Ekstraklasa match preview: Wisła Kraków believed to be the weaker party when Lech Poznań pays a visit

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana (33500 seats)

Wisła Kraków come from a 1-1 score versus Lechia Gdańsk last week, a fixture to remember. Next is this robust Lech Poznań side.

Insights:
  • Wisła Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lech Poznań have the most scored goals (48) in Ekstraklasa

Wisła Kraków and Lech Poznań should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Wisła Kraków form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Wisła Kraków have to build on here at Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana in the Ekstraklasa.

The home team returns to Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana after drawing with Lechia Gdańsk (placed 4th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The versatile forward Fernández bested all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.64 out of 10. Fernández scored one goal and hit two key passes.

12 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Lech Poznań form and stats

Playing away, Lech Poznań have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season.

Lech Poznań's previous game was their home loss versus Rakow Czestochowa (0-1). Salamon was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.45. The defender Salamon hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

Poznań has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Lech Poznań have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Lech Poznań - Wisła Kraków 5-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wisła Kraków two wins, three draws and Lech Poznań five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lech PoznańM. Ishak
M. Ishak
13 goals
Lech PoznańJ. Reis Amaral
J. Reis Amaral
10 goals
Lech PoznańJ. Kamiński
J. Kamiński
8 goals

Wisła Kraków missing players

Lech Poznań missing players

Wisła Kraków Lech Poznań
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 12 24
6 4 0 Won W 3 5 14
5 2 1 Drew D 1 4 6
13 5 3 Lost L 0 3 4
23 11 3 Scored S 8 20 48
36 12 6 Conceded C 4 14 18
96% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
67% 45% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 71%
50% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 50%
25% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 42% 38%
8% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 17% 21%
42% 18% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 58% 42%
25% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 46%
38% 45% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 21%
 
5.1 6.4 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 7 6.6
5.1 5.3 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 3.2 3.6
2.2 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.4
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.2 10.1 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 19.5 16 17
3.8 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.6 7
26% 29% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 25% 28%
 
12.6 11 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 7.2 7.1
5.4 4.9 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 2.3
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lech Poznań have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lech Poznań have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lech Poznań have scored more than double the goals of Wisła Kraków.
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals (18) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most scored goals (20) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most scored goals (48) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the the best goal difference (+30) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Wisła Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pogoń Szczecin 24 14 7 3 44 20 12 9 2 1 30 11 12 5 5 2 14 9 24 49
2 Lech Poznań 24 14 6 4 48 18 12 9 2 1 28 4 12 5 4 3 20 14 30 48
3 Rakow Czestochowa 24 14 6 4 43 23 11 7 3 1 25 8 13 7 3 3 18 15 20 48
4 Lechia Gdańsk 24 11 7 6 37 28 12 8 3 1 21 9 12 3 4 5 16 19 9 40
5 Radomiak Radom 24 10 9 5 32 25 12 6 5 1 18 10 12 4 4 4 14 15 7 39
6 Górnik Zabrze 24 10 6 8 34 30 13 6 3 4 20 15 11 4 3 4 14 15 4 36
7 Wisła Płock 24 10 3 11 34 35 12 9 2 1 20 6 12 1 1 10 14 29 -1 33
8 Stal Mielec 24 8 8 8 29 32 13 6 3 4 17 16 11 2 5 4 12 16 -3 32
9 Piast Gliwice 24 8 7 9 31 29 12 4 3 5 17 18 12 4 4 4 14 11 2 31
10 Cracovia Kraków 24 8 7 9 31 34 12 5 3 4 19 17 12 3 4 5 12 17 -3 31
11 Jagiellonia Białystok 24 7 9 8 29 36 12 4 6 2 17 13 12 3 3 6 12 23 -7 30
12 Slask Wrocaw 23 6 8 9 32 36 11 3 5 3 13 14 12 3 3 6 19 22 -4 26
13 Zagebie Lubin 24 7 4 13 25 42 12 5 2 5 17 17 12 2 2 8 8 25 -17 25
14 Warta Poznań 24 5 9 10 20 28 12 2 6 4 10 14 12 3 3 6 10 14 -8 24
15 Gornik eczna 24 5 9 10 24 41 12 3 5 4 13 20 12 2 4 6 11 21 -17 24
16 Wisła Kraków 24 6 5 13 23 36 11 4 2 5 11 12 13 2 3 8 12 24 -13 23
17 Legia Warszawa 22 7 1 14 24 33 11 5 0 6 14 15 11 2 1 8 10 18 -9 22
18 Nieciecza 23 5 7 11 25 39 12 4 4 4 17 19 11 1 3 7 8 20 -14 22

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.