Cracovia Kraków v Widzew Lodz betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego: Prepare for a football festivity when Cracovia Kraków welcome Widzew Lodz. Get the latest news on the match at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Cracovia Kraków and Widzew Lodz 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

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Cracovia Kraków have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

In their previous game, the manager Zielinski led his Cracovia Kraków to a defeat away at Raków Częstochowa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego. The attacking player Rakoczy won the honour of being "man of the match" for Cracovia with the rating of 7.23/10. Rakoczy scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Cracovia Kraków played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Warta Poznan.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cracovia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 6.

Cracovia Kraków are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. 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 7 from 12 matches.

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. One point away has become something of a habit for Widzew Lodz who have played out draws in their last three away games.

Widzew's previous game was their home loss versus Lech Poznań (1-2). Żyro, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Żyro hit one key pass and won 8 of 14 duels.

Before that, Widzew Lodz travelled to Wisła Płock and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Widzew Lodz in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Widzew Lodz, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Widzew Lodz find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Widzew as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The latest recorded result featuring both these teams is the Widzew Lodz - Cracovia Kraków 2-0 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Cracovia wins - draws - Widzew Lodz wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 9 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Widzew LodzB. Pawłowski
B. Pawłowski
8 goals
Cracovia KrakówM. Rakoczy
M. Rakoczy
6 goals
Widzew LodzJ. Sánchez Ribas
J. Sánchez Ribas
6 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Widzew Lodz missing players

Cracovia Kraków Widzew Lodz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 5 Played P 4 12 25
9 6 2 Won W 2 5 10
7 3 2 Drew D 2 4 7
9 3 1 Lost L 0 3 8
28 15 7 Scored S 6 13 31
24 7 3 Conceded C 2 11 28
92% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 88%
76% 67% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 72%
28% 25% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 42% 48%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 16%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
36% 25% 20% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 44%
40% 50% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 44%
32% 33% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 24%
 
4.3 5.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.9 5.2
5.7 4.2 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.6 5
2.6 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 12.2 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 12.8 13.4
3.6 3.9 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 4.4
31% 32% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 26% 28%
 
10.4 8.4 10.6 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 14 12.2
3.2 2.8 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.9 4.2
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 won significantly more corners at home than 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 Raków Częstochowa 25 19 4 2 51 16 13 12 1 0 34 7 12 7 3 2 17 9 35 61
2 Legia Warszawa 25 15 7 3 39 26 12 8 4 0 23 12 13 7 3 3 16 14 13 52
3 Lech Poznań 25 12 7 6 34 23 12 6 1 5 16 12 13 6 6 1 18 11 11 43
4 Pogoń Szczecin 25 11 7 7 37 35 12 5 4 3 17 16 13 6 3 4 20 19 2 40
5 Warta Poznan 25 10 7 8 30 23 13 3 6 4 15 14 12 7 1 4 15 9 7 37
6 Widzew Lodz 25 10 7 8 31 28 13 5 3 5 18 17 12 5 4 3 13 11 3 37
7 Cracovia Kraków 25 9 7 9 28 24 12 6 3 3 15 7 13 3 4 6 13 17 4 34
8 Wisła Płock 25 9 5 11 34 34 12 7 2 3 17 9 13 2 3 8 17 25 0 32
9 Radomiak Radom 25 9 5 11 26 29 13 4 2 7 13 17 12 5 3 4 13 12 -3 32
10 Piast Gliwice 25 8 6 11 27 27 12 3 3 6 13 14 13 5 3 5 14 13 0 30
11 Stal Mielec 25 8 6 11 27 31 12 4 4 4 13 11 13 4 2 7 14 20 -4 30
12 Slask Wrocaw 25 7 9 9 25 34 13 4 6 3 16 18 12 3 3 6 9 16 -9 30
13 Zagebie Lubin 25 8 6 11 24 36 13 2 4 7 9 18 12 6 2 4 15 18 -12 30
14 Jagiellonia Biaystok 25 6 11 8 35 34 13 6 2 5 24 19 12 0 9 3 11 15 1 29
15 Gornik Zabrze 25 7 7 11 32 38 13 3 4 6 16 21 12 4 3 5 16 17 -6 28
16 Korona Kielce 25 7 6 12 27 37 12 5 2 5 13 13 13 2 4 7 14 24 -10 27
17 Lechia Gdansk 25 7 4 14 25 42 12 4 3 5 12 16 13 3 1 9 13 26 -17 25
18 Miedz Legnica 25 4 7 14 25 40 13 3 5 5 14 18 12 1 2 9 11 22 -15 19

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.