Ekstraklasa: Cracovia Kraków believed to get the better of Stal Mielec

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

There's been five days since Cracovia Kraków faced Legia Warszawa and the scoreline was 2-2. Can they get the points hosting Stal Mielec?

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Ekstraklasa
  • Stal Mielec have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Cracovia Kraków and Stal Mielec should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

Cracovia Kraków have collected 17 points from their Ekstraklasa home games so far after 5-2-3. Cracovia Kraków has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Cracovia drew their last game, 2-2 away at Legia Warszawa (placed 2nd). The versatile forward Rakoczy bested all teammates in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.62 out of 10. Rakoczy scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Cracovia Kraków lost 1-2 at Korona Kielce's place.

It should be considered that a glance at the 20 most recent league games reveals that 15 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).

Cracovia Kraków has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Cracovia are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 10 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stal Mielec form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Stal Mielec have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 294 minutes ago. Hamulic was the goal scorer.

Stal Mielec's last game was the home draw against Rakow Czestochowa (0-0). Defender Wlazło was the best team player with a rating of 7.61. Wlazło won 3 of 5 duels.

Prior to that match, the Stal Mielec manager Majewski faced defeat when travelling to Radomiak Radom and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Mielec playing away, we found 10 games. Results were 1 away win, 4 draws and 5 home wins.

Lacking goals? 8 of this club's most recent 10 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.

The visiting Stal Mielec have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 12 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Stal Mielec have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The fixture history shows this score when the teams faced each other previously this season; Stal Mielec - Cracovia 2-0. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: two - five - one (Cracovia Kraków wins - draws - Stal Mielec wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CracoviaM. Rakoczy
M. Rakoczy
5 goals
Cracovia KrakówB. Källman
B. Källman
5 goals
Stal MielecM. Domański
M. Domański
4 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Stal Mielec missing players

Cracovia Kraków Stal Mielec
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 10 20
8 5 2 Won W 0 4 8
5 2 2 Drew D 1 1 5
7 3 0 Lost L 2 5 7
23 12 7 Scored S 1 12 25
16 5 1 Conceded C 6 15 23
95% 90% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
75% 60% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 75%
20% 20% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 35%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 40% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
25% 10% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 30% 30%
45% 60% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 40%
35% 40% 25% Failed to Score F T 67% 40% 40%
 
4.5 5.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 2.5 3.8
5.6 4.3 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.9 6
2.5 2.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.7 1.7
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.1 11.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10 9.7
3.8 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.2 4
30% 31% 41% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 38% 31%
 
9.8 8.4 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.3 14.5 13.4
3 2.7 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 5.8 5.2
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 the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stal Mielec have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Stal Mielec have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stal Mielec have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stal Mielec 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 20 14 4 2 37 13 10 9 1 0 24 5 10 5 3 2 13 8 24 46
2 Legia Warszawa 19 11 5 3 29 22 9 7 2 0 17 8 10 4 3 3 12 14 7 38
3 Lech Poznan 20 10 6 4 24 17 10 5 1 4 10 10 10 5 5 0 14 7 7 36
4 Widzew Lodz 20 9 5 6 26 21 10 4 3 3 16 13 10 5 2 3 10 8 5 32
5 Pogon Szczecin 20 8 6 6 32 32 9 4 3 2 14 13 11 4 3 4 18 19 0 30
6 Stal Mielec 20 8 5 7 25 23 10 4 4 2 13 8 10 4 1 5 12 15 2 29
7 Cracovia Kraków 19 8 4 7 21 14 10 5 2 3 12 5 9 3 2 4 9 9 7 28
8 Wisla Plock 19 8 4 7 29 26 9 6 1 2 15 7 10 2 3 5 14 19 3 28
9 Radomiak Radom 20 8 4 8 22 23 10 4 1 5 13 14 10 4 3 3 9 9 -1 28
10 Warta Poznan 18 7 5 6 19 17 9 1 4 4 7 12 9 6 1 2 12 5 2 26
11 Slask Wrocaw 20 6 7 7 20 26 11 3 5 3 13 16 9 3 2 4 7 10 -6 25
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 20 5 8 7 29 28 10 5 1 4 19 14 10 0 7 3 10 14 1 23
13 Gornik Zabrze 20 5 7 8 27 31 11 2 4 5 13 18 9 3 3 3 14 13 -4 22
14 Lechia Gdansk 20 6 4 10 20 31 10 3 3 4 7 13 10 3 1 6 13 18 -11 22
15 Piast Gliwice 20 5 5 10 21 24 9 2 2 5 10 11 11 3 3 5 11 13 -3 20
16 Zagebie Lubin 20 5 5 10 17 31 11 1 4 6 7 16 9 4 1 4 10 15 -14 20
17 Korona Kielce 20 4 5 11 22 31 9 2 2 5 9 12 11 2 3 6 13 19 -9 17
18 Miedz Legnica 19 3 5 11 20 30 10 2 4 4 11 15 9 1 1 7 9 15 -10 14

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.