National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Widzew Lodz or Wisła Kraków that keep their silverware dream alive.
There have been little to rest for the hosting team, as they had a 1. Liga game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Zagebie Sosnowiec, was also a home game here at Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź. The away team is better rested.
Widzew Lodz form and stats
Last season, Widzew's Polish Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.Widzew Lodz have been outstanding at home so far in the 1. Liga with 8 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. The Widzew Lodz fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź and will expect new points from this game. Widzew has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
The Widzew Lodz supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Zagebie Sosnowiec in 1. Liga and win 3-2.
Before that, Widzew Lodz played out a 1. Liga draw 2-2 when visiting Sandecja Nowy Sacz.The manager J. Niedźwiedź will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Chrobry Gogow in only three days.
Widzew Lodz are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź in their league games, having scored an impressive 27 goals in 10 matches. Widzew Lodz are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Wisła Kraków form and stats
Kraków's mission in Polish Cup last season failed in the 1st round.Wisła Kraków have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ekstraklasa, after 2-1-5 (8 played). Kraków has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Kraków's previous game was their home loss versus Radomiak Radom (0-1). Ashraf El Mahdioui got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Mahdioui hit four key passes and had 88 successful passes (of 96 total).
Prior to that match, the Kraków manager A. Guľa faced defeat when travelling to Jagiellonia Biaystok and losing 1-3.The schedule is very tough for Kraków now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ekstraklasa game at Warta Poznan is waiting in only four days.
Kraków are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). The Kraków manager A. Guľa has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - one - eight (Widzew wins - draws - Wisła Kraków wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Guzdek 6 goals |  Y. Yeboah 4 goals |  P. Stępiński 3 goals |
Widzew Lodz missing players
Wisła Kraków missing players
| Widzew Lodz | Wisła Kraków | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 37 | Scored | S | 27 | 37 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 25 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.4 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 47% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 10.4 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Miedz Legnica | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Widzew Lodz | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Podbeskidzie | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 32 |
| 4 | Korona Kielce | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Sandecja Nowy Sacz | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Tychy 71 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | KS odz | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 29 |
| 8 | SKRA Czestochowa | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 27 |
| 9 | Arka Gdynia | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 26 |
| 10 | Odra Opole | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Chrobry Gogow | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 25 |
| 12 | Resovia Rzeszów | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 13 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Katowice | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Zagebie Sosnowiec | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -8 | 18 |
| 16 | Stomil Olsztyn | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Polkowice | 19 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -15 | 13 |
| 18 | Jastrzebie | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lech Poznań | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 35 |
| 2 | Pogon Szczecin | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Lechia Gdansk | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Rakow Czestochowa | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Radomiak Radom | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Slask Wrocaw | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Wisla Plock | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Piast Gliwice | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Gornik Zabrze | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Stal Mielec | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 21 |
| 12 | Cracovia Krakow | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 20 |
| 13 | Wisła Kraków | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 14 | Zagebie Lubin | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | Nieciecza | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Legia Warszawa | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 17 | Warta Poznan | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Gornik eczna | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -21 | 9 |