Cracovia Kraków vs Śląsk Wrocław betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Date: Fri 20.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Stadium (15016 seats)

A key match in Ekstraklasa as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 4th position and the visitors placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cracovia Kraków and Śląsk Wrocław.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 10 Ekstraklasa games here at Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Stadium for Cracovia Kraków, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Ekstraklasa,. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Cracovia Kraków has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Stadium. We remember; it was Górnik Zabrze.

Cracovia Kraków's previous game was a Ekstraklasa match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Śląsk Wrocław (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that, an away loss at Korona Kielce.

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 11 Drawn 2 Lost 0.

Cracovia Kraków have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Stadium with 17 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Cracovia Kraków have conceded only 6 goals.

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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Śląsk Wrocław, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in Ekstraklasa, playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Śląsk Wrocław, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Cracovia Kraków (placed 4th). Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Lech Poznan.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Śląsk Wrocław in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Śląsk Wrocław, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Śląsk Wrocław are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Śląsk Wrocław's manager V. Lavička has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 4 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cracovia Kraków - Śląsk Wrocław 2-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (Cracovia Kraków wins - draws - Śląsk Wrocław wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.

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Cracovia Kraków Śląsk Wrocław
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 11 2 Played P 2 10 20
11 8 1 Won W 1 4 9
3 1 0 Drew D 1 3 7
6 2 1 Lost L 0 3 4
29 19 3 Scored S 3 9 27
16 6 2 Conceded C 1 6 21
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 80% 90%
70% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 40% 70%
40% 36% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 45%
15% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 10% 15%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
45% 36% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 55%
45% 64% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 25%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 30%
 
5.2 6.3 4 Corners For (avg) C F 2.5 5.5 5.8
5.5 4 6.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 5.2 4
2.1 1.7 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.1
1 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
241 156 22 Total Shots T S 20 99 195
99 64 7 Shots on Target S O 8 41 87
29% 30% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 22% 31%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
  • Cracovia Kraków has the most clean sheets (7) at home
  • Cracovia Kraków has the most clean sheets (9)
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Śląsk Wrocław have scored away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Śląsk Wrocław has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
  • Śląsk Wrocław has the most clean sheets (5) away
  • Śląsk Wrocław has the the best goal difference (+5) 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 Legia Warszawa 19 12 2 5 39 18 10 7 1 2 27 8 9 5 1 3 12 10 21 38
2 Pogoń Szczecin 19 10 5 4 22 15 9 5 2 2 12 7 10 5 3 2 10 8 7 35
3 Śląsk Wrocław 19 9 7 3 27 19 10 5 4 1 18 15 9 4 3 2 9 4 8 34
4 Cracovia Kraków 19 10 3 6 27 16 10 7 1 2 17 6 9 3 2 4 10 10 11 33
5 Lech Poznan 20 8 7 5 33 20 10 4 3 3 18 9 10 4 4 2 15 11 13 31
6 Piast Gliwice 19 9 4 6 21 19 10 6 2 2 13 9 9 3 2 4 8 10 2 31
7 Lechia Gdańsk 19 8 6 5 23 19 10 4 4 2 13 8 9 4 2 3 10 11 4 30
8 Jagiellonia Białystok 19 8 5 6 31 23 10 6 1 3 18 10 9 2 4 3 13 13 8 29
9 Wisła Płock 19 8 3 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 14 9 10 3 1 6 9 22 -8 27
10 Zagłębie Lubin 19 7 4 8 29 27 9 4 3 2 17 10 10 3 1 6 12 17 2 25
11 Raków Częstochowa 19 8 1 10 21 29 10 6 0 4 14 12 9 2 1 6 7 17 -8 25
12 Arka Gdynia 20 5 6 9 17 28 9 2 5 2 7 9 11 3 1 7 10 19 -11 21
13 Górnik Zabrze 19 4 8 7 21 27 9 4 4 1 14 9 10 0 4 6 7 18 -6 20
14 Korona Kielce 19 5 3 11 11 24 10 4 1 5 8 8 9 1 2 6 3 16 -13 18
15 Wisa Krakow 20 5 2 13 22 35 9 4 0 5 11 8 11 1 2 8 11 27 -13 17
16 KS odz 20 4 2 14 20 37 10 3 1 6 13 16 10 1 1 8 7 21 -17 14

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.