Ekstraklasa duel: Close contest expected between Wisła Kraków and Piast Gliwice

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 03.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana (33500 seats)

The guesting Piast Gliwice team are probably favourites at Wisła Kraków, as the away side hold a 13 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Wisła Kraków is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Piast Gliwice have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Ekstraklasa

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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Wisła Kraków form and stats

All-inclusive Ekstraklasa statistics at home this season for Wisła Kraków are 4-3-5 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Wisła Kraków.

No payout for Kraków in their previous match, an away game at Pogon Szczecin that ended in defeat 1-4. Midfield player Fernández got a match rating of 7.2 in that game, the max score being 10. Fernández scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Wisła Kraków hosted Lech Poznan and drew the game 1-1.

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 seven games. Wisła Kraków has won one of these, drawn one and lost five.

On the other hand, Kraków have conceded 13 goals.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Piast Gliwice goalkeeper Frantisek Plach is eager to challenge this, with his 425 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Gliwice play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Cracovia Krakow (placed 10th). Attacker Kądzior got a player rating of 7.94 in the game. "Man of the match" Kądzior scored one goal and hit three key passes.

A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Lechia Gdansk.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Piast Gliwice in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Piast Gliwice, three draws and three defeats.

Piast Gliwice find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. Piast Gliwice are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the sides faced each other previously this season; Piast Gliwice - Kraków 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Wisła Kraków three wins, two draws and Piast Gliwice five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Piast GliwiceA. Toril Domingo
A. Toril Domingo
5 goals

Wisła Kraków missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Wisła Kraków Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 5 Played P 4 13 26
6 4 0 Won W 1 5 10
6 3 2 Drew D 3 4 7
14 5 3 Lost L 0 4 9
25 12 4 Scored S 7 15 33
41 13 7 Conceded C 5 11 29
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 92%
69% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 46% 54%
50% 42% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 23% 31%
27% 17% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 27%
12% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 19%
46% 25% 60% BTTS BTTS 75% 31% 42%
23% 42% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 38% 31%
35% 42% 40% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 35%
 
5.3 6.8 7.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.8 4.3
5.5 5.7 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.7 6
2.1 2 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.5
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 9.8 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.2 9.5
3.7 3.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3.8
26% 29% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 78% 39% 34%
 
12.7 10.9 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 11.8 10.2
5.5 4.8 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 4
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wisła Kraków is in the worst form (0-3-3)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pogon Szczecin 26 15 8 3 49 22 13 10 2 1 34 12 13 5 6 2 15 10 27 53
2 Lech Poznan 26 15 7 4 52 19 13 10 2 1 31 4 13 5 5 3 21 15 33 52
3 Rakow Czestochowa 26 15 7 4 46 25 13 8 4 1 28 10 13 7 3 3 18 15 21 52
4 Lechia Gdansk 26 12 7 7 39 29 13 9 3 1 23 9 13 3 4 6 16 20 10 43
5 Radomiak Radom 26 10 11 5 33 26 13 6 6 1 19 11 13 4 5 4 14 15 7 41
6 Piast Gliwice 26 10 7 9 33 29 13 5 3 5 18 18 13 5 4 4 15 11 4 37
7 Gornik Zabrze 26 10 7 9 36 33 14 6 4 4 21 16 12 4 3 5 15 17 3 37
8 Wisla Plock 26 11 3 12 36 37 13 9 2 2 21 8 13 2 1 10 15 29 -1 36
9 Stal Mielec 26 8 9 9 31 35 13 6 3 4 17 16 13 2 6 5 14 19 -4 33
10 Cracovia Krakow 26 8 8 10 32 36 14 5 4 5 20 19 12 3 4 5 12 17 -4 32
11 Legia Warszawa 26 10 2 14 31 35 13 7 0 6 19 16 13 3 2 8 12 19 -4 32
12 Warta Poznan 26 7 9 10 26 29 13 3 6 4 12 15 13 4 3 6 14 14 -3 30
13 Slask Wrocaw 26 7 9 10 34 38 12 3 6 3 13 14 14 4 3 7 21 24 -4 30
14 Jagiellonia Białystok 26 7 9 10 29 40 13 4 6 3 17 14 13 3 3 7 12 26 -11 30
15 Zagłębie Lubin 26 8 4 14 27 46 13 5 2 6 17 21 13 3 2 8 10 25 -19 28
16 Wisła Kraków 26 6 6 14 25 41 12 4 3 5 12 13 14 2 3 9 13 28 -16 24
17 Gornik eczna 26 5 9 12 24 44 13 3 5 5 13 21 13 2 4 7 11 23 -20 24
18 Nieciecza 26 5 8 13 27 46 13 4 4 5 17 21 13 1 4 8 10 25 -19 23

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.