There has been no shortage of boom and bust for these teams so far, sitting in positions near the median of the Ekstraklasa table. Here's the Cracovia Kraków - Piast Gliwice latest:
- Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Piast Gliwice have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Ekstraklasa
Both participants have had enough days rest since their last competitive action. Let's look for an in-your-face match!
Cracovia Kraków form and stats
Cracovia Kraków have played 13 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The spoils were shared in Cracovia Kraków's previous game, also at home. Visiting Pogon Szczecin (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. The attacking player van Amersfoort was named "man of the match" for Cracovia with a rating of 7.43/10. Amersfoort hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gornik Zabrze (0-3).This is expected to be a close game, with Cracovia Kraków perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cracovia Kraków as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Cracovia Kraków has won four of these, drawn three and lost five.
Cracovia have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego with 20 goals in 13 league matches. Cracovia Kraków's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
The visitors are W4-D4-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.
The Piast Gliwice goalkeeper Frantisek Plach is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 335 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Gliwice are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Lechia Gdansk (placed 4th). Midfielder Hateley was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.42. Hateley served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Zagebie Lubin that ended 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Piast Gliwice in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Piast Gliwice, three draws and three defeats.
The visiting Piast Gliwice have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 12 games. Gliwice are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the participants met previously this campaign; Piast Gliwice - Cracovia Kraków 2-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Cracovia Kraków wins - draws - Piast Gliwice wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. van Amersfoort 8 goals |   A. Toril Domingo 5 goals |  M. Chrapek 4 goals |
Cracovia Kraków missing players
Piast Gliwice missing players
| Cracovia Kraków | Piast Gliwice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 32 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 32 |
| 35 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 84% | 85% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 48% | 54% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 25% | 32% |
| 16% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 28% |
| 12% | 15% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 20% |
| 56% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 44% |
| 24% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 28% |
| 24% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 42% | 36% |
| 5 | 6.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 6.7 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6 | 9.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 32% | 37% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 40% | 34% |
| 10.2 | 9.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 11.8 | 10.2 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 |
- 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 at home.
- Piast Gliwice have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Ekstraklasa
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pogon Szczecin | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 50 |
| 2 | Lech Poznan | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 30 | 49 |
| 3 | Rakow Czestochowa | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 48 |
| 4 | Lechia Gdansk | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 40 |
| 5 | Radomiak Radom | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Gornik Zabrze | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 7 | Wisla Plock | 25 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Piast Gliwice | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | Cracovia Kraków | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Stal Mielec | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -3 | 32 |
| 11 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -8 | 30 |
| 12 | Legia Warszawa | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Zagebie Lubin | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -15 | 28 |
| 14 | Slask Wrocaw | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -5 | 27 |
| 15 | Warta Poznan | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | Wisa Krakow | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -13 | 24 |
| 17 | Gornik eczna | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -18 | 24 |
| 18 | Nieciecza | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
