Górnik Zabrze clashes with Cracovia Kraków in Ekstraklasa game

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Zabrze (24413 seats)

Górnik Zabrze have delivered good football so far, being 6th position in the table. Cracovia Kraków can look both up and down from the 7th place.

Insights:
  • Górnik Zabrze have the most points from losing position (14) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly less corners away then at home.

The hosts Górnik saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Polish Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lech Poznań, was also a home game here at Arena Zabrze. The away team is better rested.

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

Górnik Zabrze have played 12 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Before that, Górnik Zabrze played out a Ekstraklasa draw 0-0 when visiting Piast Gliwice.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Górnik Zabrze handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, four draws and four defeats.

Górnik are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Górnik Zabrze have conceded 15 goals.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

As the visiting team in Ekstraklasa matches, Cracovia Kraków have produced an overall stat of 3-4-4 so far.

The manager Zielinski was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego. Cracovia suffered a 1-2 loss to Nieciecza (placed 18th). Loshaj got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Loshaj scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).

Before that, Cracovia Kraków travelled to Jagiellonia Biaystok and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Cracovia Kraków are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, five draws and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Cracovia Kraków have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Cracovia have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cracovia Kraków - Górnik Zabrze 2-2 was the outcome when this pair of teams last met, also in this season. Górnik Zabrze-Cracovia Kraków H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Górnik one win, Cracovia Kraków six wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
8 goals
Górnik ZabrzeB. Nowak
B. Nowak
5 goals
Górnik ZabrzeK. Kubica
K. Kubica
4 goals

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Górnik Zabrze Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 12 5 Played P 3 11 23
9 5 3 Won W 0 3 8
6 3 0 Drew D 1 4 7
8 4 2 Lost L 2 4 8
31 17 9 Scored S 1 12 31
30 15 6 Conceded C 6 14 31
91% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
70% 58% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 83%
57% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 48%
35% 42% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 17%
9% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 13%
65% 58% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 57%
17% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 26%
26% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 67% 36% 22%
 
4.8 4.3 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.6 5
5.8 5.3 4.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 4.5 4.4
1.8 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.4 12.1 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 10 9.9
4.4 5.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 4.2 4.2
30% 28% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 26% 32%
 
8.8 8.1 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 11.3 10.4
3.5 3.5 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 4
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Górnik Zabrze have the most points from losing position (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 Lech Poznań 23 14 6 3 48 17 11 9 2 0 28 3 12 5 4 3 20 14 31 48
2 Pogon Szczecin 23 13 7 3 40 20 11 8 2 1 26 11 12 5 5 2 14 9 20 46
3 Raków Częstochowa 23 13 6 4 42 23 11 7 3 1 25 8 12 6 3 3 17 15 19 45
4 Radomiak Radom 23 10 9 4 32 21 12 6 5 1 18 10 11 4 4 3 14 11 11 39
5 Lechia Gdansk 23 11 6 6 36 27 11 8 2 1 20 8 12 3 4 5 16 19 9 39
6 Górnik Zabrze 23 9 6 8 31 30 12 5 3 4 17 15 11 4 3 4 14 15 1 33
7 Cracovia Kraków 23 8 7 8 31 31 12 5 3 4 19 17 11 3 4 4 12 14 0 31
8 Stal Mielec 23 8 7 8 28 31 12 6 2 4 16 15 11 2 5 4 12 16 -3 31
9 Piast Gliwice 23 8 6 9 31 29 12 4 3 5 17 18 11 4 3 4 14 11 2 30
10 Wisła Płock 23 9 3 11 31 34 11 8 2 1 17 5 12 1 1 10 14 29 -3 30
11 Jagiellonia Biaystok 23 7 8 8 28 35 12 4 6 2 17 13 11 3 2 6 11 22 -7 29
12 Slask Wrocaw 23 6 8 9 32 36 11 3 5 3 13 14 12 3 3 6 19 22 -4 26
13 Warta Poznan 23 5 9 9 20 27 12 2 6 4 10 14 11 3 3 5 10 13 -7 24
14 Górnik Łęczna 23 5 9 9 23 38 12 3 5 4 13 20 11 2 4 5 10 18 -15 24
15 Zagebie Lubin 23 7 3 13 25 42 11 5 1 5 17 17 12 2 2 8 8 25 -17 24
16 Legia Warszawa 22 7 1 14 24 33 11 5 0 6 14 15 11 2 1 8 10 18 -9 22
17 Wisa Krakow 23 6 4 13 22 35 11 4 2 5 11 12 12 2 2 8 11 23 -13 22
18 Nieciecza 22 4 7 11 24 39 11 3 4 4 16 19 11 1 3 7 8 20 -15 19

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.