Górnik Zabrze vs Cracovia Kraków match preview: Even contest expected at Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Mon 18.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla

It's a fresh start in Ekstraklasa - the first fixture of the season. Read the full article and see how Górnik Zabrze and Cracovia Kraków did in their pre-season friendlies!

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

In the previous season, Górnik Zabrze's league stats were 13 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses, producing 8th spot in the Ekstraklasa. During these 34 matches they scored 55 goals and let in 55. Playing as the home team in the last season Górnik Zabrze managed 7-5-5 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 21 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Górnik Zabrze perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Górnik as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Górnik Zabrze has won 7 of these, drawn 0 and lost 1.

Górnik Zabrze have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and five practice matches played. These training games have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Górnik Zabrze scored 5 goals and let in 7 goals during these five games.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

Let's have a look at how Cracovia Kraków performed last season in the Ekstraklasa: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 40 and conceded 42 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 5 and lost 7 with 16/23 goals scored/conceded.

That defeat was their first after five consecutive league games winning points.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cracovia Kraków playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Cracovia Kraków wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Cracovia Kraków played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 4 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In these six matches Cracovia Kraków scored 9 and conceded 5 goals.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Górnik wins - draws - Cracovia Kraków wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Górnik Zabrze Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Górnik Zabrze Last season Cracovia Kraków
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
13 7   Won W   5 12
8 5   Drew D   5 10
13 5   Lost L   7 12
55 26   Scored S   16 40
55 21   Conceded C   23 42
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
76% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 74%
65% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   41% 44%
44% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   6% 12%
24% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
71% 59%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
18% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 29%
21% 24%   Failed to Score F T   41% 29%
 
5.2 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5.1
5.6 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.6
2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
1 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.5 12.2   Shots (avg) S (   8.8 9.6
4.8 5.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.8
34% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 31%
 
9.6 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   10.9 10
4 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.5

Last season 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 34 22 8 4 67 24 17 13 3 1 40 7 17 9 5 3 27 17 43 74
2 Rakow Czestochowa 34 20 9 5 60 30 17 10 6 1 35 13 17 10 3 4 25 17 30 69
3 Pogon Szczecin 34 18 11 5 63 31 17 11 3 3 41 19 17 7 8 2 22 12 32 65
4 Lechia Gdansk 34 16 9 9 52 39 17 12 4 1 30 11 17 4 5 8 22 28 13 57
5 Piast Gliwice 34 15 9 10 45 37 17 7 4 6 23 22 17 8 5 4 22 15 8 54
6 Radomiak Radom 34 11 15 8 42 40 17 7 7 3 26 22 17 4 8 5 16 18 2 48
7 Wisla Plock 34 15 3 16 48 51 17 11 2 4 27 14 17 4 1 12 21 37 -3 48
8 Górnik Zabrze 34 13 8 13 55 55 17 7 5 5 26 21 17 6 3 8 29 34 0 47
9 Cracovia Kraków 34 12 10 12 40 42 17 7 5 5 24 19 17 5 5 7 16 23 -2 46
10 Legia Warszawa 34 13 4 17 46 48 17 10 0 7 29 21 17 3 4 10 17 27 -2 43
11 Warta Poznan 34 11 9 14 35 38 17 4 6 7 16 22 17 7 3 7 19 16 -3 42
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 34 9 13 12 39 50 17 5 8 4 23 20 17 4 5 8 16 30 -11 40
13 Zagebie Lubin 34 11 5 18 43 59 17 7 3 7 25 28 17 4 2 11 18 31 -16 38
14 Stal Mielec 34 9 10 15 39 52 17 7 4 6 21 21 17 2 6 9 18 31 -13 37
15 Slask Wrocaw 34 7 14 13 42 52 17 3 8 6 18 25 17 4 6 7 24 27 -10 35
16 Nieciecza 34 7 11 16 36 56 17 5 5 7 19 26 17 2 6 9 17 30 -20 32
17 Wisa Krakow 34 7 10 17 37 54 17 5 5 7 21 21 17 2 5 10 16 33 -17 31
18 Gornik eczna 34 6 10 18 29 60 17 4 6 7 15 27 17 2 4 11 14 33 -31 28

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Brann 14 11 3 0 39 9 7 4 3 0 18 4 7 7 0 0 21 5 30 36
2 Stabæk 14 7 6 1 23 9 6 2 3 1 6 4 8 5 3 0 17 5 14 27
3 Ranheim 14 8 3 3 27 20 7 4 1 2 15 11 7 4 2 1 12 9 7 27
4 Sandnes Ulf 14 8 1 5 22 24 7 3 1 3 12 16 7 5 0 2 10 8 -2 25
5 Sogndal 14 7 3 4 25 20 8 5 1 2 15 8 6 2 2 2 10 12 5 24
6 KFUM 14 7 3 4 25 22 7 3 2 2 11 11 7 4 1 2 14 11 3 24
7 Mjøndalen 14 7 2 5 19 22 8 5 1 2 13 10 6 2 1 3 6 12 -3 23
8 Start 14 6 4 4 25 15 7 2 3 2 11 9 7 4 1 2 14 6 10 22
9 Raufoss 13 6 4 3 18 18 7 4 2 1 8 7 6 2 2 2 10 11 0 22
10 Fredrikstad 13 3 6 4 17 17 6 2 3 1 8 6 7 1 3 3 9 11 0 15
11 Kongsvinger 14 3 5 6 15 19 6 2 3 1 11 9 8 1 2 5 4 10 -4 14
12 Åsane 14 3 5 6 17 28 7 2 1 4 8 18 7 1 4 2 9 10 -11 14
13 Bryne 14 3 4 7 15 19 7 2 3 2 7 6 7 1 1 5 8 13 -4 13
14 Grorud 14 0 6 8 17 32 6 0 2 4 6 14 8 0 4 4 11 18 -15 6
15 Skeid 14 2 0 12 16 31 8 2 0 6 14 17 6 0 0 6 2 14 -15 6
16 Stjørdals-Blink 14 1 3 10 14 29 7 0 0 7 5 16 7 1 3 3 9 13 -15 6

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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.