The first leg ended Linfield-Pogoń Szczecin 2-5. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round fixture!
Linfield have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Not a lot of time to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Ekstraklasa fixture only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Widzew Lodz, was also a home game here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera. The away team is better rested.
Pogoń Szczecin form and stats
Pogoń Szczecin was eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round last season in the Europa Conference League. Brøndby was too strong.When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Pogoń Szczecin have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
A nice win for Pogoń Szczecin last time playing, versus Widzew Lodz. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Zahović and Koulouris scoring for the victors. Koulouris has scored in three matches in a row. Ace! Midfielder Zahović was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.83 (out of ten) in that game. Zahović scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).
In the game before, a strong away win at Linfield. A Europa Conference League game. Pogoń Szczecin are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 2, drew 1 and lost 1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Szczecin as they are travelling to their away game against Slask Wrocaw in the Ekstraklasa. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Pogoń Szczecin's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 1 conceded.
Linfield form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Vllaznia Shkoder in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Europa Conference League. They also participated in Europa Conference League last season. This ended in the play-offs.The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Europa Conference League home defeat versus Pogoń Szczecin with 2-5 on the scoreboard.
A loss, in the Europa Conference League away at Vllaznia Shkoder, before that.
Head 2 Head
The fixture lists shows this result when the teams played each other earlier this season; Linfield - Pogoń Szczecin 2-5.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Koulouris 2 goals |  L. Zahovič 1 goals |
Pogoń Szczecin missing players
Linfield missing players
| Pogoń Szczecin | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 24 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 6.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.4 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 7.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 41% | ||
| 10.4 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 7.5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lech Poznań | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Zagebie Lubin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Pogoń Szczecin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Rakow Czestochowa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Ruch Chorzow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Warta Poznan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Widzew Lodz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Radomiak Radom | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Stal Mielec | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Cracovia Krakow | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Korona Kielce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Slask Wrocaw | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Piast Gliwice | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Gornik Zabrze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | KS odz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
