Match preview Ekstraklasa: Cracovia Kraków - Śląsk Wrocław at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 12.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Cracovia Kraków languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Śląsk Wrocław will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Ekstraklasa
  • Śląsk Wrocław have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ekstraklasa

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Cracovia Kraków have to build on here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego in the Ekstraklasa.

Cracovia Kraków drew their last game, 0-0 away at Rakow Czestochowa (placed 3rd). In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Chojniczanka Chojnice.

The Cracovia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Śląsk Wrocław so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-7 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Śląsk Wrocław are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Home advantage was not enough for Wrocław in their previous game, as they lost their Ekstraklasa-match, hosting Legia Warszawa, 0-1. Before that, Wrocław secured a home win against Pogon Szczecin with the score 2-1.

The attacking power of Wrocław when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Wrocław in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Śląsk Wrocław - Cracovia 3-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Cracovia victories, two draws and six Śląsk Wrocław wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
5 goals
Śląsk WrocławR. Pich
R. Pich
5 goals
Śląsk WrocławE. Expósito Hernández
E. Expósito Hernández
5 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

Cracovia Kraków Śląsk Wrocław
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 4 10 20
5 3 1 Won W 2 2 8
9 4 0 Drew D 1 1 4
6 3 0 Lost L 1 7 8
21 13 1 Scored S 5 9 24
24 15 0 Conceded C 2 13 21
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 90%
65% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 60% 60%
35% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 40%
25% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 20%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
55% 70% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 45%
25% 10% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 30%
30% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.4 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 1.9
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 9.5 5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 9 10.7
3.2 3.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.2 4.1
32% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 28% 29%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Śląsk Wrocław have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) 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 Legia Warszawa 20 13 3 4 34 20 10 6 1 3 21 15 10 7 2 1 13 5 14 42
2 Pogon Szczecin 20 10 5 5 24 13 10 5 4 1 11 4 10 5 1 4 13 9 11 35
3 Rakow Czestochowa 20 10 5 5 30 20 11 6 2 3 13 8 9 4 3 2 17 12 10 35
4 Lechia Gdansk 20 9 3 8 27 24 10 4 1 5 15 13 10 5 2 3 12 11 3 30
5 Zagebie Lubin 20 8 5 7 26 22 10 5 3 2 15 10 10 3 2 5 11 12 4 29
6 Lech Poznan 20 7 7 6 28 25 9 3 4 2 12 11 11 4 3 4 16 14 3 28
7 Śląsk Wrocław 20 8 4 8 24 21 10 6 3 1 15 8 10 2 1 7 9 13 3 28
8 Gornik Zabrze 20 8 4 8 23 22 10 4 2 4 15 14 10 4 2 4 8 8 1 28
9 Piast Gliwice 20 7 6 7 26 23 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 4 3 3 16 12 3 27
10 Warta Poznan 20 8 2 10 20 22 10 4 1 5 8 10 10 4 1 5 12 12 -2 26
11 Wisa Krakow 20 6 7 7 30 26 10 3 1 6 14 18 10 3 6 1 16 8 4 25
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 20 7 4 9 26 32 9 4 3 2 16 12 11 3 1 7 10 20 -6 25
13 Wisla Plock 20 6 5 9 25 32 10 3 2 5 9 11 10 3 3 4 16 21 -7 23
14 Cracovia Kraków 20 5 9 6 21 24 10 3 4 3 13 15 10 2 5 3 8 9 -3 19
15 Podbeskidzie 20 4 6 10 20 44 11 4 3 4 13 20 9 0 3 6 7 24 -24 18
16 Stal Mielec 20 3 7 10 21 35 10 2 4 4 9 16 10 1 3 6 12 19 -14 16

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.