Ekstraklasa match preview: Górnik Zabrze versus Cracovia Kraków

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Zabrze (24413 seats)

It's advantage Górnik Zabrze so far with their 3rd position in the Ekstraklasa table, welcoming Cracovia Kraków who are placed 10th.

Insights:
  • Górnik Zabrze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored in all their away matches so far.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Górnik Zabrze so far this season.

It's back home for Górnik, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Wisla Plock away with the result 1-0. Piotr Krawczyk found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Pogon Szczecin in a game that was won 2-1.

The victory against Wisla Plock came after Piotr Krawczyk's winning goal. The Górnik manager M. Brosz was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 66th minute.

Górnik have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Zabrze with 11 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, Górnik have conceded 8 goals.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Cracovia Kraków playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season.

Cracovia Kraków's last game was the home draw against Wisa Krakow (1-1). Preceding that game was the away victory against Wisla Plock with the score of 1-0.

Cracovia have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Cracovia Kraków have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Górnik victories, three draws and four Cracovia Kraków wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Górnik ZabrzeJ. Jiménez Núñez
J. Jiménez Núñez
8 goals
Górnik ZabrzeB. Nowak
B. Nowak
4 goals
Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
3 goals

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Górnik Zabrze Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 1 5 12
7 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
2 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
3 2 0 Lost L 1 1 2
18 11 3 Scored S 1 6 16
11 8 0 Conceded C 3 7 14
83% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
50% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 42%
25% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 40% 33%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 75%
50% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 17%
25% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 8%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.1 13.5 18 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12.4 11.2
5 5.3 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 3.9
30% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 29% 34%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Górnik Zabrze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 12 8 2 2 19 11 7 4 1 2 12 10 5 4 1 0 7 1 8 26
2 Rakow Czestochowa 12 7 3 2 24 13 6 4 1 1 9 4 6 3 2 1 15 9 11 24
3 Górnik Zabrze 12 7 2 3 18 11 6 3 1 2 11 8 6 4 1 1 7 3 7 23
4 Slask Wrocaw 12 6 2 4 18 12 6 4 2 0 10 4 6 2 0 4 8 8 6 20
5 Pogon Szczecin 11 5 4 2 13 7 6 3 3 0 9 3 5 2 1 2 4 4 6 19
6 Zagebie Lubin 12 5 4 3 16 13 6 3 3 0 9 5 6 2 1 3 7 8 3 19
7 Jagiellonia Biaystok 12 5 2 5 19 21 6 3 2 1 14 10 6 2 0 4 5 11 -2 17
8 Lech Poznan 11 4 4 3 22 16 5 2 3 0 11 6 6 2 1 3 11 10 6 16
9 Lechia Gdansk 12 5 1 6 17 18 6 3 0 3 12 9 6 2 1 3 5 9 -1 16
10 Cracovia Kraków 12 4 6 2 16 14 7 3 3 1 10 7 5 1 3 1 6 7 2 13
11 Warta Poznan 12 4 1 7 11 15 5 1 1 3 2 6 7 3 0 4 9 9 -4 13
12 Wisa Krakow 12 2 5 5 17 17 5 1 0 4 6 11 7 1 5 1 11 6 0 11
13 Piast Gliwice 12 2 4 6 12 18 6 1 2 3 6 9 6 1 2 3 6 9 -6 10
14 Wisla Plock 12 2 4 6 12 19 7 1 2 4 3 7 5 1 2 2 9 12 -7 10
15 Stal Mielec 12 2 3 7 13 25 5 2 0 3 6 12 7 0 3 4 7 13 -12 9
16 Podbeskidzie 12 2 3 7 12 29 6 2 1 3 7 11 6 0 2 4 5 18 -17 9

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.