Piast Gliwice vs Cracovia Krakow Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form

Piast's form has been up and down, but they won back-to-back league games in early September, beating GKS Katowice 3-0 at home and then winning 2-0 away at Radomiak, before losing 1-2 at home to Pogon Szczecin in their most recent outing.

Piast Gliwice: 20 completed matches; Cracovia Krakow: 20 completed matches.

Piast Gliwice

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

29

Difference

-3

Cracovia Krakow

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

25

Conceded

26

Difference

-1

Cracovia's form is a bigger worry. They've lost four Ekstraklasa matches in a row, shipping at least two goals in three of those defeats, and haven't won in the league since mid-August.

Cracovia's losing run is the clearest form signal here.

Comparative Team Statistics: Piast Gliwice vs Cracovia Krakow

A long rivalry, mostly tight

These two have met close to twenty times down the years, and Piast hold the better overall record with eight wins to Cracovia's four, plus six draws. A lot of those meetings have been low-scoring, including three separate 0-0s at Piast's ground.

The most recent meeting, back in February, went to Piast, who won 3-2 away at Cracovia. Historically though, plenty of these games have finished level, so a repeat of the many draws in this fixture wouldn't be a surprise.

History leans towards Piast, but draws have been common too.

Where they stand

Piast Gliwice are eighth in the Ekstraklasa with 13 points from nine games, built on four wins, a draw and four defeats. Cracovia Krakow are down in 13th on eight points, having won just twice in the same number of matches.

That's a five-point gap in a division where every result counts, and it lines up with how each side has been playing lately.

Piast go into this on the back of a stronger campaign so far.

Players to watch

Leandro Sanca has been Piast's main threat in front of goal, with four goals in nine appearances, while Hugo Vallejo has chipped in three more. Between them they account for a good chunk of Piast's attacking output this season.

Piast Gliwice:

Best scorers:

Leandro Sanca - 4

Hugo Vallejo - 3

Best assist providers:

E. Twumasi - 2

Penalty cards:

Q. Boisgard x 3

Cracovia Krakow:

Best scorers:

A. Hasić - 3

Best assist providers:

A. Hasić - 2

M. Klich - 2

Penalty cards:

D. Baumgartner x 1 x 2

M. Klich x 3

For Cracovia, A. Hasić has three goals and two assists in nine games, making him their most involved attacker by some distance. Midfielder M. Klich has also set up two goals, though he's already picked up three yellow cards.

How this could go

Piast go into this with home advantage, a better league position and the more recent head-to-head win. Cracovia's four-match losing streak means they'll want to stop the rot, but there's little in their current form to suggest an away performance strong enough to reverse that trend.

Given how tight this fixture has been historically, though, a routine home win shouldn't be assumed. Cracovia have found a way to draw or nick a result against Piast before, even during rougher patches.

Piast look better placed, but this fixture has a habit of staying close.