Evenly matched teams: Piast Gliwice vs Cracovia Krakow match preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 22.February
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (10037 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Piast Gliwice have their presumed home advantage while Cracovia Krakow are ahead 5 points in the Ekstraklasa table.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Miejski as Piast Gliwice have scored 15 goals to get 23 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Ekstraklasa are 7-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Piast Gliwice has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Miejski, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The fans are hoping that Piast Gliwice will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Ekstraklasa game against Lechia Gdańsk (placed 6th). Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Zagłębie Lubin.

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 Piast Gliwice have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost five.

The Piast Gliwice fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Piast Gliwice have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Ekstraklasa, are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.

Cracovia Kraków go into this game after a win, the home game against Lech Poznań that ended 2-1. Prior to that result Cracovia Kraków won their away game at Arka Gdynia. The scoreline was 1-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Cracovia Kraków in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Cracovia Kraków, two draws and three defeats.

Cracovia Kraków find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Cracovia Kraków in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cracovia Kraków - Piast Gliwice 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Piast Gliwice victories, three draws and three Cracovia Kraków wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Piast GliwiceJ. Muñoz García
J. Muñoz García
11 goals
Cracovia KrakówS. Hanca
S. Hanca
7 goals
Piast GliwiceP. Parzyszek
P. Parzyszek
6 goals

Piast Gliwice missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Piast Gliwice Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 10 22
10 7 1 Won W 1 4 13
4 2 2 Drew D 1 2 3
8 2 1 Lost L 1 4 6
24 15 3 Scored S 5 11 32
22 9 4 Conceded C 4 10 17
91% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 95%
68% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 68%
45% 45% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 41%
5% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 20% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 5%
41% 45% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 45%
36% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 45%
32% 18% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 14%
 
4.6 4.9 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 4.6 5.5
5.5 4.7 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 10 7.1 5.8
1.6 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.2
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
232 125 47 Total Shots T S 20 95 266
102 57 20 Shots on Target S O 9 40 109
24% 26% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 28% 29%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków has the fewest conceded goals (17)
  • Cracovia Kraków has the most clean sheets (10)
  • Piast Gliwice has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (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 22 13 3 6 45 23 11 8 1 2 30 9 11 5 2 4 15 14 22 42
2 Cracovia Kraków 22 13 3 6 32 17 12 9 1 2 21 7 10 4 2 4 11 10 15 42
3 Pogoń Szczecin 22 11 6 5 25 18 11 5 3 3 12 8 11 6 3 2 13 10 7 39
4 Śląsk Wrocław 22 9 9 4 29 23 11 5 5 1 20 17 11 4 4 3 9 6 6 36
5 Lech Poznań 22 9 7 6 37 22 11 5 3 3 21 9 11 4 4 3 16 13 15 34
6 Lechia Gdańsk 22 9 7 6 26 24 12 5 4 3 14 11 10 4 3 3 12 13 2 34
7 Piast Gliwice 22 10 4 8 24 22 11 7 2 2 15 9 11 3 2 6 9 13 2 34
8 Wisła Płock 22 9 4 9 27 35 11 6 2 3 18 13 11 3 2 6 9 22 -8 31
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 22 8 6 8 31 29 11 6 2 3 18 10 11 2 4 5 13 19 2 30
10 Raków Częstochowa 22 9 2 11 26 34 11 6 1 4 16 14 11 3 1 7 10 20 -8 29
11 Zagłębie Lubin 22 8 4 10 31 31 11 5 3 3 19 12 11 3 1 7 12 19 0 28
12 Górnik Zabrze 22 6 9 7 26 27 11 6 4 1 19 9 11 0 5 6 7 18 -1 27
13 Wisła Kraków 22 7 2 13 26 35 10 5 0 5 14 8 12 2 2 8 12 27 -9 23
14 Korona Kielce 22 6 5 11 12 24 11 4 2 5 8 8 11 2 3 6 4 16 -12 23
15 Arka Gdynia 22 5 6 11 17 31 10 2 5 3 7 10 12 3 1 8 10 21 -14 21
16 ŁKS Łódź 22 4 3 15 21 40 11 3 2 6 13 16 11 1 1 9 8 24 -19 15

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.