ŁKS Łódź vs Wisła Kraków betting preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Date: Thu 19.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion LKS (12160 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 15th place.

It's no vacation for neither ŁKS Łódź nor Wisła Kraków as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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ŁKS Łódź form and stats

ŁKS Łódź's struggle is real here at Stadion LKS with only 10 points collected from 10 Ekstraklasa games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 3-1-6. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on ŁKS Łódź to get some points in this home game.

The ŁKS Łódź fans got no joy from their last match, a Ekstraklasa game also here at Stadion LKS: A 2-4 defeat against Wisła Kraków (placed 15th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Piast Gliwice (1-2).

A goal frenzy last time out for ŁKS Łódź, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Wisła Kraków. Fun stuff to watch!

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 ŁKS Łódź have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 3.

The ŁKS Łódź fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the ŁKS Łódź defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Wisła Kraków form and stats

Wisła Kraków, who have the most conceded goals (27) away in Ekstraklasa, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Ekstraklasa, after 1-2-8 (11 played).

It's the second away game in a row for Wisła Kraków, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus ŁKS Łódź (placed 16th) in the Ekstraklasa last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Pogoń Szczecin.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Wisła Kraków, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Wisła Kraków are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Wisła Kraków are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Wisła Kraków have conceded 27 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the ŁKS Łódź - Wisła Kraków 2-4 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): ŁKS Łódź 1 win, 2 draws and Wisła Kraków 7 victories. As for goals, 7 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ŁKS ŁódźR. Kujawa
R. Kujawa
10 goals

ŁKS Łódź missing players

Wisła Kraków missing players

ŁKS Łódź Wisła Kraków
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 3 11 20
4 3 2 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
14 6 1 Lost L 2 8 13
20 13 7 Scored S 3 11 22
37 16 5 Conceded C 6 27 35
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 95%
75% 60% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 55%
55% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 64% 50%
35% 40% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 45% 35%
20% 40% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 36% 25%
55% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 55% 40%
15% 30% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 20%
35% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 45%
 
4.9 5.1 3.7 Corners For (avg) C F 1.7 3.7 4.2
6.6 5.3 3.3 Corners Against (avg) C A 6.3 5.1 5.7
2.4 2.4 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.3 2.1
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
252 151 44 Total Shots T S 19 98 199
96 54 19 Shots on Target S O 9 38 70
21% 24% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 31%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Wisła Kraków has the most conceded goals (27) away
  • Wisła Kraków has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
  • Wisła Kraków has the the worst goal difference (-16) away
  • Wisła Kraków have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Wisła Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • ŁKS Łódź has the fewest points (10) at home
  • ŁKS Łódź has the most conceded goals (16) at home
  • ŁKS Łódź has the most conceded goals (37)
  • ŁKS Łódź has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
  • ŁKS Łódź has the the worst goal difference (-17)
  • ŁKS Łódź has the the worst goal difference (-3) 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 Legia Warszawa 19 12 2 5 39 18 10 7 1 2 27 8 9 5 1 3 12 10 21 38
2 Pogoń Szczecin 19 10 5 4 22 15 9 5 2 2 12 7 10 5 3 2 10 8 7 35
3 Śląsk Wrocław 19 9 7 3 27 19 10 5 4 1 18 15 9 4 3 2 9 4 8 34
4 Cracovia Kraków 19 10 3 6 27 16 10 7 1 2 17 6 9 3 2 4 10 10 11 33
5 Lech Poznań 20 8 7 5 33 20 10 4 3 3 18 9 10 4 4 2 15 11 13 31
6 Piast Gliwice 19 9 4 6 21 19 10 6 2 2 13 9 9 3 2 4 8 10 2 31
7 Lechia Gdańsk 19 8 6 5 23 19 10 4 4 2 13 8 9 4 2 3 10 11 4 30
8 Jagiellonia Białystok 19 8 5 6 31 23 10 6 1 3 18 10 9 2 4 3 13 13 8 29
9 Wisła Płock 19 8 3 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 14 9 10 3 1 6 9 22 -8 27
10 Zagłębie Lubin 19 7 4 8 29 27 9 4 3 2 17 10 10 3 1 6 12 17 2 25
11 Raków Częstochowa 19 8 1 10 21 29 10 6 0 4 14 12 9 2 1 6 7 17 -8 25
12 Arka Gdynia 20 5 6 9 17 28 9 2 5 2 7 9 11 3 1 7 10 19 -11 21
13 Górnik Zabrze 19 4 8 7 21 27 9 4 4 1 14 9 10 0 4 6 7 18 -6 20
14 Korona Kielce 19 5 3 11 11 24 10 4 1 5 8 8 9 1 2 6 3 16 -13 18
15 Wisła Kraków 20 5 2 13 22 35 9 4 0 5 11 8 11 1 2 8 11 27 -13 17
16 ŁKS Łódź 20 4 2 14 20 37 10 3 1 6 13 16 10 1 1 8 7 21 -17 14

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.