1. Liga preview: Can Wisła Kraków edge out victory against ŁKS Łódź?

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Competition: Poland 1. Liga
Competition: Fri 07.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana (33500 seats)

ŁKS Łódź travel to Wisła Kraków and Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana packed with hope and confidence, but the hosts is no muppet. More info on the match here!

Insights:
  • Wisła Kraków have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in 1. Liga
  • ŁKS Łódź have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Wisła Kraków form and stats

The total 1. Liga results at home this season for Wisła Kraków are 3-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Kraków.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Wisła Kraków, who played 0-0 against ŁKS Łódź. That match was also played at this venue (Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana).

Prior to that, an away loss at Chojniczanka Chojnice.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Wisła Kraków have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 6 and lost 4.

Kraków have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana with 9 goals in 6 league matches. From these home matches, Wisła Kraków have conceded only 5 goals.

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ŁKS Łódź form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Liga travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Łódź has showed their ability to avoid defeat with four draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 32 days ago, in the Gornik eczna fixture.

ŁKS Łódź are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Wisła Kraków (placed 9th).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Zagebie Sosnowiec.

Łódź are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 7 matches.

A tale of few goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league rounds have had zero, one or two goals.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, ŁKS Łódź has managed {5 goals} and let in 5 from 5 matches.

Head 2 Head

Wisła Kraków have been victorious in every one of the 6 most recent duels versus this side. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

ŁKS ŁódźJ. Ruiz López
J. Ruiz López
6 goals
Wisła KrakówL. Fernández Teijeiro
L. Fernández Teijeiro
5 goals
KrakówM. Żyro
M. Żyro
3 goals

Wisła Kraków missing players

ŁKS Łódź missing players

Wisła Kraków ŁKS Łódź
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 4 Played P 4 6 13
5 3 2 Won W 2 2 6
3 3 1 Drew D 1 2 4
5 1 1 Lost L 1 2 3
15 9 6 Scored S 5 5 16
13 5 5 Conceded C 4 5 12
85% 71% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
62% 57% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 33% 69%
46% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 17% 23%
15% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 17% 15%
8% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 15%
46% 43% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 46%
46% 57% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 31%
23% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 31%
 
6.7 6.1 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.2 4.5
4.5 3.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5 4.8
2.4 2.9 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.9 12 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.8 7.8 8.8
4.2 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 3.9
27% 30% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 31%
 
9 6.1 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 10.2 10.2
3.6 2.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.8 3.1
Key stats in 1. Liga this season:
  • Wisła Kraków have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in 1. Liga
  • ŁKS Łódź have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ruch Chorzow 12 7 4 1 17 9 7 4 3 0 10 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 8 25
2 Puszcza Niepoomice 12 7 2 3 18 13 7 5 2 0 13 5 5 2 0 3 5 8 5 23
3 ŁKS Łódź 12 6 3 3 16 12 7 4 2 1 11 7 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 21
4 Arka Gdynia 12 6 2 4 19 13 5 1 2 2 10 7 7 5 0 2 9 6 6 20
5 Katowice 12 5 4 3 15 11 5 1 3 1 7 6 7 4 1 2 8 5 4 19
6 Nieciecza 12 4 6 2 20 17 7 3 3 1 13 11 5 1 3 1 7 6 3 18
7 Chrobry Gogow 12 5 3 4 20 20 6 1 2 3 7 10 6 4 1 1 13 10 0 18
8 Stal Rzeszow 12 5 2 5 21 17 7 4 1 2 17 11 5 1 1 3 4 6 4 17
9 Wisła Kraków 12 5 2 5 15 13 6 3 2 1 9 5 6 2 0 4 6 8 2 17
10 Podbeskidzie 12 5 2 5 14 16 6 1 1 4 2 5 6 4 1 1 12 11 -2 17
11 Zagebie Sosnowiec 12 4 4 4 12 12 5 3 1 1 6 4 7 1 3 3 6 8 0 16
12 Tychy 71 12 4 3 5 19 19 5 2 1 2 7 7 7 2 2 3 12 12 0 15
13 Chojniczanka Chojnice 13 3 5 5 16 20 7 3 2 2 9 9 6 0 3 3 7 11 -4 14
14 SKRA Czestochowa 12 4 2 6 8 12 6 2 1 3 4 5 6 2 1 3 4 7 -4 14
15 Gornik eczna 12 2 5 5 18 19 6 2 3 1 12 9 6 0 2 4 6 10 -1 11
16 Resovia Rzeszow 12 2 5 5 13 18 6 1 1 4 4 9 6 1 4 1 9 9 -5 11
17 Odra Opole 12 3 2 7 14 22 7 2 1 4 8 11 5 1 1 3 6 11 -8 11
18 Sandecja Nowy Sącz 13 1 6 6 9 21 4 1 0 3 2 8 9 0 6 3 7 13 -12 9

Read more about 1. Liga

The I Liga (“Pierwsza liga”), also known by the sponsorship name Fortuna I Liga, is the second level of Polish football. It has 18 teams meeting each other home and away. After these fixtures the final league table is ready, with the top two teams promoted. The bottom three are relegated while the team in 15th place must play a relegation playoff.