Ekstraklasa preview: Can Pogoń Szczecin edge out victory against Cracovia Kraków?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera (18027 seats)

The team playing at home, Pogoń Szczecin, should be front runners in this fixture, but Cracovia Kraków have revealed both flair and guts. Learn more about the match!

Insights:
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most points from losing position (13) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ekstraklasa

Both participants have had sufficient rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an energetic fixture!

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Pogoń Szczecin have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

The Pogoń Szczecin manager Gustafsson and his pawns return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Lech Poznań (placed 3rd). Gorgon was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Lech Poznań after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Dąbrowski was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Dąbrowski hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 48 successful passes (of 52 total).

In the match before that, Szczecin hosted Korona Kielce and drew the game 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pogoń Szczecin handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

Szczecin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. Pogoń Szczecin have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

Cracovia Kraków have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Ekstraklasa, after 3-4-6 (13 played).

Cracovia delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Widzew Lodz (placed 6th) in their previous fixture. Knap got a match rating of 7.91 in that game, top player of the team. Knap hit three key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 55 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-4 loss visiting Rakow Czestochowa's place.

We have checked recent matches where Cracovia Kraków have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 1 victory, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

As opposed to that, Cracovia Kraków have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Szczecin have won at least one point in the last 4 games (1-3-0) against Cracovia Kraków.

The latest head to head meeting ended Cracovia Kraków - Pogoń Szczecin 1-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Pogoń SzczecinK. Grosicki
K. Grosicki
10 goals
Cracovia KrakówM. Rakoczy
M. Rakoczy
6 goals
Pogoń SzczecinS. Kowalczyk
S. Kowalczyk
5 goals

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Pogoń Szczecin Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 4 13 26
11 5 1 Won W 0 3 9
8 4 2 Drew D 2 4 8
7 3 1 Lost L 2 6 9
39 17 6 Scored S 3 13 29
37 16 5 Conceded C 8 17 25
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 92%
81% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 77%
58% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 27%
31% 33% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 15% 8%
15% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
65% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 38%
19% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 31% 38%
19% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 31%
 
6.1 7.3 9 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.3 4.5
5.2 4.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.8 7.1 5.7
2.1 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.8 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
14.7 16.3 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 9.8 11.3
5.7 6.6 9.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 3.8
27% 22% 16% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 30% 30%
 
12.1 10.8 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 15.2 12.3 10.3
4.7 4.3 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 3.7 3.3
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Cracovia Kraków have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most points from losing position (13) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rakow Czestochowa 26 19 4 3 52 19 13 12 1 0 34 7 13 7 3 3 18 12 33 61
2 Legia Warszawa 26 16 7 3 42 27 13 9 4 0 26 13 13 7 3 3 16 14 15 55
3 Lech Poznań 26 12 8 6 36 25 13 6 2 5 18 14 13 6 6 1 18 11 11 44
4 Pogoń Szczecin 26 11 8 7 39 37 12 5 4 3 17 16 14 6 4 4 22 21 2 41
5 Warta Poznań 26 10 8 8 30 23 13 3 6 4 15 14 13 7 2 4 15 9 7 38
6 Widzew Lodz 26 10 8 8 32 29 13 5 3 5 18 17 13 5 5 3 14 12 3 38
7 Cracovia Kraków 26 9 8 9 29 25 13 6 4 3 16 8 13 3 4 6 13 17 4 35
8 Piast Gliwice 26 9 6 11 28 27 13 4 3 6 14 14 13 5 3 5 14 13 1 33
9 Wisła Płock 26 9 6 11 35 35 13 7 3 3 18 10 13 2 3 8 17 25 0 33
10 Radomiak Radom 26 9 6 11 27 30 13 4 2 7 13 17 13 5 4 4 14 13 -3 33
11 Slask Wrocaw 26 7 10 9 25 34 13 4 6 3 16 18 13 3 4 6 9 16 -9 31
12 Zagłębie Lubin 26 8 7 11 24 36 14 2 5 7 9 18 12 6 2 4 15 18 -12 31
13 Stal Mielec 25 8 6 11 27 31 12 4 4 4 13 11 13 4 2 7 14 20 -4 30
14 Korona Kielce 26 8 6 12 28 37 13 6 2 5 14 13 13 2 4 7 14 24 -9 30
15 Jagiellonia Biaystok 25 6 11 8 35 34 13 6 2 5 24 19 12 0 9 3 11 15 1 29
16 Gornik Zabrze 26 7 7 12 32 39 13 3 4 6 16 21 13 4 3 6 16 18 -7 28
17 Lechia Gdansk 26 7 5 14 25 42 13 4 4 5 12 16 13 3 1 9 13 26 -17 26
18 Miedz Legnica 26 4 7 15 25 41 13 3 5 5 14 18 13 1 2 10 11 23 -16 19

Read more about Ekstraklasa

The Ekstraklasa, which carries the sponsorship name Lotto Ekstraklasa, is the top football league in Poland. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away to decide a regular season league table. The top eight teams then play a championship round while the bottom eight play a relegation round.