Cracovia Krakow host Legia Warszawa in the Polish Ekstraklasa. Legia have been picking up results steadily this season, while Cracovia have had a much rougher time of it.
The two sides have crossed paths plenty of times down the years, and their meetings at this ground haven't always followed the form book. That leaves a bit of uncertainty about how this one settles.
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Form pointing in opposite directions
Legia have lost only once in their last ten Ekstraklasa matches, and that came back in July. They've scored freely too, including a 5-0 win over Radomiak and away victories at Motor Lublin and Jagiellonia this month.
Cracovia Krakow: 20 completed matches; Legia Warszawa: 20 completed matches.
Cracovia Krakow
- Win
- 25% 5 / 20
- Draw
- 45% 9 / 20
- Loss
- 30% 6 / 20
- Scored
- 25
- Conceded
- 26
- Difference
- -1
Legia Warszawa
- Win
- 55% 11 / 20
- Draw
- 35% 7 / 20
- Loss
- 10% 2 / 20
- Scored
- 38
- Conceded
- 22
- Difference
- +16
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekstraklasa | GKS Katowice | Cracovia Krakow | 19.09.2026 | 3-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Wisla Plock | Cracovia Krakow | 13.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Gornik Zabrze | 06.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Cup | Znicz Pruszków | Cracovia Krakow | 02.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Radomiak Radom | Cracovia Krakow | 29.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Wieczysta Kraków | 21.08.2026 | 3-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Raków Częstochowa | 16.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Slask Wroclaw | Cracovia Krakow | 09.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Pogon Szczecin | 03.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Lech Poznan | Cracovia Krakow | 25.07.2026 | 0-0 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekstraklasa | Jagiellonia | Legia Warszawa | 20.09.2026 | 1-3 |
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Widzew Łódź | 13.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Motor Lublin | Legia Warszawa | 05.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| Cup | Motor Lublin | Legia Warszawa | 01.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Slask Wroclaw | 28.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Piast Gliwice | Legia Warszawa | 22.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Radomiak Radom | 14.08.2026 | 5-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Korona Kielce | Legia Warszawa | 08.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Zaglebie Lubin | 02.08.2026 | 3-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Pogon Szczecin | Legia Warszawa | 24.07.2026 | 0-1 |
Cracovia's recent league form is a different story. They've lost three straight in September, going down to Gornik Zabrze, Wisla Plock and GKS Katowice, and have managed just two league wins across their last ten outings.
Legia arrive with far more momentum and goals in the tank.
Comparative Team Statistics: Cracovia Krakow vs Legia Warszawa

Cracovia's decent run against Legia on home soil
Despite everything above, Cracovia have actually had the better of recent meetings at this venue. They won 2-1 here in August 2025 and 3-1 in May 2025, and have beaten Legia at home in several earlier seasons too.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Cracovia Krakow | 08.03.2026 | 1-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Legia Warszawa | 31.08.2025 | 2-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Legia Warszawa | 18.05.2025 | 3-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Cracovia Krakow | 23.11.2024 | 3-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Legia Warszawa | 20.12.2023 | 2-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Cracovia Krakow | 17.12.2023 | 2-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Cracovia Krakow | 12.02.2023 | 2-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Legia Warszawa | 29.07.2022 | 3-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Cracovia Krakow | 21.05.2022 | 3-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Legia Warszawa | 05.12.2021 | 1-0 |
That's history rather than current form, and it doesn't cancel out the gap between the two sides right now. But it does show Cracovia are capable of raising their level specifically against this opponent at home.
A big gap in the table
Legia sit second with 19 points from nine games, having won five and lost none. Cracovia are down in 13th with just eight points from the same number of matches, with five defeats already on the board.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gornik Zabrze | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16/8 | 22 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19/8 | 19 |
| 3 | Lech Poznan | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17/7 | 19 |
| 12 | Widzew Łódź | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 13/13 | 9 |
| 13 | Cracovia Krakow | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9/14 | 8 |
| 14 | Radomiak Radom | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7/20 | 8 |
That's a wide gap for late September, and it lines up with how each side has been playing lately.
