Górnik Zabrze contests Pogoń Szczecin in Ekstraklasa confrontation

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 12.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Zabrze (24413 seats)

Ekstraklasa: Two contenders in fair shape get together for this game. Pogoń Szczecin have a tiny upper hand with their 2nd place in the standings?

Insights:
  • Górnik Zabrze have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Górnik Zabrze at their home stadium (Arena Zabrze) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Górnik bring valid hopes of a third.

The Górnik supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Slask Wrocaw in Ekstraklasa and win 3-1. Bartosz Nowak, a forward, was the declared top performer for the side in that match, earning a rating of 8.75 (out of 10). Nowak scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Górnik Łęczna and winning 2-1.

Górnik are traveling soon after this match as the Ekstraklasa match at Rakow Czestochowa awaits in three days.

Górnik Zabrze are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 9 games. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Szczecin, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Nieciecza (placed 15th) in the Ekstraklasa last time out. Midfield player Damian Dąbrowski was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.84/10. Dąbrowski dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total).

Before that, Pogoń Szczecin secured a home win against Lechia Gdansk with the score 5-1.

Szczecin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Szczecin as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded match involving both these sides is the Pogoń Szczecin - Górnik 2-0 played previously this season. Górnik-Pogoń Szczecin H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Górnik Zabrze three wins, Pogoń Szczecin three wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GórnikJ. Jiménez Núñez
J. Jiménez Núñez
6 goals
Pogoń SzczecinL. Zahovič
L. Zahovič
6 goals
Górnik ZabrzeK. Kubica
K. Kubica
4 goals

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Górnik Zabrze Pogoń Szczecin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 9 2 Played P 1 9 17
7 5 1 Won W 0 3 10
3 1 0 Drew D 0 4 5
6 3 1 Lost L 1 2 2
22 13 4 Scored S 0 9 32
21 10 4 Conceded C 1 7 13
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
62% 44% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 76%
50% 44% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 11% 35%
44% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 29%
12% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 24%
56% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 59%
19% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
31% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 18%
 
4.7 3.8 1.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 6
5.4 5.3 9 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.9 4.2
1.8 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.9 12.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.1 13.4
4.6 5.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 5.4
30% 28% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 22% 35%
 
8.4 8.4 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.3 8.1
3.1 3.3 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.9 3.2
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Górnik Zabrze 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 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 Lech Poznan 17 11 5 1 34 10 9 7 2 0 21 2 8 4 3 1 13 8 24 38
2 Pogoń Szczecin 17 10 5 2 32 13 8 7 1 0 23 6 9 3 4 2 9 7 19 35
3 Lechia Gdansk 17 9 6 2 32 20 8 6 2 0 16 6 9 3 4 2 16 14 12 33
4 Rakow Czestochowa 16 8 5 3 29 20 6 3 3 0 14 6 10 5 2 3 15 14 9 29
5 Radomiak Radom 16 7 7 2 21 13 7 4 3 0 11 5 9 3 4 2 10 8 8 28
6 Slask Wrocaw 17 6 6 5 29 26 8 3 4 1 12 9 9 3 2 4 17 17 3 24
7 Górnik Zabrze 16 7 3 6 22 21 9 5 1 3 13 10 7 2 2 3 9 11 1 24
8 Stal Mielec 17 6 6 5 24 25 9 5 2 2 14 12 8 1 4 3 10 13 -1 24
9 Wisla Plock 17 7 2 8 27 26 8 6 2 0 15 3 9 1 0 8 12 23 1 23
10 Cracovia Kraków 17 6 5 6 23 24 8 4 2 2 13 10 9 2 3 4 10 14 -1 23
11 Piast Gliwice 16 6 3 7 23 22 9 4 1 4 16 15 7 2 2 3 7 7 1 21
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 17 5 6 6 22 25 10 4 4 2 16 12 7 1 2 4 6 13 -3 21
13 Wisa Krakow 16 5 2 9 16 27 8 3 1 4 8 11 8 2 1 5 8 16 -11 17
14 Zagebie Lubin 16 5 2 9 17 29 8 3 1 4 11 12 8 2 1 5 6 17 -12 17
15 Nieciecza 16 2 6 8 20 28 9 2 3 4 14 18 7 0 3 4 6 10 -8 12
16 Legia Warszawa 15 4 0 11 15 26 7 3 0 4 8 10 8 1 0 7 7 16 -11 12
17 Górnik Łęczna 17 2 6 9 15 35 9 1 4 4 8 18 8 1 2 5 7 17 -20 12
18 Warta Poznan 16 2 5 9 10 21 8 0 4 4 3 10 8 2 1 5 7 11 -11 11

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.