ZABRZE. Górnik Zabrze overcomes Cracovia Kraków 1-0 after P. Olkowski scored just 1 goal (82′).

The match was played at the Arena Zabrze stadium in Zabrze on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 9,409 spectators.​ The referee was Daniel Stefanski with the collaboration of Dawid Igor Golis and Marcin Lisowski. The 4th official was Piotr Szypula. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.85 degrees Celsius or 51.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Górnik Zabrze was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Cracovia Kraków that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cracovia Kraków was putting more pressure with 78 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Górnik Zabrze was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Górnik Zabrze shot 18 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Cracovia Kraków shot 9 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Górnik Zabrze received 3 yellow cards (Sebastian Musiolik, Boris Sekulic and Adrian Kaprálik). Regarding the opposition, Cracovia Kraków received 3 yellow cards (Andreas Skovgaard, Michal Rakoczy and Karol Knap).

Standings

After playing this match, Górnik Zabrze will have 19 points to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, Cracovia Kraków will stay with 15 points like Korona Kielce, Stal Mielec and Widzew Lodz to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Górnik Zabrze will play away against Pogoń Szczecin on the 25th of May with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Górnik Zabrze (12 draws).

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

Górnik Zabrze – Formation

Górnik Zabrze started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jan Urban decided to play with the following team: Daniel Bielica (7.3), Boris Sekulic (8.4), Kryspin Szczesniak (7.5), Rafal Janicki (8.1), Michal Siplak (7.0), Szymon Czyż (6.3), Damian Rasak (8.4), Daisuke Yokota (7.3), Adrian Kaprálik (7.0), Kamil Lukoszek (6.7) and Sebastian Musiolik (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Dani Pacheco (7.8), Lawrence Ennali, Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos, Pawel Olkowski (7.7), Norbert Barczak, Piotr Krawczyk, Filipe Nascimento, Michal Szromnik and Robert Dadok (6.7).

Substitutions

Górnik Zabrze made 3 changes: Kamil Lukoszek for Dani Pacheco (46′), Daisuke Yokota for Robert Dadok (86′) and Adrian Kaprálik for Pawel Olkowski (76′).

Best player: Boris Sekulic​

The most impressive player for Górnik Zabrze was Boris Sekulic even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 41 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Cracovia Kraków – Formation

Cracovia Kraków started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

Jacek Zielinski played with: Sebastian Madejski (7.9), Otar Kakabadze (7.3), Arttu Hoskonen (7.0), Virgil Ghita (6.7), Andreas Skovgaard (6.8), Mateusz Bochnak (7.0), Karol Knap (7.5), Takuto Oshima (7.0), Jakub Myszor (6.4), Michal Rakoczy (6.6) and Kacper Smiglewski (6.6).

They had on the bench: Cornel Rapa (6.6), Jani Atanasov (6.4), Patryk Makuch (6.8), Benjamin Källman (6.6), Jakub Jugas, Lukas Hrosso, Kacper Jodlowski, Bartlomiej Kolec and Patryk Zaucha.

Substitutions

Cracovia Kraków made 4 changes: Kacper Smiglewski for Patryk Makuch (56′), Mateusz Bochnak for Benjamin Källman (57′), Karol Knap for Cornel Rapa (68′) and Michal Rakoczy for Jani Atanasov (68′).

Best player: Sebastian Madejski​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cracovia Kraków was the goalkeeper: Sebastian Madejski. His rating is 7.85. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Górnik Zabrze – Cracovia Kraków – 1-0