Home advantage could prove decisive in Cracovia Kraków - Wisła Płock battle

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 13.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Wisła Płock bring their bags for Cracovia Kraków and Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego packed with confidence, but the host team is hard to beat. More information on the match here!

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Płock have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Ekstraklasa

Cracovia are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Wisła Płock is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

Both squads have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an active fixture!

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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 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

The home team returns to Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego after drawing with Rakow Czestochowa (placed 2nd) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Hanca was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Rakow Czestochowa after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player van Amersfoort got a match rating of 7.23 in that game, the max score being 10. Amersfoort hit one key pass.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Wisa Krakow that ended 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cracovia handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and three defeats.

Cracovia Kraków are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 21 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cracovia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Wisła Płock form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Wisła Płock so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 4-1-11 (win-draw-lose).

Wisła Płock aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Szwoch was the last player to find the net.

Wisła Płock failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Warta Poznan (placed 10th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Midfielder Furman was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.04. Furman hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 51 successful passes (of 59 total).

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

We have checked recent matches where Wisła have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were three victories, three draws and six defeats.

The visiting Wisła Płock have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 16 games. Wisła Płock have conceded 34 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Wisła Płock - Cracovia 2-1 was the end result in these participants' latest head to head match, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings with these participants: Cracovia Kraków won four, Wisła Płock were winners in three and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wisła PłockŁ. Sekulski
Ł. Sekulski
13 goals
Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
8 goals
Wisła PłockD. Warchoł
D. Warchoł
6 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Wisła Płock missing players

Cracovia Kraków Wisła Płock
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
11 6 2 Won W 1 4 14
10 5 2 Drew D 1 1 3
11 5 1 Lost L 3 11 15
37 21 7 Scored S 6 21 45
39 19 5 Conceded C 9 34 48
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 72%
41% 44% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 53%
12% 19% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 44% 31%
9% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 31% 19%
50% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 80% 69% 53%
28% 38% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 25%
28% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 25% 22%
 
5 5.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.2 4.8
4.6 4.4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 5.1 5.6
2.2 2.3 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.4 2.7 2.8
2 1 1 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
9.2 9.7 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.9 10.1
3.8 3.8 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.1
31% 34% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 34% 34%
 
10.1 9.4 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.9 14.1
3.6 3.9 3.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.2 5.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Płock have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wisła Płock have the most conceded goals (34) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Płock have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Płock 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 32 20 8 4 63 22 16 12 3 1 38 6 16 8 5 3 25 16 41 68
2 Rakow Czestochowa 32 19 9 4 57 29 16 9 6 1 32 13 16 10 3 3 25 16 28 66
3 Pogon Szczecin 32 18 9 5 61 29 16 11 2 3 39 17 16 7 7 2 22 12 32 63
4 Lechia Gdansk 32 16 8 8 52 36 16 12 3 1 30 11 16 4 5 7 22 25 16 56
5 Piast Gliwice 32 14 8 10 43 36 16 7 3 6 22 21 16 7 5 4 21 15 7 50
6 Wisła Płock 32 14 3 15 45 48 16 10 2 4 24 14 16 4 1 11 21 34 -3 45
7 Radomiak Radom 32 10 14 8 37 37 16 6 7 3 22 20 16 4 7 5 15 17 0 44
8 Cracovia Kraków 32 11 10 11 37 39 16 6 5 5 21 19 16 5 5 6 16 20 -2 43
9 Gornik Zabrze 32 11 8 13 47 50 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 5 3 8 25 31 -3 41
10 Warta Poznan 32 10 9 13 33 36 16 4 6 6 15 20 16 6 3 7 18 16 -3 39
11 Legia Warszawa 32 12 3 17 41 46 16 9 0 7 26 21 16 3 3 10 15 25 -5 39
12 Stal Mielec 32 9 9 14 38 48 16 7 3 6 20 20 16 2 6 8 18 28 -10 36
13 Jagiellonia Biaystok 32 8 12 12 36 48 16 5 7 4 21 18 16 3 5 8 15 30 -12 36
14 Zagebie Lubin 32 10 5 17 41 57 16 6 3 7 24 28 16 4 2 10 17 29 -16 35
15 Slask Wrocaw 32 7 13 12 38 47 16 3 8 5 15 21 16 4 5 7 23 26 -9 34
16 Wisa Krakow 32 7 10 15 35 49 16 5 5 6 21 20 16 2 5 9 14 29 -14 31
17 Nieciecza 31 7 9 15 33 52 16 5 5 6 19 25 15 2 4 9 14 27 -19 30
18 Gornik eczna 31 6 9 16 26 54 15 4 5 6 14 25 16 2 4 10 12 29 -28 27

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.