Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Wisła Kraków in 9th and Lechia Gdańsk in 8th place.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ekstraklasa. Thankfully the previous game, versus Podbeskidzie, was also a home game here at Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana. The away team is better rested.
Wisła Kraków form and stats
Wisła Kraków have played three Ekstraklasa home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
Kraków are confident in defense, having played 289 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
The Kraków supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Podbeskidzie in Ekstraklasa and win 3-0. In the preceding match a 6-0 victory visiting Stal Mielec.
This is expected to be a close game, with Wisła Kraków perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Wisła Kraków as a small favourite), we find five games. Wisła Kraków has won two of these, drawn zero and lost three.
Kraków are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Wisła Kraków with 6 goals conceded in these matches.
Lechia Gdańsk form and stats
Things could have gone better for Lechia Gdańsk in their Ekstraklasa away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Lechia Gdańsk are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Zagebie Lubin (placed 2nd). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Pogon Szczecin.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Lechia Gdańsk in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Lechia, four draws and five defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lechia manager P. Stokowiec as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Olimpia Grudziadz.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lechia as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Lechia have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Kraków won two, Lechia Gdańsk won four and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Wisła Kraków missing players
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| Wisła Kraków | Lechia Gdańsk | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 76 | 30 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 26 | 87 |
| 33 | 13 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| 39% | 31% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 41% |
- All of Wisła Kraków's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Lechia Gdańsk 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 | Rakow Czestochowa | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Zagebie Lubin | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Gornik Zabrze | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Slask Wrocaw | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Legia Warszawa | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Pogon Szczecin | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | Lechia Gdańsk | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Wisła Kraków | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Wisla Plock | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Lech Poznan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Warta Poznan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Cracovia Krakow | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Stal Mielec | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -10 | 5 |
| 15 | Podbeskidzie | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -12 | 5 |
| 16 | Piast Gliwice | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 2 |