Cracovia Kraków vs Legia Warszawa: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 22.November
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Struggling Cracovia Kraków will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Legia Warszawa in the upcoming league round. It’s 11th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

3-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Cracovia Kraków so far this season. Cracovia has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Happy days for Cracovia in their previous game, a Polish Cup match away at Swit Skolwin that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Jagiellonia Biaystok.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Probierz when D. Pik scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute.

The Cracovia fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Cracovia Kraków have conceded 5 goals.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

3-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Legia Warszawa, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Ekstraklasa, in their Ekstraklasa matches away.

Legia Warszawa won their last game, 2-1 versus Lech Poznan played at home. Prior to that result Legia Warszawa won their away game at Warta Poznan. The scoreline was 3-0.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager C. Michniewicz when Rafael Lopes scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. The end of the last match, against Lech Poznan, was very satisfying as Rafael Lopes scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Warszawa has another fixture away, a Polish Cup game, against Widzew Lodz in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Legia Warszawa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games. Warszawa are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Cracovia, three draws and five wins for Legia Warszawa. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

Legia WarszawaT. Pekhart
T. Pekhart
8 goals
CracoviaS. Hanca
S. Hanca
2 goals
Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
2 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Legia Warszawa missing players

Cracovia Kraków Legia Warszawa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 1 4 9
3 3 1 Won W 1 3 6
5 2 1 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
14 9 4 Scored S 1 6 14
12 5 3 Conceded C 0 1 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 89%
89% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 78%
56% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 78%
44% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
89% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 67%
11% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
96 51 24 Total Shots T S 7 42 122
38 21 10 Shots on Target S O 2 16 39
37% 43% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 36%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Legia Warszawa has the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have not yet lost a game away.
  • Legia Warszawa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Rakow Czestochowa 9 6 2 1 20 9 5 3 1 1 8 4 4 3 1 0 12 5 11 20
2 Legia Warszawa 9 6 1 2 14 9 5 3 0 2 8 8 4 3 1 0 6 1 5 19
3 Gornik Zabrze 9 5 2 2 14 8 4 2 1 1 8 5 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 17
4 Pogon Szczecin 8 4 3 1 10 5 5 2 3 0 7 3 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 15
5 Slask Wrocaw 9 4 2 3 13 9 5 3 2 0 9 4 4 1 0 3 4 5 4 14
6 Zagebie Lubin 8 4 2 2 10 7 5 3 2 0 7 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 14
7 Lechia Gdansk 8 4 1 3 14 11 4 2 0 2 9 6 4 2 1 1 5 5 3 13
8 Jagiellonia Biaystok 9 3 2 4 9 13 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 2 0 3 4 8 -4 11
9 Wisa Krakow 9 2 4 3 14 12 4 1 0 3 5 9 5 1 4 0 9 3 2 10
10 Warta Poznan 9 3 1 5 6 9 4 0 1 3 0 5 5 3 0 2 6 4 -3 10
11 Cracovia Kraków 9 3 5 1 14 12 5 3 2 0 9 5 4 0 3 1 5 7 2 9
12 Lech Poznan 8 2 3 3 14 13 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 1 1 3 10 10 1 9
13 Wisla Plock 8 2 3 3 10 12 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 2 1 7 7 -2 9
14 Podbeskidzie 9 1 3 5 10 22 4 1 1 2 5 8 5 0 2 3 5 14 -12 6
15 Stal Mielec 9 1 2 6 8 20 4 1 0 3 3 11 5 0 2 3 5 9 -12 5
16 Piast Gliwice 8 0 2 6 5 14 4 0 1 3 3 8 4 0 1 3 2 6 -9 2

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.