Legia Warszawa manager Vukovic looking for three points in Cracovia Kraków showdown

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 21.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

It's been eight days and nights since Legia Warszawa ran out versus Jagiellonia Biaystok and the score was 2-2. Can they win vs Cracovia Kraków?

Insights:
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Ekstraklasa

Legia Warszawa are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. For Cracovia Kraków most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

Legia Warszawa have collected 27 points from their Ekstraklasa home games so far after 9-0-7.

Warszawa drew their last game, 2-2 away at Jagiellonia Biaystok (placed 13th). Midfield player Slisz got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, the max score being 10. Slisz served one assist, hit one key pass and had 96 successful passes (of 104 total).

Before that game, the 5-3 home victory against Gornik Zabrze.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Legia Warszawa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.

A decent goal production from Legia Warszawa in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 16 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

Playing away, Cracovia Kraków have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 6 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season.

Cracovia had fun at their own home (Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego) last time out, beating Wisla Plock 3-0. Pestka (2) and Rasmussen scored. Midfield player Pestka was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.35/10. Pestka scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Raków Częstochowa that ended 1-1.

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 1 win, 5 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.

As opposed to that, Cracovia have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Cracovia Kraków - Legia Warszawa 1-0 was the output when these two contenders last met, also in this season. Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two teams are: five wins for Legia Warszawa, two draws and three wins for Cracovia Kraków. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

WarszawaT. Pekhart
T. Pekhart
8 goals
Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
8 goals
Legia WarszawaP. Wszołek
P. Wszołek
6 goals

Legia Warszawa missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Legia Warszawa Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
12 9 1 Won W 1 5 12
4 0 0 Drew D 1 5 10
17 7 4 Lost L 3 6 11
43 26 4 Scored S 3 16 40
48 21 8 Conceded C 7 20 39
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
64% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 75% 73%
52% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 38% 42%
39% 38% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 12%
15% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
52% 44% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 48%
21% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 30%
30% 31% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 27%
 
6.2 5.9 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.1 5.1
4.5 4.1 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.8 4.6
2.8 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 2.2 2.2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.2 14.6 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.6 8.8 9.6
4.9 6.2 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.8 3.8
26% 26% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 31%
 
10.3 9.1 11 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 10.8 9.9
4.3 3.8 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.8 3.3 3.5
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Legia Warszawa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 33 21 8 4 65 23 16 12 3 1 38 6 17 9 5 3 27 17 42 71
2 Raków Częstochowa 33 19 9 5 57 30 16 9 6 1 32 13 17 10 3 4 25 17 27 66
3 Pogoń Szczecin 33 18 10 5 61 29 16 11 2 3 39 17 17 7 8 2 22 12 32 64
4 Lechia Gdańsk 33 16 9 8 52 36 17 12 4 1 30 11 16 4 5 7 22 25 16 57
5 Piast Gliwice 33 15 8 10 44 36 16 7 3 6 22 21 17 8 5 4 22 15 8 53
6 Cracovia Kraków 33 12 10 11 40 39 17 7 5 5 24 19 16 5 5 6 16 20 1 46
7 Wisla Plock 33 14 3 16 45 51 16 10 2 4 24 14 17 4 1 12 21 37 -6 45
8 Radomiak Radom 32 10 14 8 37 37 16 6 7 3 22 20 16 4 7 5 15 17 0 44
9 Gornik Zabrze 32 11 8 13 47 50 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 5 3 8 25 31 -3 41
10 Legia Warszawa 33 12 4 17 43 48 16 9 0 7 26 21 17 3 4 10 17 27 -5 40
11 Warta Poznan 33 10 9 14 34 38 17 4 6 7 16 22 16 6 3 7 18 16 -4 39
12 Zagłębie Lubin 33 11 5 17 42 57 17 7 3 7 25 28 16 4 2 10 17 29 -15 38
13 Jagiellonia Biaystok 33 8 13 12 38 50 17 5 8 4 23 20 16 3 5 8 15 30 -12 37
14 Stal Mielec 32 9 9 14 38 48 16 7 3 6 20 20 16 2 6 8 18 28 -10 36
15 Slask Wrocaw 32 7 13 12 38 47 16 3 8 5 15 21 16 4 5 7 23 26 -9 34
16 Wisa Krakow 32 7 10 15 35 49 16 5 5 6 21 20 16 2 5 9 14 29 -14 31
17 Nieciecza 33 7 10 16 34 54 17 5 5 7 19 26 16 2 5 9 15 28 -20 31
18 Gornik eczna 32 6 10 16 27 55 16 4 6 6 15 26 16 2 4 10 12 29 -28 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 Lech Poznań 33 21 8 4 65 23 16 12 3 1 38 6 17 9 5 3 27 17 42 71
2 Raków Częstochowa 33 19 9 5 57 30 16 9 6 1 32 13 17 10 3 4 25 17 27 66
3 Pogoń Szczecin 33 18 10 5 61 29 16 11 2 3 39 17 17 7 8 2 22 12 32 64
4 Lechia Gdańsk 33 16 9 8 52 36 17 12 4 1 30 11 16 4 5 7 22 25 16 57
5 Piast Gliwice 33 15 8 10 44 36 16 7 3 6 22 21 17 8 5 4 22 15 8 53
6 Cracovia Kraków 33 12 10 11 40 39 17 7 5 5 24 19 16 5 5 6 16 20 1 46
7 Wisla Plock 33 14 3 16 45 51 16 10 2 4 24 14 17 4 1 12 21 37 -6 45
8 Radomiak Radom 32 10 14 8 37 37 16 6 7 3 22 20 16 4 7 5 15 17 0 44
9 Gornik Zabrze 32 11 8 13 47 50 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 5 3 8 25 31 -3 41
10 Legia Warszawa 33 12 4 17 43 48 16 9 0 7 26 21 17 3 4 10 17 27 -5 40
11 Warta Poznan 33 10 9 14 34 38 17 4 6 7 16 22 16 6 3 7 18 16 -4 39
12 Zagłębie Lubin 33 11 5 17 42 57 17 7 3 7 25 28 16 4 2 10 17 29 -15 38
13 Jagiellonia Biaystok 33 8 13 12 38 50 17 5 8 4 23 20 16 3 5 8 15 30 -12 37
14 Stal Mielec 32 9 9 14 38 48 16 7 3 6 20 20 16 2 6 8 18 28 -10 36
15 Slask Wrocaw 32 7 13 12 38 47 16 3 8 5 15 21 16 4 5 7 23 26 -9 34
16 Wisa Krakow 32 7 10 15 35 49 16 5 5 6 21 20 16 2 5 9 14 29 -14 31
17 Nieciecza 33 7 10 16 34 54 17 5 5 7 19 26 16 2 5 9 15 28 -20 31
18 Gornik eczna 32 6 10 16 27 55 16 4 6 6 15 26 16 2 4 10 12 29 -28 28

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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.