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GKS Katowice vs Cracovia Krakow prediction

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Round
Regular Season - 9
Venue
Arena Katowice, Katowice
Referee
Szymon Marciniak, Poland

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Form

Recent form

GKS Katowice
63Average

Last 5 matches · 3W-1D-1L · +4 goal difference

Cracovia Krakow
41Poor

Last 5 matches · 1W-1D-3L · -2 goal difference

Our call

Our verdict

Double Chance
GKS Katowice or Draw

BetGenius backs GKS Katowice or Draw (Double Chance) at 74% confidence — a solid call. Total goals: Under 2.5 Goals.

74%
Confidence
Solid
Preview

Match preview

GKS Katowice welcome Cracovia Krakow to Stadion Miejski for a round nine Ekstraklasa encounter, with both sides separated by just one point in the mid-table standings. Katowice sit in tenth place on nine points from seven games, while Cracovia occupy twelfth position on eight points.

Katowice have shown strong form on their own ground this season, winning both of their home matches while scoring eight goals and conceding only once. The attacking partnership of I. Shkurin, who has five goals, and B. Nowak, who has recorded five assists, provides the hosts with reliable firepower in the final third.

Cracovia travel looking to improve on an away record that has produced zero wins, two draws, and one defeat in three league fixtures on the road. The visitors have struggled for attacking fluency away from home, scoring only once across those three trips, though they have maintained defensive resilience by conceding just two goals in that span.

Analysis

Key factors

  1. GKS Katowice have won both of their home league fixtures this season, scoring eight goals and conceding just one.
  2. Cracovia Krakow are winless across three away matches, recording two draws and one loss.
  3. Cracovia have managed only one goal in three away fixtures, averaging 0.3 goals scored per road game.
  4. I. Shkurin has scored five goals and B. Nowak has supplied five assists for Katowice in seven league appearances.
  5. Cracovia have failed to score in four of their seven league games overall.
Numbers

Statistical comparison

GKS Katowice at homeCracovia Krakow away
5
Played
5
4-0-1
W-D-L
0-2-3
2.6
Scored /game
0.8
1
Conceded /game
1.6
20%
Clean sheets
40%
20%
Failed to score
40%
80%
BTTS (last 5)
100%
60%
Over 2.5 (last 5)
80%

Combined scoring rate: 3.4 goals per game (GKS Katowice at home plus Cracovia Krakow away).

Players

Key players this season

GKS Katowice

  • I. Shkurin8G
  • B. Nowak8A

Cracovia Krakow

  • A. Hasić5G

League scoring and assist totals for this season — not a predicted lineup. Availability is only shown where team news names the same player.

Table

Table context

Full table →
#TeamPGDPts
3Legia WarszawaEL Qualification11+1323
4Pogon SzczecinPlay-offs10+921
5Zaglebie LubinPlay-offs12019
6GKS Katowice11+618
7Wisla Krakow11+318
8Piast Gliwice11+217
9Korona Kielce11-515
10Wisla Plock10-514
11Motor Lublin12-413
12Cracovia Krakow11-312
13Jagiellonia10-412
14Widzew Łódź12-111
15Wieczysta Kraków11-58
History

Head-to-head

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3
GKS Katowice
0
Draws
2
Cracovia Krakow

GKS Katowice have won 3 of the last 5 meetings, averaging 3.8 goals a game, both teams scored in 60% of them.

  • 2026-09-19GKS Katowice3-2Cracovia Krakow
  • 2026-03-21Cracovia Krakow1-0GKS Katowice
  • 2025-09-19GKS Katowice0-3Cracovia Krakow
  • 2025-05-11GKS Katowice2-1Cracovia Krakow
  • 2024-11-09Cracovia Krakow3-4GKS Katowice
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Predictions

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FeaturedWON
Double Chance
GKS Katowice or Draw
74%
Confidence

GKS Katowice have a perfect record at home this campaign, taking maximum points from their two home fixtures with an aggregate score of 8-1. In contrast, Cracovia are winless in their three away matches, generating an average of only 0.3 goals per game on the road. With Katowice boasting in-form attackers and Cracovia finding goals hard to come by away from home, backing the hosts to avoid defeat offers a strong probabilistic foundation.

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Published September 18, 2026. Form, team news and table context refresh automatically.