroclaw	59
3) Stal Gorzow	46
4) Zielona Gora	38 (inc. one 5-0)
5) Motor Lublin	36
6) Czestochowa	34
7) GKM Grudziadz	25
8) ROW Rybnik	6

Most 5-1s Conceded

1) ROW Rybnik	58 (inc. one 5-0)
2) Zielona Gora	48
3) Stal Gorzow	42 (inc. one 5-0)
4) Sparta Wroclaw	39
5) Unia Leszno	30
6) Motor Lublin	29
7) GKM Grudziadz	27
8) Czestochowa	19

We hope you enjoyed this article ‘Ekstraliga 2020 Round-Up: Stats Special’. Do you have any favourite memories of the Ekstraliga season? Let us know!

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Daniel Frazer

Working as a matchday data statistician and editor for Newport City Radio, I can't get enough of football. Dedicated to bringing fresh perspective and passionate opinion on the hot topics, I love hearing what the fans have to say. While a general follower of all sports, my alternate real loves are for Speedway and Tenpin Bowling. Follow me on @DanielFrazer7 on Twitter to chat all things sport!