Yet another absorbing fixture in the Ekstraklasa. Warta Poznań is in the 12th position from participating in five matches. They greet Cracovia Kraków who are placed 5th from four games.
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.
Warta Poznań form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Warta Poznań have to build on here at Miejski Stadion Sportowy in the Ekstraklasa.
In their previous game, the manager Szulczek led his Poznań to a defeat away at Radomiak Radom. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Miejski Stadion Sportowy. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league matches. The defeat against Radomiak Radom was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored six minutes into stoppage time (by Rocha). The attacker Szmyt was named "man of the match" for Warta Poznań with a rating of 7.7/10. Szmyt scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Ruch Chorzów.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 Warta Poznań have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 8 and lost 4.
Poznań has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches.
Cracovia Kraków form and stats
Four points from two away games for Cracovia Kraków, meaning one draw and one victory in the Ekstraklasa so far.
There were no winners in Cracovia Kraków's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Piast Gliwice (placed 9th). The attacker Makuch got a match rating of 8.34 in that game. Makuch served one assist and hit three key passes.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Zagebie Lubin.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Cracovia Kraków in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Cracovia, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
It's early days yet, but Cracovia Kraków has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Warta Poznań wins - draws - Cracovia Kraków wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Szmyt 3 goals |  M. Żurawski 2 goals |   B. Källman 2 goals |
Warta Poznań missing players
Cracovia Kraków missing players
| Warta Poznań | Cracovia Kraków | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 5.5 |
| 6 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 7.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.8 | 10.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15 | 15.8 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
| 36% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 23% | 24% |
| 12.2 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 18 | 16.2 |
| 3.6 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| Warta Poznań | Last season | Cracovia Kraków | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Conceded | C | 25 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 65% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 79% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 41% | 35% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 9% | ||
| 6% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 6% | ||
| 38% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 41% | ||
| 35% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 24% | 35% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 29% | ||
| 4.2 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10.2 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Legia Warszawa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Zagebie Lubin | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Radomiak Radom | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Cracovia Kraków | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Rakow Czestochowa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Lech Poznan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Widzew Lodz | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Piast Gliwice | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Pogon Szczecin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | KS odz | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Warta Poznań | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Stal Mielec | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Gornik Zabrze | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Slask Wrocaw | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Ruch Chorzów | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Korona Kielce | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
