National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Warta Poznań or Cracovia Kraków that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Warta Poznań form and stats
Last season their Polish Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.With 2 Ekstraklasa wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Warta Poznań are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Poznań drew their last game, 1-1 away at Lechia Gdańsk. Before that, Warta Poznań had a Ekstraklasa home game versus Cracovia Kraków which ended with a victory 1-0.
The hometeam coach P. Tworek made a successful contribution in the game against Lechia Gdańsk, bringing on Mariusz Rybicki who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Poznań have scored 4 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. 8 goals have been conceded.
Cracovia Kraków form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Cracovia Kraków, as they won the Polish Cup.The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Recent form does not give Cracovia much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Warta Poznań will be a tough nut to crack. Cracovia seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The attacking players of Cracovia have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 297 minutes.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Cracovia, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Pogon Szczecin. A 0-3 loss hosting Lechia Gdańsk before that.
After this away game Cracovia return home for a Ekstraklasa game against Podbeskidzie. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cracovia have scored 8 goals in 8 league games away. 9 goals have been conceded by Cracovia Kraków in these games.
Head 2 Head
Warta Poznań-Cracovia Kraków H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Poznań one win, Cracovia Kraków one win, one draw. two of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Kuzimski 4 goals |   P. van Amersfoort 4 goals | M. Jakóbowski 2 goals |
Warta Poznań missing players
Cracovia Kraków missing players
| Warta Poznań | Cracovia Kraków | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 23% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.5 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 36% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 31% | ||
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Rakow Czestochowa | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Slask Wrocaw | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Gornik Zabrze | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Zagebie Lubin | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Piast Gliwice | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Lechia Gdańsk | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Lech Poznan | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Wisla Plock | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Wisa Krakow | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Warta Poznań | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 14 | Cracovia Kraków | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Podbeskidzie | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 22 | -23 | 15 |
| 16 | Stal Mielec | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 14 |