Piast Gliwice favourites for feisty fight facing Cracovia Kraków

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 19.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (10037 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, Piast Gliwice fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Cracovia Kraków.

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Ekstraklasa

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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Piast Gliwice form and stats

3 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Piast Gliwice have to build on here at Stadion Miejski in the Ekstraklasa.

Piast Gliwice drew their last game, 0-0 away at Lech Poznan (placed 6th). Ahead of that match, Gliwice won a home game hosting Stal Mielec (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gliwice handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, five draws and three defeats.

Piast Gliwice are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. On the other hand, Gliwice have conceded 11 goals.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Cracovia has drawn their two previous away games.

Cracovia played 1-1 against Slask Wrocaw in their previous match. A 0-0 draw at Rakow Czestochowa's stadium before that.

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 two wins, three draws and two defeats. From a total of seven matches.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Cracovia Kraków - Gliwice 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Piast Gliwice won four games, two matches ended with a draw and Cracovia Kraków has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Piast GliwiceJ. Świerczok
J. Świerczok
8 goals
Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
5 goals
GliwiceT. Mendes Alves
T. Mendes Alves
4 goals

Piast Gliwice missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Piast Gliwice Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 10 21
7 3 1 Won W 0 2 5
7 3 1 Drew D 2 5 10
7 4 1 Lost L 2 3 6
26 10 4 Scored S 3 8 22
23 11 4 Conceded C 6 9 25
81% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
57% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 67%
38% 30% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 20% 33%
29% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 24%
19% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
38% 40% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 40% 57%
38% 30% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 40% 24%
43% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 40% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.7 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
11.7 12.5 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.7 9.8
4.2 4.3 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3 3.4
30% 23% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 27% 31%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest matches over the total-line (7) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have the most matches under the total-line (14) 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 21 14 3 4 37 22 11 7 1 3 24 17 10 7 2 1 13 5 15 45
2 Pogon Szczecin 21 11 5 5 25 13 10 5 4 1 11 4 11 6 1 4 14 9 12 38
3 Rakow Czestochowa 21 10 6 5 32 22 11 6 2 3 13 8 10 4 4 2 19 14 10 36
4 Lechia Gdansk 21 10 3 8 29 24 11 5 1 5 17 13 10 5 2 3 12 11 5 33
5 Gornik Zabrze 21 9 4 8 25 22 11 5 2 4 17 14 10 4 2 4 8 8 3 31
6 Lech Poznan 21 7 8 6 28 25 10 3 5 2 12 11 11 4 3 4 16 14 3 29
7 Slask Wrocaw 21 8 5 8 25 22 10 6 3 1 15 8 11 2 2 7 10 14 3 29
8 Zagebie Lubin 21 8 5 8 26 24 10 5 3 2 15 10 11 3 2 6 11 14 2 29
9 Piast Gliwice 21 7 7 7 26 23 10 3 3 4 10 11 11 4 4 3 16 12 3 28
10 Warta Poznan 21 8 2 11 22 25 10 4 1 5 8 10 11 4 1 6 14 15 -3 26
11 Wisa Krakow 21 6 7 8 30 28 10 3 1 6 14 18 11 3 6 2 16 10 2 25
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 21 7 4 10 26 33 10 4 3 3 16 13 11 3 1 7 10 20 -7 25
13 Wisla Plock 21 6 6 9 27 34 11 3 3 5 11 13 10 3 3 4 16 21 -7 24
14 Cracovia Kraków 21 5 10 6 22 25 11 3 5 3 14 16 10 2 5 3 8 9 -3 20
15 Podbeskidzie 20 4 6 10 20 44 11 4 3 4 13 20 9 0 3 6 7 24 -24 18
16 Stal Mielec 20 3 7 10 21 35 10 2 4 4 9 16 10 1 3 6 12 19 -14 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.