Ekstraklasa match preview: Górnik Łęczna believed to be the weaker party when Pogoń Szczecin pays a visit

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Górnik (7200 seats)

Both Górnik Łęczna and Pogoń Szczecin are thirsting for points in this fixture, in spite of the away side carrying a 29 point lead in the league table.

Insights:
  • Górnik Łęczna have the fewest scored goals (24) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Ekstraklasa

This could be an interesting match with lots of action and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last played a game. Get ready!

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Górnik Łęczna form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Górnik Łęczna, who have the fewest scored goals (24) in Ekstraklasa, have to build on here at Stadion Górnik in the Ekstraklasa. Górnik has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Kieres and the players.

Górnik Łęczna are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 248 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Gaska).

The supporters are hoping that Górnik will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the game against Lechia Gdańsk (placed 4th).

Prior to that, an away loss at Lechia Gdańsk.

With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Górnik Łęczna defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

5 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Pogoń Szczecin, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Ekstraklasa, playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season. Pogoń Szczecin are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Szczecin had fun at their own home (Stadion Górnik) last time out, beating Wisa Krakow 4-1. Fornalczyk, Kucharczyk and Drygas scored. Midfielder Kowalczyk was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Kowalczyk served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cracovia Krakow.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pogoń Szczecin have scored 15 goals in 13 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (10 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H encounter ended Pogoń Szczecin - Górnik 4-1, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Górnik Łęczna two wins, four draws and Pogoń Szczecin four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GórnikB. Śpiączka
B. Śpiączka
10 goals
Pogoń SzczecinL. Zahovič
L. Zahovič
7 goals
Pogoń SzczecinS. Kowalczyk
S. Kowalczyk
6 goals

Górnik Łęczna missing players

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Górnik Łęczna Pogoń Szczecin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 3 13 26
5 3 0 Won W 2 5 15
9 5 3 Drew D 0 6 8
12 5 1 Lost L 1 2 3
24 13 2 Scored S 4 15 49
44 21 6 Conceded C 3 10 22
88% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
85% 85% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 69% 81%
46% 46% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 15% 42%
35% 31% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 31%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 19%
62% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 46% 58%
19% 15% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 31%
31% 31% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 15%
 
4.2 3.5 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.7 4.8 6
6.4 6.9 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.5 3.9
2.2 2.6 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 1.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.2 8.2 4.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10 12.2
2.9 3.2 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.2 5.1
32% 32% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 37%
 
14 14.7 17.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9.9 7.8
6 6.2 6.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.7 3
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Górnik Łęczna have the fewest points (14) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Górnik Łęczna have the fewest scored goals (24) in Ekstraklasa
  • Górnik Łęczna have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Ekstraklasa
  • Górnik Łęczna have the the worst goal difference (-20) in Ekstraklasa
  • Górnik Łęczna have the the worst goal difference (-8) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Górnik Łęczna have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have scored more than double the goals of Górnik Łęczna.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) 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 26 15 8 3 49 22 13 10 2 1 34 12 13 5 6 2 15 10 27 53
2 Lech Poznan 26 15 7 4 52 19 13 10 2 1 31 4 13 5 5 3 21 15 33 52
3 Raków Częstochowa 26 15 7 4 46 25 13 8 4 1 28 10 13 7 3 3 18 15 21 52
4 Lechia Gdańsk 26 12 7 7 39 29 13 9 3 1 23 9 13 3 4 6 16 20 10 43
5 Radomiak Radom 26 10 11 5 33 26 13 6 6 1 19 11 13 4 5 4 14 15 7 41
6 Piast Gliwice 26 10 7 9 33 29 13 5 3 5 18 18 13 5 4 4 15 11 4 37
7 Gornik Zabrze 26 10 7 9 36 33 14 6 4 4 21 16 12 4 3 5 15 17 3 37
8 Wisla Plock 26 11 3 12 36 37 13 9 2 2 21 8 13 2 1 10 15 29 -1 36
9 Stal Mielec 26 8 9 9 31 35 13 6 3 4 17 16 13 2 6 5 14 19 -4 33
10 Cracovia Krakow 26 8 8 10 32 36 14 5 4 5 20 19 12 3 4 5 12 17 -4 32
11 Legia Warszawa 26 10 2 14 31 35 13 7 0 6 19 16 13 3 2 8 12 19 -4 32
12 Warta Poznań 26 7 9 10 26 29 13 3 6 4 12 15 13 4 3 6 14 14 -3 30
13 Slask Wrocaw 26 7 9 10 34 38 12 3 6 3 13 14 14 4 3 7 21 24 -4 30
14 Jagiellonia Biaystok 26 7 9 10 29 40 13 4 6 3 17 14 13 3 3 7 12 26 -11 30
15 Zagebie Lubin 26 8 4 14 27 46 13 5 2 6 17 21 13 3 2 8 10 25 -19 28
16 Wisa Krakow 26 6 6 14 25 41 12 4 3 5 12 13 14 2 3 9 13 28 -16 24
17 Górnik Łęczna 26 5 9 12 24 44 13 3 5 5 13 21 13 2 4 7 11 23 -20 24
18 Nieciecza 26 5 8 13 27 46 13 4 4 5 17 21 13 1 4 8 10 25 -19 23

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.