Delightful dogfight as daring Legia Warszawa duel with determined Cracovia Kraków

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 12.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Tense top table thriller in Ekstraklasa as Cracovia Kraków have travelled the 124 miles necessary to duel with Legia Warszawa at their Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego.

Insights:
  • Legia Warszawa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Ekstraklasa

Legia Warszawa and Cracovia Kraków 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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Legia Warszawa form and stats

7-2-0 is the performance here at Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego so far in the Ekstraklasa, giving Legia Warszawa a total of 23 from their 9 games here. Outstanding results! Two home wins in a row for Legia Warszawa bring valid hopes of a third.

Warszawa are returning here after visiting Zagebie Lubin and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Wszołek and Muçi scored the goal(s). Josué (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.83/10. Josué signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and had 73 successful passes (of 90 total).

Before that game, the 3-2 home victory against Korona Kielce.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Legia Warszawa handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Legia Warszawa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego with 17 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Legia Warszawa have conceded only 8 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cracovia Kraków playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season. Cracovia seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Cracovia Kraków play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Korona Kielce (placed 17th). Midfield player Knap was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.34/10. Knap scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Before that, Cracovia Kraków secured a home win against Gornik Zabrze with the score 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Cracovia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Low-scoring game? 10 of this side's latest 11 league matches have contained two or less goals.

{9 goals} so far away for Cracovia Kraków, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 9. All from 9 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

The newest past match involving both these sides is the Cracovia Kraków - Legia Warszawa 3-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): Legia Warszawa won five games, two matches ended with a draw and Cracovia Kraków got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.

Top Goalscorers

Legia WarszawaJ. Soares Pesqueira
J. Soares Pesqueira
6 goals
Legia WarszawaF. Mladenović
F. Mladenović
5 goals
Cracovia KrakówB. Källman
B. Källman
5 goals

Legia Warszawa missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Legia Warszawa Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 1 9 19
11 7 0 Won W 0 3 8
5 2 1 Drew D 0 2 4
3 0 0 Lost L 1 4 7
29 17 1 Scored S 0 9 21
22 8 1 Conceded C 2 9 14
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
74% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 74%
53% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 16%
26% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
16% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 21%
37% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 47%
21% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 37%
 
5.8 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.7 4.6
4.8 4.6 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.6 5.4
2.7 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.9 15.1 19 Shots (avg) S ( 9 10 10.9
4.5 5.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.9 3.9
34% 36% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 28%
 
10.5 10.2 14 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.1 9.2
4.1 3.6 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.1 2.9
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have the most matches under the total-line (16) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Legia Warszawa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Legia Warszawa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Legia Warszawa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Legia Warszawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Rakow Czestochowa 19 14 3 2 37 13 10 9 1 0 24 5 9 5 2 2 13 8 24 45
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 19 9 6 4 23 17 10 5 1 4 10 10 9 4 5 0 13 7 6 33
4 Widzew Lodz 19 9 4 6 26 21 10 4 3 3 16 13 9 5 1 3 10 8 5 31
5 Pogon Szczecin 19 8 6 5 32 30 9 4 3 2 14 13 10 4 3 3 18 17 2 30
6 Cracovia Kraków 19 8 4 7 21 14 10 5 2 3 12 5 9 3 2 4 9 9 7 28
7 Wisla Plock 18 8 4 6 29 25 8 6 1 1 15 6 10 2 3 5 14 19 4 28
8 Stal Mielec 19 8 4 7 25 23 9 4 3 2 13 8 10 4 1 5 12 15 2 28
9 Radomiak Radom 19 8 3 8 22 23 10 4 1 5 13 14 9 4 2 3 9 9 -1 27
10 Warta Poznan 18 7 5 6 19 17 9 1 4 4 7 12 9 6 1 2 12 5 2 26
11 Śląsk Wrocław 19 6 6 7 19 25 10 3 4 3 12 15 9 3 2 4 7 10 -6 24
12 Gornik Zabrze 19 5 6 8 27 31 10 2 3 5 13 18 9 3 3 3 14 13 -4 21
13 Lechia Gdansk 19 6 3 10 20 31 9 3 2 4 7 13 10 3 1 6 13 18 -11 21
14 Jagiellonia Biaystok 19 4 8 7 27 28 9 4 1 4 17 14 10 0 7 3 10 14 -1 20
15 Zagebie Lubin 19 5 5 9 17 29 10 1 4 5 7 14 9 4 1 4 10 15 -12 20
16 Piast Gliwice 19 4 5 10 19 24 9 2 2 5 10 11 10 2 3 5 9 13 -5 17
17 Korona Kielce 19 4 4 11 21 30 9 2 2 5 9 12 10 2 2 6 12 18 -9 16
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.