Pogoń Szczecin greet Stal Mielec as odds-on favourites: Check out our football preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera (18027 seats)

Pogoń Szczecin are located at 4th, while Stal Mielec are lagging 12 points behind in the league standings. Will they decrease the gap?

Insights:
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most points from losing position (16) in Ekstraklasa
  • Stal Mielec have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both contenders have had plenty of rest since their previous competitive action. Let's agree to expect an in-your-face match!

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

Pogoń Szczecin have played 13 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Pogoń Szczecin against Lechia Gdansk the last match. Midfielder Grosicki was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.02 (out of ten) in that game. Grosicki hit the woodwork once, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Ahead of that match, Pogoń Szczecin won a home game hosting Cracovia Krakow (3-2).

Pogoń Szczecin have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera with 20 goals in 13 league matches. Szczecin's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stal Mielec form and stats

As the visiting team in Ekstraklasa matches, Stal Mielec have produced an overall stat of 5-2-7 so far.

There were no winners in Stal Mielec's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Miedź Legnica (placed 18th). Flis, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.63. Flis won 8 of 9 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Widzew Lodz.

Few goals the story here? 11 of this side's last 12 league fixtures have had two or less goals.

Stal Mielec have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Mielec have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Here's the final score when the sides met earlier this campaign; Stal Mielec - Pogoń Szczecin 4-2. As for the last six games between these two teams, there's three Szczecin victories, zero draws and three Stal Mielec wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Pogoń SzczecinK. Grosicki
K. Grosicki
10 goals
Pogoń SzczecinS. Kowalczyk
S. Kowalczyk
5 goals
Pogoń SzczecinL. Zahovič
L. Zahovič
5 goals

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Stal Mielec missing players

Pogoń Szczecin Stal Mielec
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 4 Played P 5 14 28
13 6 2 Won W 1 5 9
8 4 2 Drew D 1 2 8
7 3 0 Lost L 3 7 11
43 20 7 Scored S 5 16 31
39 18 5 Conceded C 10 20 33
96% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
79% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
57% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 36% 29%
32% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 18%
18% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 7%
64% 62% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 36% 36%
21% 23% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 32%
18% 23% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 39%
 
6.1 7.3 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 3 3.8
5.4 4.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.9 5.9
2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
15.1 16.7 20.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 10.4 10.7
5.6 6.7 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 3.9
27% 23% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 36% 29%
 
12.1 10.5 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 15.8 14.7 13.3
4.6 4.3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.8 5.4 4.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Pogoń Szczecin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most points from losing position (16) in Ekstraklasa
  • Stal Mielec have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Stal Mielec have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Stal Mielec haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Raków Częstochowa 28 20 5 3 54 19 14 13 1 0 36 7 14 7 4 3 18 12 35 65
2 Legia Warszawa 28 16 9 3 46 31 14 9 5 0 28 15 14 7 4 3 18 16 15 57
3 Lech Poznan 28 13 9 6 40 27 14 7 2 5 20 14 14 6 7 1 20 13 13 48
4 Pogoń Szczecin 28 13 8 7 43 39 13 6 4 3 20 18 15 7 4 4 23 21 4 47
5 Warta Poznań 28 11 8 9 33 26 14 4 6 4 18 15 14 7 2 5 15 11 7 41
6 Piast Gliwice 28 11 6 11 30 27 14 5 3 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 15 13 3 39
7 Cracovia Krakow 28 10 8 10 34 28 14 7 4 3 19 8 14 3 4 7 15 20 6 38
8 Widzew Lodz 28 10 8 10 32 33 14 5 3 6 18 19 14 5 5 4 14 14 -1 38
9 Wisla Plock 28 10 6 12 37 36 14 8 3 3 20 10 14 2 3 9 17 26 1 36
10 Stal Mielec 28 9 8 11 31 33 14 4 6 4 15 13 14 5 2 7 16 20 -2 35
11 Radomiak Radom 28 9 7 12 27 33 14 4 3 7 13 17 14 5 4 5 14 16 -6 34
12 Korona Kielce 28 9 7 12 31 39 14 7 2 5 16 14 14 2 5 7 15 25 -8 34
13 Jagiellonia Biaystok 28 7 12 9 38 37 14 7 2 5 25 19 14 0 10 4 13 18 1 33
14 Gornik Zabrze 28 8 8 12 35 40 14 3 5 6 17 22 14 5 3 6 18 18 -5 32
15 Slask Wrocaw 28 7 10 11 26 38 14 4 6 4 16 19 14 3 4 7 10 19 -12 31
16 Zagebie Lubin 28 8 7 13 24 40 15 2 5 8 9 20 13 6 2 5 15 20 -16 31
17 Lechia Gdansk 28 7 5 16 25 44 14 4 4 6 12 17 14 3 1 10 13 27 -19 26
18 Miedź Legnica 28 4 9 15 28 44 14 3 6 5 16 20 14 1 3 10 12 24 -16 21

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.