Radomiak Radom 2-1 Cracovia Kraków: Wolski Strikes Twice as Hosts End Losing Run

The Result

Radomiak Radom 2-1 Cracovia Kraków. Polish Ekstraklasa. Saturday 29 August 2026.

There it is. Three points. Radomiak needed them badly and they got them. It was not pretty at times. It rarely is when a side has shipped twelve goals in their last five Ekstraklasa matches. But Rafał Wolski stood up when it mattered and that is what counts. End of.

The Goals

Cracovia drew first blood. Martin Minchev put the visitors ahead in the 47th minute with a right-foot shot, assisted by Ajdin Hasic. Good finish. The kind of goal that makes you wonder if this is going to be another long afternoon for Radomiak.

It was not. Rafał Wolski equalised with a left-foot shot in the 55th minute. Eight minutes. That is all it took for Radomiak to respond. That is the kind of reaction you need from your players. You go behind, you get your heads up, you compete. They did that.

Then came the moment that settled it. Wolski stepped up to convert a penalty in the 64th minute. Right-foot finish. Two goals in nine minutes. Job done. Radomiak held on from there and claimed a win that their home supporters needed to see.

Cracovia's Discipline Problem

Listen, I am not going to spend too long on Cracovia's tactics. The thing is, you cannot talk about their performance without addressing the discipline issue. Three yellow cards. Amir Al-Ammari was booked in the 57th minute for a foul. Dominik Baumgartner went in the book at 77 minutes, also for a foul. Otar Kakabadze picked one up in the 86th minute, again for a foul. Twenty fouls committed in total by Cracovia against Radomiak's nine. That is not competitive defending. That is a lack of standards and it cost them.

When you are giving away that many fouls, you are handing the opposition opportunities. The penalty that Wolski converted came directly from that pattern of play. Accountability. That word matters. Cracovia's players need to look at themselves after this.

The Radomiak Performance in Numbers

The thing is, Radomiak were not outplayed. They had 54 per cent possession. They completed 302 successful passes from 373 attempted, an 81 per cent accuracy rate. They won 61 duels compared to Cracovia's 51. They attempted 16 dribbles and completed 11 of them, a 69 per cent success rate. That is a team that competed physically and technically.

Cracovia had 7 shots on target to Radomiak's 5, and created 8 big chances while missing all 8 of them. Eight big chances missed. I do not need to say anything more about that. That is an attitude problem dressed up as a finishing problem. You miss that many clear opportunities, you deserve nothing.

Radomiak's goalkeeper made 5 saves. Cracovia's made 3. Those saves from the Radomiak keeper were the difference between a comfortable win and a nervy finish. He did his job.

Cracovia's Character in Context

In their last five Ekstraklasa matches coming into this game, Cracovia had won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1. They had beaten Raków Częstochowa 2-1 and Wieczysta Kraków 3-2. They were not a bad side. That makes the performance here even more unacceptable.

You come here in decent form and you miss eight big chances. You commit twenty fouls. You pick up three yellow cards. And you lose. Good. Results have to mean something. Standards have to mean something. Cracovia had the chances to win this match comfortably and they threw it away through poor finishing and poor discipline.

Across their last ten Ekstraklasa matches, Cracovia had drawn seven times. Seven draws in ten. That tells you something about their mentality when games get tight. They settle. They accept a point. Today they did not even manage that because they could not hold themselves together in the second half.

What Radomiak's Win Means

Before this result, Radomiak had won just once in their last five Ekstraklasa matches, with one draw and three defeats. They had conceded twelve goals in those five games. Twelve goals. That is a defence that was not competing. Not doing the basics.

This win will not fix everything. But it shows the attitude was there today. They went behind to Minchev's goal at the start of the second half and they could have folded. They did not. Wolski equalised quickly and then held his nerve from the spot. That is character. That is what you need from your senior players when a team is struggling.

The VAR event in the 36th minute involving Filip Koperski of Cracovia did not change the score at that stage but it added an edge to what was already a physically committed match. Cracovia went into the second half with a simmering frustration and it showed in their foul count and yellow cards.

The Verdict

Radomiak Radom dug in, stayed disciplined, and took their two goals when they came. Cracovia had more than enough to win this match and wasted it. Three yellow cards, twenty fouls, eight big chances missed. That is not bad luck. That is a failure to execute the basics under pressure.

Wolski was the difference. Two goals, one of them a penalty under pressure, in a match his side needed to win. That is what leaders do. Radomiak take the three points. Cracovia take nothing but a long bus ride and some hard questions to answer about their attitude when it matters.