Cracovia Krakow host Zaglebie Lubin in the Polish Ekstraklasa. Zaglebie sit comfortably in the top half of the table, while Cracovia have found life much tougher this season.
Cracovia have lost four league games in a row heading into this one, while Zaglebie's own form has cooled slightly after a strong spell. That contrast makes this one worth working through before picking a side.
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Recent League Form
Cracovia's last five Ekstraklasa games have brought four straight losses, against GKS Katowice, Wisla Plock, Gornik Zabrze and Radomiak Radom, either side of a win over Wieczysta Kraków. It's a rough stretch, and across their wider 20-match sample they've shipped 26 goals.
Cracovia Krakow: 20 completed matches; Zaglebie Lubin: 20 completed matches.
Cracovia Krakow
- Win
- 25% 5 / 20
- Draw
- 45% 9 / 20
- Loss
- 30% 6 / 20
- Scored
- 25
- Conceded
- 26
- Difference
- -1
Zaglebie Lubin
- Win
- 40% 8 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 30% 6 / 20
- Scored
- 29
- Conceded
- 25
- Difference
- +4
| 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 | Zaglebie Lubin | Wisla Plock | 20.09.2026 | 0-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Raków Częstochowa | Zaglebie Lubin | 15.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| Ekstraklasa | Zaglebie Lubin | GKS Katowice | 12.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Wieczysta Kraków | Zaglebie Lubin | 07.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Cup | Siarka Tarnobrzeg | Zaglebie Lubin | 01.09.2026 | 3-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Zaglebie Lubin | Pogon Szczecin | 29.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Radomiak Radom | Zaglebie Lubin | 23.08.2026 | 0-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Zaglebie Lubin | Slask Wroclaw | 15.08.2026 | 2-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Legia Warszawa | Zaglebie Lubin | 02.08.2026 | 3-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Zaglebie Lubin | Piast Gliwice | 27.07.2026 | 2-0 |
Zaglebie's picture looks healthier. They won or drew four of their previous five league outings before a 0-2 home defeat to Wisla Plock ended that run. Across the same wider sample they've scored 29 goals in 20 matches, a noticeably better return than Cracovia's.
Zaglebie head into this one in better shape overall, even after their recent stumble against Wisla Plock.
Comparative Team Statistics: Cracovia Krakow vs Zaglebie Lubin

Head-to-Head
These two have met plenty of times down the years, and the recent meetings have mostly been tight. The last four fixtures between them produced three draws and just one win, for Cracovia back in May 2025.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekstraklasa | Zaglebie Lubin | Cracovia Krakow | 03.05.2026 | 0-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Zaglebie Lubin | 03.11.2025 | 0-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Zaglebie Lubin | Cracovia Krakow | 24.05.2025 | 1-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Zaglebie Lubin | 29.11.2024 | 1-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Zaglebie Lubin | Cracovia Krakow | 18.02.2024 | 1-1 |
| Cup | Cracovia Krakow | Zaglebie Lubin | 02.11.2023 | 1-0 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Zaglebie Lubin | 11.08.2023 | 2-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Zaglebie Lubin | 13.05.2023 | 0-1 |
| Ekstraklasa | Zaglebie Lubin | Cracovia Krakow | 30.10.2022 | 0-2 |
| Ekstraklasa | Cracovia Krakow | Zaglebie Lubin | 18.04.2022 | 1-0 |
Zaglebie haven't beaten Cracovia in any of the meetings on record since May 2023, a gap stretching back well over two years, even though they've generally looked the stronger side domestically of late.
History points to a cagey game rather than a one-sided one, whatever the current league table suggests.
League Standings
Zaglebie sit seventh with 15 points from nine games, having won four, drawn three and lost two. Cracovia are down in 13th with just eight points from the same number of matches, with two wins, two draws and five losses.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Korona Kielce | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12/10 | 15 |
| 7 | Zaglebie Lubin | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11/10 | 15 |
| 8 | Piast Gliwice | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16/15 | 13 |
| 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 seven-point gap between two sides who face each other regularly, and it lines up with Zaglebie's stronger recent form.
Key Contributors
Cracovia's main attacking spark has been Amar Hasić, with three goals and two assists in nine appearances, while Michał Klich has added two assists but also picked up three yellow cards in that spell. For Zaglebie, Josip Ćorluka's two assists stand out as their main creative contribution from the numbers available.

How It Might Play Out
Cracovia have been leaking goals regularly at home recently, and that pattern could give Zaglebie's more productive attack openings to exploit. But Zaglebie's own draws suggest they don't always turn control into goals either, so a tighter finish wouldn't be a shock given how often these two have drawn lately.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Kerk | Germany | 32 | Attacker | 184 | 76 |
| Z. Alomerović | Germany | 35 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 85 |
| M. Nalepa | Poland | 33 | Defender | 170 | 80 |
| D. Dąbrowski | Poland | 34 | Midfielder | 182 | 81 |
| D. Hładun | Poland | 31 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 77 |
| J. Burić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 80 |
| M. Grzybek | Poland | 30 | Midfielder | 178 | 68 |
| A. Woźniak | Poland | 36 | Midfielder | 184 | 79 |
| J. Ćorluka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 | Midfielder | 184 | 80 |
| D. Michalski | Poland | 28 | Defender | 189 | 90 |
| D. Čolina | Croatia | 26 | Defender | 174 | 68 |
| A. Ławniczak | Poland | 27 | Defender | 189 | 87 |
| F. Szymczak | Poland | 24 | Attacker | 187 | 76 |
| L. Szabó | Hungary | 27 | Attacker | 195 | 89 |
| M. Mlinarić | Croatia | 26 | Attacker | 181 | n/a |
| J. Sypek | Poland | 25 | Midfielder | 180 | 72 |
| R. Yakuba | Ukraine | 25 | Defender | 191 | 85 |
| M. Kosidis | Greece | 24 | Attacker | 191 | 80 |
| F. Kocaba | Poland | 21 | Midfielder | 183 | 75 |
| J. Kolan | Poland | 22 | Midfielder | 177 | 71 |
Zaglebie look the sharper side on paper, sitting well clear of Cracovia in the table and with a better attacking return behind them. But the head-to-head record between these two has been remarkably tight recently, and Cracovia have shown they can grind out results against this opponent even while struggling elsewhere.
With no market price to weigh up here, we're happy to leave this one alone rather than force a view.
