Śląsk Wrocław vs Cracovia Kraków full preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski (42771 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these mid-table teams fight it out. Both are trying to improve their league table standing, Śląsk Wrocław in 18th and Cracovia Kraków in 18th place.

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Śląsk Wrocław form and stats

The Ekstraklasa stats at home this season for Śląsk Wrocław are 3-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Wrocław are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Warta Poznań. Defender Lewkot got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.03/10. Lewkot scored one goal and won 6 of 11 duels.

Heartbreak before that as Śląsk Wrocław lost 1-3 at Gornik Zabrze's place.

Śląsk Wrocław have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Miejski with 12 goals in 8 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cracovia Kraków so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose). Cracovia seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

The manager Zielinski was unhappy after their last game, a Ekstraklasa match played at their home ground Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego. Cracovia Kraków suffered a 0-2 loss to Gornik eczna (placed 16th). Midfielder Kakabadze was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.14. Kakabadze hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Legia Warszawa.

Cracovia find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. Cracovia's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head meeting ended Cracovia Kraków - Wrocław 1-2, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Śląsk Wrocław victories, three draws and two Cracovia Kraków wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Śląsk WrocławE. Expósito Hernández
E. Expósito Hernández
9 goals
Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
8 goals
Śląsk WrocławR. Pich
R. Pich
5 goals

Śląsk Wrocław missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Śląsk Wrocław Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 2 9 18
6 3 1 Won W 1 2 6
6 4 1 Drew D 0 3 5
6 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
30 12 5 Scored S 5 10 23
28 9 3 Conceded C 4 14 26
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 83%
72% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 50%
44% 38% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 11% 17%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 11% 11%
78% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 61%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
11% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 22%
 
4.4 4.5 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.9
5.5 5.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.1 4.3
1.7 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.4 14.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 9.2 9.4
4.9 4.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.5 4.6 4.4
34% 31% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 29%
 
11.7 10.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 11.7 10.8
5 4.4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.1 4.4
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cracovia 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 18 11 5 2 35 12 9 7 2 0 21 2 9 4 3 2 14 10 23 38
2 Pogoń Szczecin 18 10 6 2 34 15 8 7 1 0 23 6 10 3 5 2 11 9 19 36
3 Lechia Gdansk 18 9 6 3 33 22 9 6 2 1 17 8 9 3 4 2 16 14 11 33
4 Rakow Czestochowa 17 9 5 3 30 20 7 4 3 0 15 6 10 5 2 3 15 14 10 32
5 Radomiak Radom 17 8 7 2 23 14 8 5 3 0 13 6 9 3 4 2 10 8 9 31
6 Stal Mielec 18 7 6 5 25 25 10 6 2 2 15 12 8 1 4 3 10 13 0 27
7 Wisla Plock 18 8 2 8 28 26 9 7 2 0 16 3 9 1 0 8 12 23 2 26
8 Gornik Zabrze 17 7 4 6 24 23 10 5 2 3 15 12 7 2 2 3 9 11 1 25
9 Śląsk Wrocław 18 6 6 6 30 28 8 3 4 1 12 9 10 3 2 5 18 19 2 24
10 Jagiellonia Biaystok 18 6 6 6 24 26 10 4 4 2 16 12 8 2 2 4 8 14 -2 24
11 Cracovia Kraków 18 6 5 7 23 26 9 4 2 3 13 12 9 2 3 4 10 14 -3 23
12 Piast Gliwice 17 6 3 8 23 23 9 4 1 4 16 15 8 2 2 4 7 8 0 21
13 Zagebie Lubin 17 6 2 9 19 30 9 4 1 4 13 13 8 2 1 5 6 17 -11 20
14 Wisa Krakow 18 5 3 10 18 30 8 3 1 4 8 11 10 2 2 6 10 19 -12 18
15 Warta Poznań 18 3 6 9 13 23 10 1 5 4 6 12 8 2 1 5 7 11 -10 15
16 Gornik eczna 18 3 6 9 17 35 9 1 4 4 8 18 9 2 2 5 9 17 -18 15
17 Nieciecza 17 2 6 9 20 29 9 2 3 4 14 18 8 0 3 5 6 11 -9 12
18 Legia Warszawa 16 4 0 12 15 27 7 3 0 4 8 10 9 1 0 8 7 17 -12 12

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.