Ekstraklasa statistics and preview: Cracovia Kraków moderate front runner to overpower Miedź Legnica

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Mon 01.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

The home fans plan for a win in this match, and the home advantage could be decisive versus a stumbling visitor. Cracovia Kraków are in 7th place while the guesting Miedź Legnica lose sleep at 18th.

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Miedź Legnica have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ekstraklasa

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

7 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cracovia Kraków have to build on here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego in the Ekstraklasa.

A strong away win for Cracovia against Lechia Gdansk the last match, as Källman (2) were on target. The attacker Källman was announced as "man of the match" for Cracovia Kraków with the rating of 8.43/10. Källman scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Radomiak Radom.

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the most recent 11 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each side.

Cracovia has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Cracovia Kraków have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Miedź Legnica form and stats

There's been little loot from Miedź Legnica's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 14 away games in the Ekstraklasa. Miedź Legnica only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Miedź Legnica in their previous game as they lost hosting Rakow Czestochowa, 0-2.

Before that, Miedź Legnica travelled to Stal Mielec and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Legnica when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 0 and winning 3 games.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Miedź Legnica as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Miedź Legnica have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Miedź Legnica - Cracovia 1-1 was the output when this pair of contenders previously played each other, some time ago this season. Stats for the prior five meetings involving these two participants are: one win for Cracovia Kraków, three draws and one win for Miedź Legnica. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

Cracovia KrakówM. Rakoczy
M. Rakoczy
7 goals
Cracovia KrakówB. Källman
B. Källman
7 goals
Miedź LegnicaÁ. Henríquez Iturra
Á. Henríquez Iturra
7 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Miedź Legnica missing players

Cracovia Kraków Miedź Legnica
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
29 14 4 Played P 5 14 29
11 7 2 Won W 1 1 4
8 4 1 Drew D 1 3 9
10 3 1 Lost L 3 10 16
36 19 6 Scored S 6 12 28
29 8 2 Conceded C 8 24 46
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
79% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 72%
34% 29% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 48%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 21% 24%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 10%
41% 29% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 57% 59%
38% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 7% 10%
28% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 36% 34%
 
4.6 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.5 3.7
5.6 4.2 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.9 4.7
2.4 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 3.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 5
 
11.6 13.1 16 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.6 10.6
4 4.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.6 3.3
31% 31% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 24% 29%
 
10.6 8.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 15.7 14.2
3.4 2.8 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 5.6 5.4
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Miedź Legnica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Miedź Legnica have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Ekstraklasa
  • Miedź Legnica have the fewest points (6) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Miedź Legnica have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Ekstraklasa
  • Miedź Legnica haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rakow Czestochowa 29 21 5 3 56 19 14 13 1 0 36 7 15 8 4 3 20 12 37 68
2 Legia Warszawa 29 16 9 4 46 32 14 9 5 0 28 15 15 7 4 4 18 17 14 57
3 Pogoń Szczecin 29 14 8 7 47 41 14 7 4 3 24 20 15 7 4 4 23 21 6 50
4 Lech Poznan 29 13 10 6 41 28 14 7 2 5 20 14 15 6 8 1 21 14 13 49
5 Warta Poznan 29 12 8 9 34 26 15 5 6 4 19 15 14 7 2 5 15 11 8 44
6 Piast Gliwice 29 12 6 11 33 29 14 5 3 6 15 14 15 7 3 5 18 15 4 42
7 Cracovia Kraków 29 11 8 10 36 29 14 7 4 3 19 8 15 4 4 7 17 21 7 41
8 Widzew Lodz 29 10 8 11 34 36 15 5 3 7 20 22 14 5 5 4 14 14 -2 38
9 Jagiellonia Biaystok 29 8 12 9 42 39 14 7 2 5 25 19 15 1 10 4 17 20 3 36
10 Wisla Plock 29 10 6 13 39 40 15 8 3 4 22 14 14 2 3 9 17 26 -1 36
11 Gornik Zabrze 29 9 8 12 37 40 15 4 5 6 19 22 14 5 3 6 18 18 -3 35
12 Stal Mielec 29 9 8 12 33 37 14 4 6 4 15 13 15 5 2 8 18 24 -4 35
13 Radomiak Radom 29 9 8 12 28 34 15 4 4 7 14 18 14 5 4 5 14 16 -6 35
14 Korona Kielce 29 9 8 12 33 41 15 7 3 5 18 16 14 2 5 7 15 25 -8 35
15 Zagłębie Lubin 29 8 8 13 26 42 15 2 5 8 9 20 14 6 3 5 17 22 -16 32
16 Slask Wrocaw 29 7 10 12 26 40 14 4 6 4 16 19 15 3 4 8 10 21 -14 31
17 Lechia Gdansk 29 7 5 17 26 46 15 4 4 7 13 19 14 3 1 10 13 27 -20 26
18 Miedź Legnica 29 4 9 16 28 46 15 3 6 6 16 22 14 1 3 10 12 24 -18 21

Read more about Ekstraklasa

The Ekstraklasa, which carries the sponsorship name Lotto Ekstraklasa, is the top football league in Poland. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away to decide a regular season league table. The top eight teams then play a championship round while the bottom eight play a relegation round.