Piast Gliwice 3–1 Cracovia. Katsantonis sealed it in stoppage time
Piast Gliwice beat Cracovia 3–1 in Matchday 12 of the Ekstraklasa. Andreas Katsantonis sealed the result with a goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time, awarded after a VAR check.
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Number of the match90+4That was the minute Katsantonis scored Piast's third goal and sealed the result.
From a corner to a goal after VAR
The hosts took the lead in the 7th minute. Jakub Czerwiński headed in from a corner taken by Quentin Boisgard. In the 25th minute Hugo Vallejo made it 2–0, curling the ball in by the post after a pass from Szczepan Mucha. It was his fifth league goal this season. In the 62nd minute Karol Knap pulled one back for Cracovia. He knocked in the rebound after a cross from Otar Kakabadze and scored his first goal of the season. Katsantonis sealed the result with a shot from the corner of the box.
Piast up the table, Cracovia down
Piast moved up from 8th to 5th place and have 20 points. Cracovia dropped from 12th to 13th and have 12 points. The Gliwice side scored in their 10th game in a row, and Cracovia in their fifth in a row.
Cracovia still without an away win
Before this match Cracovia had 10 points won in games in which they had fallen behind first, the most in the league. In Gliwice they did not make up the deficit. They have not won a single away league game this season either. Cracovia coach Bartosz Grzelak praised the team for the way they came through the crisis. According to Interia Sport, he also felt the players deserved points.
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Minute 963–1
Katsantonis scores, Piast 3–1 Cracovia
Andreas Katsantonis scored in the 90+4th minute to make it 3–1 to Piast Gliwice. Earlier, the hosts led through goals from Jakub Czerwiński in the 7th minute and Vallejo in the 25th minute. Karol Knap replied for Cracovia in the 62nd minute.
Number of the match: 9 of 19 — That is how many goals Piast have scored after the 75th minute in this Ekstraklasa season, so the late strike fits their profile.
Minute 272–0
Vallejo scores, Piast 2–0 Cracovia
Hugo Vallejo scored in the 25th minute after an assist from Szczepan Mucha and doubled Piast Gliwice's lead. Earlier, in the 7th minute, Jakub Czerwiński scored from a Quentin Boisgard pass. Vallejo has 5 goals in the Ekstraklasa this season.
Number of the match: 5 — That is how many goals Hugo Vallejo has in the Ekstraklasa this season after scoring in the 25th minute.
Minute 91–0
Czerwiński scores, Piast 1–0 Cracovia
Jakub Czerwiński scored in the 7th minute and Piast Gliwice lead Cracovia Kraków. Quentin Boisgard assisted the goal. It is the first goal of this Ekstraklasa matchday 12 game.
Number of the match: 7th minute — That was the minute Czerwiński opened the scoring.
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Piast Gliwice lead Cracovia 2–0 at half-time
Piast Gliwice lead Cracovia Kraków 2–0 after the first half. Jakub Czerwiński scored in the 7th minute and Hugo Vallejo in the 25th minute.
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Number of the match3 from 3That is how many times Piast have led at half-time this season, and they won the match every time.
Two goals and more shots for Piast. Jakub Czerwiński put the hosts ahead in the 7th minute, after an assist from Quentin Boisgard. In the 25th minute Hugo Vallejo extended the lead, set up by Szczepan Mucha. In the first half Piast had 7 shots, 3 of them on target, while Cracovia had 4, 2 of them on target. The hosts had 58% possession and won 3 corners, the visitors none.
Piast this season when leading at half-time. Piast have led at half-time three times this season and won all of those matches. The Gliwice side have scored in 9 matches in a row, and with this goal Vallejo has 5 league goals this season.
Before the match
Piast Gliwice have scored in nine straight matches, Cracovia Kraków in four
In Matchday 12 of the Ekstraklasa, Piast Gliwice host Cracovia Kraków. The hosts have scored in nine consecutive matches, while the visitors have found the net in four in a row.
Automatically translated from Polish · AI-generated from GolVolt data and the sources listed below the article
Number of the match9 of 19That is how many of Piast's league goals this season have come after the 75th minute.
Piast go all out in attack
Cracovia coach Bartosz Grzelak believes Piast commit heavily to attack and want to impose their style on opponents. The hosts' top league scorer is Leandro Sanca: four goals and an assist in 11 matches.
Cracovia have Hasic, but no away win
Cracovia's top league scorer is Ajdin Hasic: five goals and two assists in 11 matches. Cracovia are one of four teams yet to win away in the league this season.
Piast's late goals and Cracovia's comebacks
Piast scored 9 of their 19 league goals after the 75th minute. They won five points thanks to goals after the 80th minute, the best return in the league. Cracovia, meanwhile, have 10 points won in matches in which they were behind, also the most in the Ekstraklasa.
Table, previous meetings and injuries
Piast are 8th in the table with 17 points after 11 matches, Cracovia 12th with 12 points. In the last four meetings between the sides, counted after 90 minutes, Piast won once, three were draws, and Cracovia did not win once. In February 2026, Cracovia lost 2–3 to Piast in Kraków. Injured Frantisek Plach for Piast and Filip Marchwiński for Cracovia will be absent.
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
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Piast Gliwice 3–1 Cracovia. Katsantonis sealed it in stoppage timeThe review gives the result away — switch spoilers back on to read it.
Piast Gliwice beat Cracovia 3–1 in Matchday 12 of the Ekstraklasa. Andreas Katsantonis sealed the result with a goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time, awarded after a VAR check.
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