Pogoń Szczecin host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round game. Brøndby will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Brøndby Stadion before the return leg in 8 days.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Szczecin and Brøndby.
Pogoń Szczecin form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa Conference League for Pogoń Szczecin, as the manager Gustafsson led his troops to eliminate KR, and reach the 2nd Qualifying Round. Pogoń Szczecin participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the 2nd qualifying round and lost against Osijek.When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Pogoń Szczecin have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
Szczecin's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Widzew Lodz. The home side are looking to build on that result. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Gustafsson when Bichakhchyan scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 55th minute. The striker Zahović edged out all others in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.42 out of 10. Zahović scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit one key pass.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Pogoń Szczecin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.
Pogoń Szczecin are traveling soon after this match as the Ekstraklasa match at Slask Wrocaw awaits in three days.
Pogoń Szczecin has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Brøndby form and stats
Impressive finishing from Slimane secured the home win 1-0 against AGF in their previous game. Goalkeeper Hermansen got the top player rating of the team with 8.33/10. Hermansen topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Silkeborg in the Superliga.Brøndby are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 10 matches.
A new game in only three days for Brøndby, the Superliga home match versus Nordsjælland. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Zahovič 1 goals |  V. Bichakhchyan 1 goals |   A. Slimane 1 goals |
Pogoń Szczecin missing players
Brøndby missing players
| Pogoń Szczecin | Brøndby | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 48 | 31 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 24 | 17 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 64% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.9 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 27% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 11.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cracovia Kraków | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Stal Mielec | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Pogoń Szczecin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Rakow Czestochowa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Korona Kielce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Miedź Legnica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Radomiak Radom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Slask Wrocaw | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Zagebie Lubin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Widzew Lodz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Warta Poznan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Górnik Zabrze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Lech Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Piast Gliwice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nordsjælland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Viborg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Brøndby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Horsens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Lyngby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Silkeborg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Midtjylland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Randers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | AaB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | AGF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | København | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | OB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
