Soccer betting preview: Lechia Gdańsk welcomes Wisła Kraków in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Energa Gdańsk (41984 seats)

Lechia Gdańsk perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Wisła Kraków can look both up and down from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Lechia Gdańsk is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Wisła Kraków have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Ekstraklasa

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

Lechia Gdańsk have played 10 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Nothing to worry about in defence for Lechia, as their goalkeeper Dusan Kuciak has completely shut out the opponents for 288 minutes in the Ekstraklasa.

Lechia manager P. Stokowiec and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Podbeskidzie (placed 15th) in the Ekstraklasa. Before that match, a win away at Stal Mielec.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lechia Gdańsk perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lechia Gdańsk as a small favourite), we find eight games. Lechia Gdańsk has won four of these, drawn one and lost three.

The Lechia Gdańsk fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Lechia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Wisła Kraków form and stats

The visitors, who have the the best goal difference (+8) away in Ekstraklasa, are W3-D6-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.

Kraków delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Gornik Zabrze (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Ekstraklasa game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wisla Plock at their stadium, the result 3-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kraków playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were one Wisła Kraków win, three draws and five defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Kraków's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. Kraków are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Wisła Kraków - Lechia 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Lechia victories, four draws and two Wisła Kraków wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lechia GdańskF. Lopes Paixão
F. Lopes Paixão
8 goals
Wisła KrakówF. Brown Forbes
F. Brown Forbes
6 goals
LechiaŁ. Zwoliński
Ł. Zwoliński
4 goals

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Wisła Kraków missing players

Lechia Gdańsk Wisła Kraków
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 10 20
9 4 1 Won W 0 3 6
3 1 0 Drew D 3 6 7
8 5 2 Lost L 0 1 7
25 15 2 Scored S 3 16 30
22 13 3 Conceded C 3 8 26
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 80% 85%
65% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 70% 80%
35% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 60%
25% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 30%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
30% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 60%
35% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 40% 35%
40% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 20%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.6 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.3 2.5
4 3 2 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.9 12.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.6 11.1
3.4 4.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.6 4.9
37% 35% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 31%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lechia Gdańsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lechia Gdańsk is in the best form (4-1-1)
  • Wisła Kraków have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Kraków have the most scored goals in the first half (16) in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Kraków have the the best goal difference (+8) away 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 Legia Warszawa 19 12 3 4 33 20 10 6 1 3 21 15 9 6 2 1 12 5 13 39
2 Pogon Szczecin 19 10 5 4 24 12 9 5 4 0 11 3 10 5 1 4 13 9 12 35
3 Rakow Czestochowa 19 10 4 5 30 20 10 6 1 3 13 8 9 4 3 2 17 12 10 34
4 Lechia Gdańsk 19 9 2 8 25 22 10 4 1 5 15 13 9 5 1 3 10 9 3 29
5 Slask Wrocaw 19 8 4 7 24 20 9 6 3 0 15 7 10 2 1 7 9 13 4 28
6 Gornik Zabrze 20 8 4 8 23 22 10 4 2 4 15 14 10 4 2 4 8 8 1 28
7 Zagebie Lubin 19 7 5 7 23 22 9 4 3 2 12 10 10 3 2 5 11 12 1 26
8 Wisła Kraków 20 6 7 7 30 26 10 3 1 6 14 18 10 3 6 1 16 8 4 25
9 Lech Poznan 19 6 7 6 27 25 9 3 4 2 12 11 10 3 3 4 15 14 2 25
10 Jagiellonia Biaystok 19 7 4 8 26 29 9 4 3 2 16 12 10 3 1 6 10 17 -3 25
11 Piast Gliwice 19 6 6 7 24 22 9 2 3 4 8 10 10 4 3 3 16 12 2 24
12 Warta Poznan 19 7 2 10 18 22 9 3 1 5 6 10 10 4 1 5 12 12 -4 23
13 Wisla Plock 19 6 5 8 25 30 10 3 2 5 9 11 9 3 3 3 16 19 -5 23
14 Cracovia Krakow 19 5 8 6 21 24 10 3 4 3 13 15 9 2 4 3 8 9 -3 18
15 Podbeskidzie 19 4 5 10 18 42 10 4 2 4 11 18 9 0 3 6 7 24 -24 17
16 Stal Mielec 19 3 7 9 20 33 10 2 4 4 9 16 9 1 3 5 11 17 -13 16

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.