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Cup final in Poland! After the season in the Polish Ekstraklasa was completed last week, the final in Puchar Polski 2020 now follows. In the final there are two teams, Cracovia Krakau and Lechia Gdansk, which can be described as surprise teams. After all, the two cup favorites Lech Posen and Legia Warsaw were eliminated in the semifinals.
Lechia Gdansk wants to defend the title with the 2020 cup title. The Bialo-Zieloni won the Polish Cup last season and got a start right for the Europa League. Is Cracovia Cracow vs. Lechia Gdansk according to the odds of the best bookmakers, the defending champion in the upcoming cup final is the slight outsider.
In the championship playoffs Lechia Gdansk finished the Ekstraklasa table fourth. For Cracovia Krakow, however, it was enough for seventh place. The Pasy from Krakow can still go to the cup final with a wide chest. Most recently, Cracovia Krakow celebrated five wins in a row against Lechia Gdansk.
The cup final between the two clubs takes place in the Arena Lublin. Just under 3,500 spectators – corresponding to a stadium utilization of 25% – will be allowed.
Cracovia Krakow:
The Pasy from Kraków has never won the Polish Cup in club history. The last time in the 1948 season was a national title for the city rival of Wisla. Since then, Cracovia Krakow has had to deal with a few setbacks, including relegation to the second Polish league. The red-whites are slowly finding their way back to success.
The 2019/20 season in Ekstraklasa was finished as seventh in the table. Cracovia Krakow thus took the penultimate place in the table in the championship playoffs. At home the pasy scored more points than abroad. Away with the red and whites there was only a record of 6-3-10. It remains to be seen how Cracovia will appear in the cup final in Lublin.
Cracovia has been victorious in the last three games of the championship playoffs. Considering that three games in a row had previously been won, the negative trend at the end of the season was not really to be expected. After all, Legia Warsaw, champion of the 2019/20 season, has been eliminated in the cup semi-finals.
Cracovia coach Michal Probierz will have no serious failures on Friday evening. On the last day of Ektraklasa, Probierz was still rotating in a few positions. This time, however, the Pasy will appear in the best cast.
Lechia Gdansk:
Bialo-Zieloni from Gdansk aims to defend its title in Puchar Polski 2020. In the last season, Lechia Gdansk won the national cup again with the 2019 cup success for the first time since the 1983 season. Lechia Gdansk was unable to convince either in the first or second half of Ekstraklasa 2019/20.
The partly mixed season of the Bialo-Zieloni continued in the championship playoffs. Although Lechia meanwhile set the course for a catch-up, the third place in the table was missed with three point losses in the last four playoff games. Now there is the second attempt at a possible EL start right.
In the semi-finals of the Polish Cup, Lechia Gdansk prevailed against Lech Poznan on penalties. The Bialo-Zieloni had previously eliminated teams like Piast Gliwice (2: 1) and Zaglebie Lubin (3: 2). Although Lechia Gdansk had a better season than Cracovia in the domestic league, the Bialo-Zieloni are seen as easy outsiders in the cup final.
Cracovia vs. Cracow Lechia Gdansk a forecast on the team from Gdansk by no means absurd. In Ekstraklasa 2019/20 Lechia Gdansk was the strongest away team in the league with a record of 8-6-5. Lechia coach Stokowiec will build on this strong record in the cup final and can draw on the full.
The 48-year-old coach had spared numerous top performers on the last day of Ekstraklasa, including goal keeper Paixao (14 goals). On Friday evening, Stokowiec will probably return to his usual starting line-up.
Cracovia vs Lechia Gdansk head to head matches
04.07.20 EKS Lechia Gdansk Cracovia 0 : 3
09.06.20 EKS Lechia Gdansk Cracovia 1 : 3
02.11.19 EKS Cracovia Lechia Gdansk 1 : 0
05.05.19 EKS Cracovia Lechia Gdansk 2 : 0
13.04.19 EKS Cracovia Lechia Gdansk 4 : 2