ŁóDź. Widzew Lodz tops Cracovia Kraków with a 2-0 win with a goal from B. Pawlowski (36′) and an own goal from J. Jugas (71′). Cracovia Kraków lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź stadium in Łódź on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Tomasz Kwiatkowski with the collaboration of Marcin Boniek and Michal Obukowicz. The 4th official was Maciej Pelka. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.61 degrees Celsius or 76.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Cracovia Kraków had a strong ball possession 56% while Widzew Lodz was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cracovia Kraków was more aggressive with 102 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Widzew Lodz was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Widzew Lodz shot 10 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Cracovia Kraków shot 12 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Widzew Lodz received 1 yellow card (Mato Milos). On the other side, Cracovia Kraków received 2 yellow cards (Cornel Rapa and Virgil Ghita).

Standings

After this match, Widzew Lodz will have 10 points like Cracovia Kraków and Radomiak Radom to remain in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Cracovia Kraków will stay with 10 points like Radomiak Radom and Widzew Lodz to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Widzew Lodz will play away against Radomiak Radom on the 25th of May with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Radomiak Radom (1 draw).

Cracovia Kraków will play away agasint Ruch Chorzów on the 25th of May with a 10-10 head to head stats.

Widzew Lodz – Formation

Widzew Lodz started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Daniel Myśliwiec decided to play with the following team: Henrich Ravas (7.7), Mato Milos (7.5), Mateusz Zyro (7.5), Juan Ibiza (7.5), Fábio Nunes (8.1), Dominik Kun (7.3), Marek Hanousek (7.0), Juljan Shehu (7.5), Antoni Klimek (6.8), Jordi Sánchez (7.0) and Bartlomiej Pawlowski (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Dawid Tkacz (7.1), Ernest Terpilowski, Andrejs Ciganiks (6.4), Pawel Zielinski, Sebastian Kerk (6.8), Jakub Szymanski, Ignacy Dawid, Patryk Stepinski and Imad Rondic (6.8).

Substitutions

Widzew Lodz made 4 changes: Antoni Klimek for Dawid Tkacz (65′), Juljan Shehu for Sebastian Kerk (65′), Bartlomiej Pawlowski for Andrejs Ciganiks (82′) and Jordi Sánchez for Imad Rondic (82′).

Best player: Fábio Nunes​

The player that probably impressed the most for Widzew Lodz was Fábio Nunes even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 43 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

Cracovia Kraków – Formation

Cracovia Kraków started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Jacek Zielinski played with: Sebastian Madejski (7.5), Arttu Hoskonen (6.8), Jakub Jugas (7.0), Virgil Ghita (7.0), Cornel Rapa (7.0), Takuto Oshima (7.5), Karol Knap (6.4), Pawel Jaroszynski (7.1), Benjamin Källman (7.0), Michal Rakoczy (6.3) and Patryk Makuch (7.1).

They had on the bench: Andreas Skovgaard (6.4), Jani Atanasov (7.1), Mateusz Bochnak (6.4), Kamil Ogorzaly (6.7), Adam Wilk, Kacper Jodlowski, Jakub Myszor (6.6), Michal Stachera and Patryk Zaucha.

Substitutions

Cracovia Kraków made 5 changes: Arttu Hoskonen for Andreas Skovgaard (87′), Cornel Rapa for Jani Atanasov (66′), Karol Knap for Mateusz Bochnak (66′), Michal Rakoczy for Kamil Ogorzaly (86′) and Benjamin Källman for Jakub Myszor (73′).

Best player: Sebastian Madejski​

The most impressive player for Cracovia Kraków was the goalkeeper: Sebastian Madejski. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ekstraklasa.​

• Widzew Lodz – Cracovia Kraków – 2-0
• Warta Poznań – Lech Poznań – 0-2
• Jagiellonia Białystok – Radomiak Radom – 3-2