Evenly matched teams: Cracovia Kraków vs Lechia Gdańsk match preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 11.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

This has the potential to be an intriguing fixture as Cracovia Kraków have their expected home advantage, while Lechia Gdańsk lead them by 9 points in the Ekstraklasa table.

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lechia Gdańsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

This should be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Cracovia Kraków at their home stadium (Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

Cracovia Kraków drew their last game, also a home match. Lech Poznan (placed 1st) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. The talented striker Hanca edged out all the other footballers in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.64 out of 10. Hanca served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that match, a win away at Slask Wrocaw.

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 Kraków have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost five.

The Cracovia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cracovia Kraków defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

The visitors are W3-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Lechia are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Lechia Gdańsk are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Slask Wrocaw (placed 10th). Midfielder Durmus was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.2. Durmus served one assist, hit six key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Wisla Plock's place.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Lechia Gdańsk playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were three Lechia Gdańsk wins, five draws and three defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Lechia Gdańsk's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. In the opposite end, Lechia Gdańsk have conceded 15 goals in their away games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head meeting ended Lechia Gdańsk - Cracovia Kraków 3-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cracovia six wins, one draw and Lechia Gdańsk three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
8 goals
Lechia GdańskŁ. Zwoliński
Ł. Zwoliński
7 goals
Lechia GdańskF. Lopes Paixão
F. Lopes Paixão
6 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Cracovia Kraków Lechia Gdańsk
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 4 10 20
7 4 1 Won W 0 3 10
6 3 2 Drew D 3 4 6
7 3 1 Lost L 1 3 4
28 16 7 Scored S 5 16 35
29 15 7 Conceded C 6 15 23
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 90% 85%
50% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 50%
20% 30% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 40% 35%
15% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 20% 10%
60% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 50% 55%
20% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 30% 35%
20% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 20% 10%
 
4.8 5.9 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 8.5 7.3 7.5
4.3 4.5 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.2 5.3
2.2 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.2 9.2 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.9 13.9
4.4 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.2 5.5
32% 37% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 31% 32%
 
10.8 10.1 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 13 11.9
4.3 4.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5.2 4.5
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lechia Gdańsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lech Poznan 20 12 6 2 40 16 10 8 2 0 23 3 10 4 4 2 17 13 24 42
2 Pogon Szczecin 20 11 7 2 37 16 9 7 2 0 24 7 11 4 5 2 13 9 21 40
3 Rakow Czestochowa 20 11 5 4 38 22 10 6 3 1 23 8 10 5 2 3 15 14 16 38
4 Lechia Gdańsk 20 10 6 4 35 23 10 7 2 1 19 8 10 3 4 3 16 15 12 36
5 Radomiak Radom 20 9 9 2 29 17 10 5 5 0 16 9 10 4 4 2 13 8 12 36
6 Gornik Zabrze 20 9 4 7 29 27 10 5 2 3 15 12 10 4 2 4 14 15 2 31
7 Wisla Plock 20 9 3 8 30 27 10 8 2 0 17 3 10 1 1 8 13 24 3 30
8 Stal Mielec 20 7 7 6 27 28 11 6 2 3 16 14 9 1 5 3 11 14 -1 28
9 Cracovia Kraków 20 7 6 7 28 29 10 4 3 3 16 15 10 3 3 4 12 14 -1 27
10 Slask Wrocaw 20 6 6 8 30 32 9 3 4 2 12 11 11 3 2 6 18 21 -2 24
11 Jagiellonia Biaystok 20 6 6 8 25 33 10 4 4 2 16 12 10 2 2 6 9 21 -8 24
12 Piast Gliwice 20 6 5 9 26 28 11 4 2 5 17 18 9 2 3 4 9 10 -2 23
13 Wisa Krakow 20 6 3 11 21 32 9 4 1 4 11 11 11 2 2 7 10 21 -11 21
14 Zagebie Lubin 20 6 2 12 21 39 10 4 1 5 14 16 10 2 1 7 7 23 -18 20
15 Gornik eczna 20 4 7 9 20 37 10 2 4 4 10 19 10 2 3 5 10 18 -17 19
16 Legia Warszawa 19 6 0 13 22 31 9 4 0 5 12 13 10 2 0 8 10 18 -9 18
17 Warta Poznan 20 3 8 9 15 25 11 1 6 4 7 13 9 2 2 5 8 12 -10 17
18 Nieciecza 19 3 6 10 22 33 10 3 3 4 16 19 9 0 3 6 6 14 -11 15

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.