Legia go into this with a clear positional advantage on paper.

Table says one thing, head-to-head says another
Put the two threads together and this is a tricky one to read cleanly. Legia's form and league position point strongly in their favour, yet Cracovia have found a way to beat them at this ground more than once recently.
With Cracovia struggling for confidence generally, it's not clear whether that home habit against Legia specifically still holds, or whether their current slump simply continues.
Key player statistics: Cracovia Krakow vs Legia Warszawa
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Glik | Poland | 38 | Defender | 190 | 80 |
| M. Klich | Poland | 36 | Midfielder | 183 | 84 |
| M. Minchev | Bulgaria | 25 | Attacker | 176 | 70 |
| A. Hasić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24 | Attacker | 177 | 70 |
| H. Ravas | Slovakia | 29 | Goalkeeper | 195 | 87 |
| D. Baumgartner | Austria | 30 | Defender | 188 | 72 |
| M. Praszelik | Poland | 26 | Midfielder | 184 | 74 |
| F. Marchwiński | Poland | 24 | Midfielder | 187 | 72 |
| Amir Al Ammari | Iraq | 29 | Midfielder | 184 | 71 |
| G. Henriksson | Sweden | 28 | Defender | 188 | 80 |
| O. Kakabadze | Georgia | 31 | Defender | 186 | 79 |
| D. Piła | Poland | 25 | Defender | 187 | 78 |
| S. Madejski | Poland | 29 | Goalkeeper | 189 | 78 |
| A. Bobek | Poland | 22 | Goalkeeper | 196 cm | 86 kg |
| S. Ltaief | Tunisia | 26 | Attacker | 178 | 77 |
| L. Nordås | Norway | 24 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| M. Perković | Croatia | 23 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| K. Knap | Poland | 25 | Midfielder | 180 | 71 |
| B. Traoré | France | 22 | Defender | 190 | 80 |
| M. Berte | Belgium | 24 | Attacker | 174 | 77 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Jędrzejczyk | Poland | 38 | Midfielder | 189 | 86 |
| A. Reca | Poland | 31 | Defender | 187 | 81 |
| D. Szymański | Poland | 31 | Midfielder | 185 | 81 |
| B. Kapustka | Poland | 29 | Midfielder | 180 | 72 |
| M. Rajović | Denmark | 27 | Attacker | 192 | 80 |
| Rúben Vinagre | Portugal | 27 | Midfielder | 174 | 71 |
| P. Wszołek | Poland | 34 | Midfielder | 186 | 77 |
| R. Augustyniak | Poland | 32 | Defender | 185 | 82 |
| Z. Arsenić | Croatia | 32 | Defender | 186 | 75 |
| K. Chodyna | Poland | 27 | Midfielder | 176 | 68 |
| V. Bichakhchyan | Armenia | 27 | Midfielder | 172 | 67 |
| J. Kuchta | Czechia | 29 | Attacker | 184 | 80 |
| I. Brkić | Croatia | 31 | Goalkeeper | 194 | 90 |
| K. Piątkowski | Poland | 26 | Defender | 191 | 87 |
| R. Adamski | Poland | 24 | Attacker | 195 cm | 79 kg |
| Ł. Zjawiński | Poland | 25 | Attacker | 189 cm | 83 kg |
| B. Viunnyk | Ukraine | 24 | Attacker | 189 | 80 |
| M. Ševčík | Czechia | 24 | Midfielder | 181 | 74 |
| O. Hindrich | Romania | 24 | Goalkeeper | 193 | n/a |
| Henrique Arreiol | Portugal | 21 | Midfielder | 187 | 80 |
There's a genuine pull in two directions here: Legia look the stronger side by a distance in the league, but Cracovia have quietly had Legia's number at home in recent seasons.
Without a market to weigh against that contrast, we're happier sitting this one out than forcing a view either way.
