Tomorrow we will play another match at the Polsat Plus Arena in season 2024/25. We will face Cracovia as part of the 14th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. The match will begin at 17:30.
In the previous match we drew with Piast Gliwice 3:3. The goals for our team were scored by Camilo Mena, Bohdan Viunnyk and Louis D’Arrigo. The clash with Cracovia is another opportunity to get three points at the Polsat Plus Arena and leave the relegation zone. Only by sticking together – on the pitch and in the stands – are we able to achieve what we want and successfully fight for higher places in the table.
– It’s been a long time since we’ve seen Cracovia (playing offensively) like this. My compliments to the staff, to the club’s authorities, that it looks like this, and not otherwise. I think Cracovia is very well balanced when it comes to the staff. We can argue about which team has more injuries, but the quality of football is visible on the pitch all the time. Cracovia is very well organised defensively. Very good and very effective in the actions in the third period, in offensive actions. At times Cracovia simplifies their game, they don’t present that ‘Cracovian’ ball. But I think this is beneficial not only for the result, but also for their fans, where it is really nice to watch Cracovia’s game. We will want to focus on defensive action. But we also know that, at least in the absence of Kamil Glik, this opponent’s defence will not be such a monolith as it was until recently, and we will also want to use our advantages in the offensive – said coach Szymon Grabowski at a pre-match press conference.
– For us it makes no difference who we play against, all teams in the Ekstraklasa play at the highest level. Cracovia are top of the table, but we will play against them as we would against any team – said Bohdan Viunnyk at a press briefing.
RIVAL PROFILE: CRACOVIA
Last season, Cracovia finished the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa in 13th place with just two points above the relegation zone. Currently, the team from Cracovia occupy 4th place in the table and lose only one point to the league podium. In the previous PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa round, Cracovia’s players won against Motor Lublin 6:2. In 13 PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa matches, Cracovia scored as many as 28 goals – the best score of all teams in the league.
LAST MATCH AGAINST CRACOVIA
The last time we faced Cracovia was on 22 April 2023 in a meeting at the Polsat Plus Arena. It was a match played as part of the 29th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. The meeting ended in a 2:1 win for the team from Kraków, while the last away match against the Cracovia players took place on 8 October 2022, as part of the 12th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa. This match ended in a 1:0 win for our team, with Flavio Paixao scoring the winning goal.
THE OVERALL BALANCE OF MATCHES WITH CRACOVIA
So far we have played 51 matches against Cracovia. We won 17 games. There was a draw in 10 matches. On the other hand, we were defeated 24 times.
REFEREES PANEL
The match Lechia Gdańsk vs. Cracovia as part of the 14th round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa will be refereed by Patryk Gryckiewicz from Toruń. He has been a referee in one match involving the White-Greens this season. It was a meeting played as part of the 1st round of the PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa with Śląsk Wrocław, in which our team drew 1:1. Assistants on the line will be Marcin Boniek and Bartosz Kaszyński. The technical referee will be Karol Wójcik. Tomasz Kwiatkowski and Marcin Szczerbowicz will be responsible for VAR.
COMMEMORATION OF THE VICTIMS OF A ROAD ACCIDENT NEAR GDANSK
On Sunday, together we will pay tribute to the tragically deceased young Lechia fans. The match will be preceded by a minute’s silence, after which we will jointly light a symbolic “light to heaven”. The first whistle of the referee will end the period of mourning at the club – from then on, we are counting on your support.
WHERE TO BUY TICKETS FOR THE MATCH AGAINST CRACOVIA?
Tickets are available for sale online and at stationary outlets.
Online: BILETY.LECHIA.PL
Lechia Gdańsk Fanstore at the stadium:
Gdańsk, 1 Pokoleń Lechii Gdańsk Street
Lwy Północy Fan Shops:
Gdańsk, 93 Podwale Staromiejskie Street
Gdańsk, 1 Obrońców Wybrzeża Street
Ticket offices at the Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk (on match day from 15:30 to 18:15)
WHERE TO WATCH THE MATCH?
If you can’t make it to the Polsat Plus Arena Gdansk, we invite you to follow the broadcast of this match. It will be available on TV on TVP Sport, Canal+ Sport 3, Canal+ Premium, the Canal+ app and TVP SPORT. In addition, you will be able to watch the match on Canal+ online and TVP Sport. The pre-match studio on Canal+ Premium and Canal+ Sport 3 will begin at 17:00 and on TVP Sport at 16:55, with Jacek Laskowski and Robert Podolinski commentating on the match on TVP Sport. On Canal+ Sport 3 and Canal+ Premium, Michał Mitrut and Rafał Nahorny will provide commentary.
