Football match preview: Pogoń Szczecin vs Lech Poznań

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera (18027 seats)

The hosting team, Pogoń Szczecin, should be the favourites in this fixture, but Lech Poznań have displayed both talent and courage. Read more about the match!

Insights:
  • Pogoń Szczecin have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Ekstraklasa

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game, against Villarreal, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Lech Poznań.

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

3 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Pogoń Szczecin have to build on here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera in the Ekstraklasa.

A strong away win for Szczecin against Korona Kielce the last match, as Dąbrowski and Smoliński were on target. Midfield player Dąbrowski got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Dąbrowski scored one goal and had 79 successful passes (of 95 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rakow Czestochowa (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Pogoń Szczecin perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pogoń Szczecin as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Pogoń Szczecin has won 1 of these, drawn 3 and lost 5.

Szczecin are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Lech Poznań form and stats

Lech Poznań are still undefeated on their travels in the Ekstraklasa. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Lech Poznań have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Filip Bednarek. It's been 334 minutes since they last conceded in Ekstraklasa.

Two away matches in a row for Lech Poznań, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-4 vs Villarreal in the Europa Conference League. Ishak, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.82. Ishak scored two goals, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Widzew Lodz in the Ekstraklasa.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Poznań playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Lech Poznań win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

After this away game Lech Poznań return home for a Europa Conference League game against Austria Wien. That game is only four sleeps after this.

4 goals so far away for Lech Poznań, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pogoń Szczecin two wins, four draws and Lech Poznań four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SzczecinD. Dąbrowski
D. Dąbrowski
2 goals
Pogoń SzczecinK. Grosicki
K. Grosicki
2 goals
Pogoń SzczecinL. Zahovič
L. Zahovič
2 goals

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Lech Poznań missing players

Pogoń Szczecin Lech Poznań
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 0 2 7
5 3 2 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 3
13 8 5 Scored S 0 4 8
8 3 1 Conceded C 0 1 7
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 71%
75% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 29%
12% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
62% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 29%
25% 50% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 43%
12% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
5.2 5.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 6
6.1 6.2 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 3.1
2.6 1.5 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.9 15 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 15 15.6
5.4 8.2 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.5 6.1
30% 24% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 19%
 
13 13.5 14 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14 11.6
4.9 5.5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 3.4
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • All of Lech Poznań's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lech Poznań have not yet lost a game away.
  • Lech Poznań have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lech Poznań haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Pogoń Szczecin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wisla Plock 8 5 2 1 20 8 4 3 1 0 10 3 4 2 1 1 10 5 12 17
2 Legia Warszawa 8 5 2 1 11 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 2 1 1 4 5 4 17
3 Pogoń Szczecin 8 5 1 2 13 8 4 3 1 0 8 3 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 16
4 Cracovia Krakow 9 4 1 4 11 8 5 3 0 2 8 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 3 13
5 Stal Mielec 8 4 1 3 12 10 4 2 1 1 5 2 4 2 0 2 7 8 2 13
6 Rakow Czestochowa 7 4 1 2 11 9 4 3 1 0 7 4 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 13
7 Widzew Lodz 9 4 1 4 11 10 4 2 0 2 7 6 5 2 1 2 4 4 1 13
8 Radomiak Radom 8 3 2 3 9 10 4 1 1 2 5 7 4 2 1 1 4 3 -1 11
9 Warta Poznan 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 0 1 3 3 9 5 3 1 1 5 2 -3 11
10 Lech Poznań 7 3 1 3 8 7 5 2 0 3 4 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 10
11 Korona Kielce 8 3 1 4 9 9 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 10
12 Zagebie Lubin 9 2 4 3 6 10 4 0 3 1 2 3 5 2 1 2 4 7 -4 10
13 Gornik Zabrze 7 2 3 2 9 9 4 1 1 2 3 6 3 1 2 0 6 3 0 9
14 Piast Gliwice 7 3 0 4 7 7 3 2 0 1 6 2 4 1 0 3 1 5 0 9
15 Jagiellonia Biaystok 8 2 3 3 9 10 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1 9
16 Slask Wrocaw 8 2 3 3 6 11 4 1 2 1 4 6 4 1 1 2 2 5 -5 9
17 Miedz Legnica 7 1 1 5 7 13 3 1 0 2 3 4 4 0 1 3 4 9 -6 4
18 Lechia Gdansk 7 1 1 5 5 15 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 1 0 3 5 11 -10 4

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.