Piast Gliwice manager W. Fornalik looking for three points in Wisła Kraków showdown

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (10037 seats)

Wisła Kraków know they have a grim excursion to Piast Gliwice and their Stadion Miejski. This match preview has all the facts and figures you need ahead of the match.

Insights:
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wisła Kraków have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Ekstraklasa

Piast Gliwice have less rest than Wisła Kraków in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ekstraklasa game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Cracovia Krakow, was also a home game here at Stadion Miejski. The away team is better rested.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The complete Ekstraklasa statistics at home this season for Piast Gliwice are 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). Piast Gliwice has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager W. Fornalik and the players.

Gliwice's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Cracovia Krakow (placed 8th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Damian Kądzior (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.33/10. Kądzior scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Wloclavia Wloclawek.

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 Piast Gliwice have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 22 games) they have won twelve times, drawn six and lost four.

A decent goal production from Piast Gliwice in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. Gliwice have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Wisła Kraków form and stats

Playing away, Wisła Kraków have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season.

Kraków aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. M. Frydrych was the last player to find the net.

Kraków failed to get anything from their last game, a Ekstraklasa home match vs Pogon Szczecin (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-1. The attacker Dor Hugi got a match rating of 7.31 in that game. Hugi hit one key pass.

Prior to that result Kraków won their away game at Stal Mielec in the Polish Cup. The scoreline was 3-1.

We have checked recent matches where Kraków have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, two draws and eight defeats.

Kraków are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Kraków are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 6 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Gliwice, two draws and four wins for Wisła Kraków. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

GliwiceK. Vida
K. Vida
3 goals
Wisła KrakówY. Yeboah
Y. Yeboah
3 goals
Piast GliwiceP. Sokołowski
P. Sokołowski
2 goals

Piast Gliwice missing players

Wisła Kraków missing players

Piast Gliwice Wisła Kraków
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 2 4 9
3 1 1 Won W 1 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
5 3 1 Lost L 0 2 4
12 9 6 Scored S 5 6 13
14 12 7 Conceded C 3 10 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
56% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
33% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 78%
33% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 44%
33% 60% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 11%
44% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 56%
22% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 22%
 
5 5.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.5 5.8
5.9 5 1 Corners against (avg) C A 1.5 3.5 4.8
1.1 1.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.8 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.6 10.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 13.2 12.2
4.2 4.8 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.8 4.7
32% 38% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 32% 31%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • All of Wisła Kraków's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Piast Gliwice have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Piast Gliwice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Wisła Kraków have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Wisła Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Wisła Kraków have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Kraków have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Wisła Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 Poznan 9 5 3 1 18 6 5 3 2 0 10 1 4 2 1 1 8 5 12 18
2 Slask Wrocaw 9 4 5 0 14 8 5 2 3 0 7 4 4 2 2 0 7 4 6 17
3 Lechia Gdansk 9 4 4 1 15 8 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 1 3 1 8 6 7 16
4 Pogon Szczecin 9 4 4 1 12 7 4 3 1 0 8 2 5 1 3 1 4 5 5 16
5 Zagebie Lubin 8 5 0 3 11 12 4 3 0 1 8 5 4 2 0 2 3 7 -1 15
6 Rakow Czestochowa 7 4 2 1 14 11 1 0 1 0 2 2 6 4 1 1 12 9 3 14
7 Jagiellonia Biaystok 9 3 3 3 10 11 6 3 2 1 8 5 3 0 1 2 2 6 -1 12
8 Cracovia Krakow 9 3 3 3 13 15 3 1 1 1 5 5 6 2 2 2 8 10 -2 12
9 Wisła Kraków 9 3 2 4 13 15 5 2 1 2 7 5 4 1 1 2 6 10 -2 11
10 Stal Mielec 9 3 2 4 8 13 5 3 0 2 5 6 4 0 2 2 3 7 -5 11
11 Wisla Plock 9 3 1 5 15 13 4 3 1 0 9 1 5 0 0 5 6 12 2 10
12 Radomiak Radom 8 2 4 2 8 7 4 2 2 0 6 3 4 0 2 2 2 4 1 10
13 Piast Gliwice 9 3 1 5 12 14 5 1 1 3 9 12 4 2 0 2 3 2 -2 10
14 Gornik Zabrze 8 3 1 4 9 12 4 2 0 2 3 4 4 1 1 2 6 8 -3 10
15 Legia Warszawa 7 3 0 4 9 9 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 1 0 3 3 5 0 9
16 Warta Poznan 9 1 4 4 8 10 5 0 3 2 2 6 4 1 1 2 6 4 -2 7
17 Nieciecza 8 1 3 4 9 12 5 1 2 2 8 9 3 0 1 2 1 3 -3 6
18 Gornik eczna 9 1 2 6 7 22 5 1 1 3 5 14 4 0 1 3 2 8 -15 5

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.