Sports betting preview: Cracovia Kraków vs Pogoń Szczecin - predictions and stats

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Cracovia Kraków will plan to employ their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opponents. The host team are currently 18 points behind Pogoń Szczecin.

Insights:
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ekstraklasa

Cracovia Kraków and Pogoń Szczecin should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Cracovia Kraków at their home stadium (Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

In their previous game, the manager Zielinski led his Cracovia to a defeat away at Górnik Zabrze. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego. The attacker Hanca was declared "man of the match" for Cracovia Kraków with a rating of 7.15/10. Hanca dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Nieciecza that was lost 1-2.

A decent goal production from Cracovia in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 12 league matches. Cracovia Kraków have conceded 17 in these home matches.

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

5-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Pogoń Szczecin in their Ekstraklasa matches away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Pogoń Szczecin are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Szczecin won their last game, 4-0 versus Radomiak Radom played at home. Midfield player Dąbrowski was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Dąbrowski signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and had 70 successful passes (of 76 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Lech Poznan.

Pogoń Szczecin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Pogoń Szczecin are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H game ended Pogoń Szczecin - Cracovia 1-1, played this season. Numbers for the prior ten meetings involving these two participants are: four wins for Cracovia Kraków, two draws and four wins for Pogoń Szczecin. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
8 goals
Pogoń SzczecinL. Zahovič
L. Zahovič
7 goals
Pogoń SzczecinS. Kowalczyk
S. Kowalczyk
5 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Cracovia Kraków Pogoń Szczecin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 5 Played P 3 12 24
8 5 2 Won W 2 5 14
7 3 2 Drew D 0 5 7
9 4 1 Lost L 1 2 3
31 19 9 Scored S 3 14 44
34 17 7 Conceded C 1 9 20
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
83% 83% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 67% 79%
50% 58% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 42%
17% 25% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 29%
12% 17% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
54% 58% 60% BTTS BTTS 0% 42% 54%
25% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 67% 42% 33%
25% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 17%
 
5 6.2 6.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5 6
4.5 4.4 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 4.6 4
2.1 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 1.8
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.7 9.8 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11 10.3 12.2
4.1 4.2 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.3 5.1
32% 37% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 27% 36%
 
10.3 9.6 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.3 10 7.7
3.9 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.8 3.1
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most clean sheets (5) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pogoń Szczecin 24 14 7 3 44 20 12 9 2 1 30 11 12 5 5 2 14 9 24 49
2 Lech Poznan 24 14 6 4 48 18 12 9 2 1 28 4 12 5 4 3 20 14 30 48
3 Rakow Czestochowa 24 14 6 4 43 23 11 7 3 1 25 8 13 7 3 3 18 15 20 48
4 Lechia Gdańsk 24 11 7 6 37 28 12 8 3 1 21 9 12 3 4 5 16 19 9 40
5 Radomiak Radom 24 10 9 5 32 25 12 6 5 1 18 10 12 4 4 4 14 15 7 39
6 Górnik Zabrze 24 10 6 8 34 30 13 6 3 4 20 15 11 4 3 4 14 15 4 36
7 Wisla Plock 24 10 3 11 34 35 12 9 2 1 20 6 12 1 1 10 14 29 -1 33
8 Stal Mielec 24 8 8 8 29 32 13 6 3 4 17 16 11 2 5 4 12 16 -3 32
9 Piast Gliwice 24 8 7 9 31 29 12 4 3 5 17 18 12 4 4 4 14 11 2 31
10 Cracovia Kraków 24 8 7 9 31 34 12 5 3 4 19 17 12 3 4 5 12 17 -3 31
11 Jagiellonia Biaystok 24 7 9 8 29 36 12 4 6 2 17 13 12 3 3 6 12 23 -7 30
12 Slask Wrocaw 23 6 8 9 32 36 11 3 5 3 13 14 12 3 3 6 19 22 -4 26
13 Zagebie Lubin 24 7 4 13 25 42 12 5 2 5 17 17 12 2 2 8 8 25 -17 25
14 Warta Poznań 24 5 9 10 20 28 12 2 6 4 10 14 12 3 3 6 10 14 -8 24
15 Gornik eczna 24 5 9 10 24 41 12 3 5 4 13 20 12 2 4 6 11 21 -17 24
16 Wisa Krakow 24 6 5 13 23 36 11 4 2 5 11 12 13 2 3 8 12 24 -13 23
17 Legia Warszawa 22 7 1 14 24 33 11 5 0 6 14 15 11 2 1 8 10 18 -9 22
18 Nieciecza 23 5 7 11 25 39 12 4 4 4 17 19 11 1 3 7 8 20 -14 22

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.