Widzew Lodz vs Wieczysta Krakow — Ekstraklasa result and pre-match forecast, Friday, 18 September 2026

Ekstraklasa·Friday, 18 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 55.6 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Widzew Lodz

49%

top pick

Draw

23%

result

Wieczysta Krakow

28%

Final score

2–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 22.7% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Widzew Lodz win. Expected goals 1.64–1.17 against 2–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals54%4 scored
Both teams score55%yes
Widzew Lodz clean sheet32%no
Wieczysta Krakow clean sheet20%no
Widzew Lodz score 2+49%yes
Wieczysta Krakow score 2+33%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1596
1X2 Brier score0.9163
Probability on the result22.7%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (10.8%), 2–1 (9.5%), 1–0 (9.3%). It finished 2–2.

Want the model's read each week? Subscribe for free.

Recent form

Widzew Lodz

26 JulHvs Motor Lublin2–2D
31 JulAvs Wisla Plock0–0D
9 AugAvs Jagiellonia2–0W
15 AugHvs Korona Kielce1–2L
22 AugAvs Slask Wroclaw3–3D

Wieczysta Krakow

24 JulAvs Radomiak Radom1–2L
1 AugHvs Lech Poznan1–2L
15 AugAvs Piast Gliwice4–3W
21 AugAvs Cracovia2–3L
29 AugAvs Wisla0–2L

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatWidzew Lodz
(Home · 7 matches)
Wieczysta Krakow
(Away · 8 matches)
BTTS rate71.4%62.5%
Over 2.5 rate57.1%62.5%
Clean sheet28.6%0.0%
Avg goals2.573.50

Home stats use Widzew Lodz's home record; away stats use Wieczysta Krakow's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.