ZABRZE, Poland (Interstat) — Gornik Zabrze scored four goals inside the first 36 minutes and rolled to a 6-0 victory over BS Polonia Bytom on Thursday in a global football match. Gornik Zabrze led from the 16th minute and controlled the game through the final whistle, handing BS Polonia Bytom its second loss in the competition. The hosts scored four times before halftime and added two more after the break, keeping BS Polonia Bytom without a goal. The match was decided well before the final half-hour. The hosts never trailed.

The result left Gornik Zabrze with 1 win and 1 loss in the competition and 4 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws across all competitions. BS Polonia Bytom is now 0 wins and 2 losses in the competition and 5 wins and 3 losses across all competitions. Gornik Zabrze’s home win followed a 2-1 victory over Wieczysta Krakow and a scoreless draw with Legia in recent matches across all competitions. Gornik Zabrze had also beaten Piast Gliwice and Jagiellonia and drawn with Widzew Lodz and Piast Gliwice during the season. BS Polonia Bytom had won three of its previous four matches across competitions, including victories over Lechia Gdansk and Odra Opole, before the defeat. BS Polonia Bytom had also lost to Chrobry Glogow and Rakow while beating Skierniewice and MKS Puszcza Niepolomice.

Ksawery Semik was Gornik Zabrze’s top star, scoring three goals. He opened the scoring in the 16th minute and added another in the 21st minute. Zeidane Inoussa scored twice, finding the net in the 24th and 46th minutes. Jaroslaw Kubicki added Gornik Zabrze’s fourth goal in the 36th minute. Semik completed his hat trick with a goal in the 90th minute. Inoussa was substituted in the 76th minute after his two-goal performance. Gornik Zabrze also made substitutions in the 76th minute, with Dietz M., Warczak P., Khlan M. and Liseth S. entering the match. The scoring sequence put the hosts ahead before the match was 20 minutes old, and BS Polonia Bytom never recovered. Gornik Zabrze’s other substitutions came as the hosts managed the closing stages. Semik finished as the match’s top scorer.

Gornik Zabrze’s scoring began when Semik struck at 16 minutes. Semik scored again five minutes later to make it 2-0. Inoussa scored in the 24th minute, and Kubicki made it 4-0 in the 36th minute. Inoussa’s second goal came in the 46th minute, immediately after the restart, and Semik closed the scoring at 90 minutes. BS Polonia Bytom did not score and was shut out for the match. The visitors’ best chances did not produce a goal, and the match remained scoreless for them.

The visitors had entered the match with five wins and three losses across all competitions, but they were unable to contain Gornik Zabrze’s attack. Gornik Zabrze improved to 4 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws across all competitions. The home side’s competition record moved to 1 win and 1 loss after the victory. BS Polonia Bytom’s competition record fell to 0 wins and 2 losses after the defeat. Gornik Zabrze’s win came in front of its home supporters and marked a decisive response after the team’s previous competition result. The hosts made five changes in the 76th minute, a burst of substitutions that came after Inoussa’s second goal and before Semik’s late finish. Gornik Zabrze’s all-competitions record now includes four victories, one defeat and three draws, while BS Polonia Bytom’s overall mark stands at five wins and three losses.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Gornik Zabrze 1, Polonia Bytom 1 before the match was played. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Gornik Zabrze with a 95 percent probability to win.