Ekstraklasa preview: Can Cracovia Kraków edge out victory against Górnik Zabrze?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Date: Sun 06.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

It's advantage Cracovia Kraków so far with their 2nd position in the Ekstraklasa table, welcoming Górnik Zabrze who are placed 10th.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

Cracovia Kraków have collected 9 points from their Ekstraklasa home games so far after 3-0-2.

Happy days for Cracovia Kraków in their previous game, a Ekstraklasa match away at Wisła Kraków (placed 11th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the 4-2 home victory against Jagiellonia Białystok.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cracovia Kraków have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

Cracovia Kraków have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego with 8 goals in 5 league matches. Cracovia Kraków's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ekstraklasa home defeat versus Lech Poznań with 1-3 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Polonia Sroda at their stadium, the result 6-0.

Górnik Zabrze are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of ten matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Górnik Zabrze as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Górnik Zabrze have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cracovia Kraków-Górnik Zabrze H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cracovia Kraków 6 wins, Górnik Zabrze 2 wins, 2 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Angulo
24 goals / 3 assists

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Cracovia Kraków Górnik Zabrze
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
10 5 1 Played P 1 5 10
6 3 1 Won W 0 0 3
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 2 0 Lost L 0 3 4
16 8 2 Scored S 1 3 9
10 5 0 Conceded C 1 7 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 50%
60% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 30%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
70% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 60% 40%
30% 40% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 30%
 
4.9 6.6 9 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.4 4.9
5.2 3.6 0 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 6.4 6.1
2.3 1.6 4 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.4 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Górnik Zabrze have scored away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Górnik Zabrze have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Górnik Zabrze have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Górnik Zabrze have yet to win a game away.
  • Górnik Zabrze haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Cracovia Kraków
01-09-19 EK Lech Poznań 1 - 2 Cracovia Kraków
16-09-19 EK Cracovia Kraków 2 - 0 Piast Gliwice
22-09-19 EK Cracovia Kraków 1 - 2 Legia Warszawa
25-09-19 PC Cracovia Kraków 4 - 2 Jagiellonia Białystok
29-09-19 EK Wisła Kraków 0 - 1 Cracovia Kraków
06-10-19 EK Cracovia Kraków 13:00 Górnik Zabrze
19-10-19 EK Jagiellonia Białystok 18:00 Cracovia Kraków
26-10-19 EK Cracovia Kraków - Pogoń Szczecin
30-10-19 PC Bytovia Bytow - Cracovia Kraków
02-11-19 EK Cracovia Kraków - Lechia Gdańsk
Górnik Zabrze
30-08-19 EK Arka Gdynia 1 - 0 Górnik Zabrze
15-09-19 EK Górnik Zabrze 0 - 0 Śląsk Wrocław
22-09-19 EK Pogoń Szczecin 1 - 1 Górnik Zabrze
25-09-19 PC Polonia Sroda 0 - 6 Górnik Zabrze
28-09-19 EK Górnik Zabrze 1 - 3 Lech Poznań
06-10-19 EK Cracovia Kraków 13:00 Górnik Zabrze
20-10-19 EK Górnik Zabrze 15:30 ŁKS Łódź
26-10-19 EK Lechia Gdańsk - Górnik Zabrze
30-10-19 PC ŁKS Łódź - Górnik Zabrze
02-11-19 EK Górnik Zabrze - Piast Gliwice

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pogoń Szczecin 10 6 3 1 13 7 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 3 2 0 7 4 6 21
2 Cracovia Kraków 10 6 1 3 16 10 5 3 0 2 8 5 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 19
3 Lechia Gdańsk 10 5 4 1 13 8 5 2 3 0 6 3 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 19
4 Śląsk Wrocław 10 4 5 1 14 10 4 2 2 0 9 7 6 2 3 1 5 3 4 17
5 Legia Warszawa 10 5 2 3 13 10 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 17
6 Jagiellonia Białystok 10 4 4 2 17 11 5 2 1 2 8 7 5 2 3 0 9 4 6 16
7 Wisła Płock 10 5 1 4 11 17 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 2 0 3 4 12 -6 16
8 Lech Poznań 10 4 3 3 17 13 4 1 1 2 7 6 6 3 2 1 10 7 4 15
9 Piast Gliwice 10 4 3 3 10 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 5 2 1 2 5 4 2 15
10 Górnik Zabrze 10 3 3 4 9 10 5 3 1 1 6 3 5 0 2 3 3 7 -1 12
11 Wisła Kraków 10 3 2 5 13 11 5 3 0 2 9 4 5 0 2 3 4 7 2 11
12 Zagłębie Lubin 9 2 3 4 16 16 5 2 2 1 10 6 4 0 1 3 6 10 0 9
13 Raków Częstochowa 10 3 0 7 11 16 6 2 0 4 8 10 4 1 0 3 3 6 -5 9
14 Arka Gdynia 10 2 3 5 7 14 5 1 3 1 2 4 5 1 0 4 5 10 -7 9
15 Korona Kielce 10 2 2 6 5 13 5 1 1 3 3 6 5 1 1 3 2 7 -8 8
16 ŁKS Łódź 9 1 1 7 7 18 5 0 1 4 4 10 4 1 0 3 3 8 -11 4

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