It's game two of the Ekstraklasa season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Wisła Kraków-Śląsk Wrocław!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Wisła Kraków form and stats
Kraków shared the glory with Jagiellonia Biaystok in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. A Polish Cup defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at KSZO.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Kraków have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost two.
Last season, Wisła Kraków's league statistics were 10 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 13th position in the Ekstraklasa. Over these 30 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 47. Playing at home last season Wisła Kraków managed 7-2-6 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 16 conceded.
Śląsk Wrocław form and stats
Wrocław go into this game after a win, the home game against Piast Gliwice that ended 2-0. Before that, Wrocław travelled to KS odz (after extra-time, 4-1 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Polish Cup game finished 2-2.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Śląsk Wrocław playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Śląsk Wrocław win, one draw and four defeats.
Let's have a look at how Śląsk Wrocław performed last season in the Ekstraklasa: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 10 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 42 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 6 with 13/13 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Kraków-Śląsk Wrocław H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Wisła Kraków four wins, Śląsk Wrocław five wins, one draw. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Błaszczykowski 1 goals |   P. Celeban 1 goals |  F. Piasecki 1 goals |
Wisła Kraków missing players
Śląsk Wrocław missing players
| Wisła Kraków | Śląsk Wrocław | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Wisła Kraków | Last season | Śląsk Wrocław | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 11 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 14 | 51 | ||
| 56 | 18 | Conceded | C | 18 | 46 | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 62% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 76% | ||
| 49% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | ||
| 35% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 43% | 39% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 19% | ||
| 32% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 391 | 208 | Total Shots | T S | 171 | 376 | ||
| 143 | 75 | Shots on Target | S O | 66 | 155 | ||
| 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Górnik Zabrze | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Śląsk Wrocław | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Zagłębie Lubin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Lechia Gdansk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Stal Mielec | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Wisła Kraków | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Wisla Plock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Lech Poznan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Pogon Szczecin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Rakow Czestochowa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Warta Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Podbeskidzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Piast Gliwice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cracovia Krakow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zagłębie Lubin | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Wisla Plock | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Górnik Zabrze | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Rakow Czestochowa | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 5 | Arka Gdynia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Wisła Kraków | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 7 | Korona Kielce | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 8 | KS odz | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -8 | 3 |