Cracovia Kraków vs Zagłębie Lubin: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Mon 18.April
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

The home advantage belongs to Cracovia Kraków in this game against Zagłębie Lubin, but the guests will resist to the finish. Here's our complete match guide!

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zagłębie Lubin have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Ekstraklasa

Both sides have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's wish for an in-your-face match!

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

Cracovia Kraków have played 14 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Cracovia Kraków are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Warta Poznań. Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Rivaldinho for missing a penalty kick versus Warta Poznań in the 82nd minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome. Defender Jablonsky got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.84/10. Jablonsky won 8 of 13 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Stal Mielec.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cracovia have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost three.

The manager Zielinski will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Radomiak Radom in only four days.

Cracovia Kraków are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Cracovia Kraków have conceded 19 goals.

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Zagłębie Lubin form and stats

Zagłębie Lubin have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Ekstraklasa, after 3-2-9 (14 played).

Zagłębie Lubin won their last game, 3-1 versus Stal Mielec played at home. Doležal, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.4. Doležal scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Jagiellonia Biaystok's place.

Zagłębie are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

A new game in only four days for Zagłębie Lubin, the Ekstraklasa home match versus Gornik Zabrze. Busy days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zagłębie as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. Zagłębie Lubin struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Zagłębie Lubin - Cracovia Kraków 1-1 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head-to-head fixture, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cracovia four wins, four draws and Zagłębie Lubin two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Zagłębie LubinP. Szysz
P. Szysz
9 goals
Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
8 goals
Zagłębie LubinM. Dolezal
M. Dolezal
4 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Zagłębie Lubin missing players

Cracovia Kraków Zagłębie Lubin
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 5 14 28
9 5 0 Won W 2 3 9
8 4 1 Drew D 1 2 4
11 5 3 Lost L 2 9 15
34 20 5 Scored S 4 11 31
38 19 9 Conceded C 6 27 49
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 89%
79% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 79% 82%
46% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 64% 64%
14% 21% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 39%
11% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
54% 57% 75% BTTS BTTS 20% 36% 50%
21% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 36% 25%
29% 14% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 43% 36%
 
5.1 6.1 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.8 5.1
4.4 4.2 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.6 7 5.9
2.2 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
9.4 9.8 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.6 11.9
4 4 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.1
31% 36% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 21% 27%
 
10 9.5 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 15.1 13.4
3.7 4.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 6.4 5.5
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • 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.
  • Zagłębie Lubin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Zagłębie Lubin have the most matches over the total-line (16) 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 Lech Poznan 28 16 8 4 54 20 14 10 3 1 32 5 14 6 5 3 22 15 34 56
2 Pogon Szczecin 28 16 8 4 54 24 14 10 2 2 35 14 14 6 6 2 19 10 30 56
3 Raków Częstochowa 28 16 8 4 49 26 14 8 5 1 29 11 14 8 3 3 20 15 23 56
4 Lechia Gdansk 28 13 7 8 42 31 14 10 3 1 25 9 14 3 4 7 17 22 11 46
5 Radomiak Radom 28 10 13 5 36 29 14 6 7 1 21 13 14 4 6 4 15 16 7 43
6 Wisla Plock 28 13 3 12 41 40 14 10 2 2 24 10 14 3 1 10 17 30 1 42
7 Piast Gliwice 28 11 8 9 36 31 14 6 3 5 19 18 14 5 5 4 17 13 5 41
8 Gornik Zabrze 28 10 7 11 39 40 14 6 4 4 21 16 14 4 3 7 18 24 -1 37
9 Legia Warszawa 28 11 3 14 34 37 14 8 0 6 21 17 14 3 3 8 13 20 -3 36
10 Cracovia Kraków 28 9 8 11 34 38 14 5 4 5 20 19 14 4 4 6 14 19 -4 35
11 Jagiellonia Biaystok 28 8 10 10 33 43 14 5 6 3 19 15 14 3 4 7 14 28 -10 34
12 Warta Poznań 28 8 9 11 27 31 15 4 6 5 13 17 13 4 3 6 14 14 -4 33
13 Stal Mielec 28 8 9 11 33 40 14 6 3 5 18 18 14 2 6 6 15 22 -7 33
14 Śląsk Wrocław 28 7 10 11 35 40 13 3 6 4 13 15 15 4 4 7 22 25 -5 31
15 Zagłębie Lubin 28 9 4 15 31 49 14 6 2 6 20 22 14 3 2 9 11 27 -18 31
16 Wisła Kraków 28 7 7 14 31 44 14 5 4 5 18 16 14 2 3 9 13 28 -13 28
17 Nieciecza 28 5 9 14 28 49 14 4 5 5 18 22 14 1 4 9 10 27 -21 24
18 Gornik eczna 28 5 9 14 24 49 14 3 5 6 13 25 14 2 4 8 11 24 -25 24

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.