Ekstraklasa duel: Close contest expected between Lechia Gdańsk and Cracovia Kraków

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Tue 09.June
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Energa Gdańsk (41984 seats)

Lechia Gdańsk and Cracovia Kraków have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Ekstraklasa.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

6-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Lechia Gdańsk so far this season.

Lechia manager P. Stokowiec and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Gornik Zabrze (placed 10th) in the Ekstraklasa. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Arka Gdynia in a game that was won 4-3.

Late drama in the game against Gornik Zabrze as Lechia were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Łukasz Zwoliński popped out and made it level in the 87th minute. No victory last time out for Lechia, but the draw 2-2 felt nice for Łukasz Zwoliński who came on as a substitute in the 46th minute and scored two goals.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lechia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won five, drawn zero and lost zero.

The Lechia Gdańsk fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. Lechia have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

There's been little loot from Cracovia Kraków's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 14 away games in the Ekstraklasa. Cracovia Kraków only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. Bitter travels for Cracovia as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Arka Gdynia match. It's looking increasingly bleak for Cracovia who now has to deal with a six game losing streak. Lech Poznań was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Cracovia Kraków aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 202 league minutes without a goal. M. Helik was the last player to find the net.

Cracovia are travelling again after losing away to Pogoń Szczecin in their previous match (0-1). A 0-1 loss hosting Jagiellonia Biaystok before that.

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 eleven relevant matches. Results were four Cracovia wins, two draws and five defeats.

Cracovia have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Cracovia in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cracovia Kraków - Lechia Gdańsk 1-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Lechia wins - draws - Cracovia Kraków wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lechia GdańskF. Lopes Paixão
F. Lopes Paixão
13 goals
Cracovia KrakówS. Hanca
S. Hanca
8 goals
Cracovia KrakówR. Guimarães Lopes
R. Guimarães Lopes
7 goals

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lechia Gdańsk Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
11 6 0 Won W 0 4 13
9 4 2 Drew D 1 2 3
8 4 1 Lost L 2 8 12
38 18 3 Scored S 5 14 35
38 16 4 Conceded C 7 17 27
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 96%
79% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 64%
54% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 39%
21% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 21% 14%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 14% 7%
57% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 43%
21% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 36%
29% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 25%
 
5.3 5.1 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.2 5.7
6.2 4.8 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 6.9 5.9
2.7 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.8 2.4
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
302 161 38 Total Shots T S 27 133 322
120 59 14 Shots on Target S O 11 58 135
32% 31% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 45% 24% 26%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cracovia Kraków is in the worst form (0-0-6)

  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 27 17 3 7 55 26 14 10 1 3 37 12 13 7 2 4 18 14 29 54
2 Piast Gliwice 28 15 4 9 34 26 14 10 2 2 21 9 14 5 2 7 13 17 8 49
3 Pogoń Szczecin 28 12 8 8 28 26 14 6 3 5 14 13 14 6 5 3 14 13 2 44
4 Lech Poznań 28 11 10 7 48 29 14 7 3 4 27 11 14 4 7 3 21 18 19 43
5 Slask Wrocaw 27 11 10 6 35 30 14 7 6 1 25 20 13 4 4 5 10 10 5 43
6 Cracovia Kraków 28 13 3 12 35 27 14 9 1 4 21 10 14 4 2 8 14 17 8 42
7 Lechia Gdańsk 28 11 9 8 38 38 14 6 4 4 18 16 14 5 5 4 20 22 0 42
8 Jagiellonia Biaystok 28 11 8 9 38 37 14 7 4 3 22 13 14 4 4 6 16 24 1 41
9 Zagłębie Lubin 28 10 7 11 47 43 14 6 5 3 29 20 14 4 2 8 18 23 4 37
10 Gornik Zabrze 28 9 10 9 37 38 14 8 5 1 27 14 14 1 5 8 10 24 -1 37
11 Rakow Czestochowa 27 11 4 12 33 38 13 7 2 4 18 14 14 4 2 8 15 24 -5 37
12 Wisla Plock 28 10 7 11 35 47 14 6 3 5 20 20 14 4 4 6 15 27 -12 37
13 Wisa Krakow 27 9 4 14 33 42 13 6 2 5 19 11 14 3 2 9 14 31 -9 31
14 Korona Kielce 28 8 5 15 20 33 14 5 2 7 11 12 14 3 3 8 9 21 -13 29
15 Arka Gdynia 27 6 7 14 25 41 13 3 6 4 12 15 14 3 1 10 13 26 -16 25
16 KS odz 27 5 5 17 25 45 14 4 3 7 16 19 13 1 2 10 9 26 -20 20

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 Legia Warszawa 27 17 3 7 55 26 14 10 1 3 37 12 13 7 2 4 18 14 29 54
2 Piast Gliwice 28 15 4 9 34 26 14 10 2 2 21 9 14 5 2 7 13 17 8 49
3 Pogoń Szczecin 28 12 8 8 28 26 14 6 3 5 14 13 14 6 5 3 14 13 2 44
4 Lech Poznań 28 11 10 7 48 29 14 7 3 4 27 11 14 4 7 3 21 18 19 43
5 Slask Wrocaw 27 11 10 6 35 30 14 7 6 1 25 20 13 4 4 5 10 10 5 43
6 Cracovia Kraków 28 13 3 12 35 27 14 9 1 4 21 10 14 4 2 8 14 17 8 42
7 Lechia Gdańsk 28 11 9 8 38 38 14 6 4 4 18 16 14 5 5 4 20 22 0 42
8 Jagiellonia Biaystok 28 11 8 9 38 37 14 7 4 3 22 13 14 4 4 6 16 24 1 41
9 Zagłębie Lubin 28 10 7 11 47 43 14 6 5 3 29 20 14 4 2 8 18 23 4 37
10 Gornik Zabrze 28 9 10 9 37 38 14 8 5 1 27 14 14 1 5 8 10 24 -1 37
11 Rakow Czestochowa 27 11 4 12 33 38 13 7 2 4 18 14 14 4 2 8 15 24 -5 37
12 Wisla Plock 28 10 7 11 35 47 14 6 3 5 20 20 14 4 4 6 15 27 -12 37
13 Wisa Krakow 27 9 4 14 33 42 13 6 2 5 19 11 14 3 2 9 14 31 -9 31
14 Korona Kielce 28 8 5 15 20 33 14 5 2 7 11 12 14 3 3 8 9 21 -13 29
15 Arka Gdynia 27 6 7 14 25 41 13 3 6 4 12 15 14 3 1 10 13 26 -16 25
16 KS odz 27 5 5 17 25 45 14 4 3 7 16 19 13 1 2 10 9 26 -20 20

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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.