Home advantage could prove decisive in Górnik Zabrze - Pogoń Szczecin battle

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Zabrze (24413 seats)

Struggling Górnik Zabrze will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Pogoń Szczecin in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

22 points is a decent return from 11 Ekstraklasa games here at Arena Zabrze for Górnik Zabrze. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. It’s been three wins in a row for Górnik Zabrze here at Arena Zabrze, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

No payout for Górnik Zabrze in their previous match, an away game at Śląsk Wrocław that ended in defeat 1-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Arka Gdynia in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Górnik Zabrze handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and zero defeats.

Górnik Zabrze are traveling soon after this match as the Ekstraklasa match at Lech Poznań awaits in three days.

Górnik Zabrze have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Arena Zabrze with 19 goals in 11 league matches. Górnik Zabrze have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

6 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Pogoń Szczecin, who have the most points (22) away in Ekstraklasa, playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season.

P. Cibicki was the last player to score for the away team. Pogoń Szczecin haven't scored a league goal in the last 188 minutes. Pogoń Szczecin have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Dante Stipica. It's been 198 minutes since they last conceded in Ekstraklasa.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to ŁKS Łódź (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Ekstraklasa match ended in a draw 0-0. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Śląsk Wrocław.

Pogoń Szczecin are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, two draws and one defeat. From a total of eight matches.

After this away game Pogoń Szczecin return home for a Ekstraklasa game against Jagiellonia Białystok. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pogoń Szczecin have scored 13 goals in 12 league games away. Pogoń Szczecin are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 10 times in 12 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Górnik Zabrze
I. Angulo Albóniga
10 goals
Górnik Zabrze
J. Jiménez Núñez
8 goals
Pogoń SzczecinS. Spiridonović
S. Spiridonović
6 goals

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Górnik Zabrze Pogoń Szczecin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 4 12 23
6 6 0 Won W 1 6 11
9 4 1 Drew D 2 4 7
8 1 1 Lost L 1 2 5
27 19 1 Scored S 2 13 25
29 9 3 Conceded C 2 10 18
91% 91% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 83% 87%
74% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 50% 52%
39% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 26%
22% 27% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 13%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
57% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 42% 43%
30% 55% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 42% 43%
22% 9% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 26%
 
5 5.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 3.3 4.4
6.2 5.8 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.2 4.7
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
235 128 15 Total Shots T S 43 124 266
91 49 5 Shots on Target S O 14 51 111
30% 39% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 23%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Górnik Zabrze have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Górnik Zabrze have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Pogoń Szczecin has the most points (22) away
  • 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 Legia Warszawa 23 14 3 6 49 23 12 9 1 2 34 9 11 5 2 4 15 14 26 45
2 Cracovia Kraków 23 13 3 7 32 18 12 9 1 2 21 7 11 4 2 5 11 11 14 42
3 Pogoń Szczecin 23 11 7 5 25 18 11 5 3 3 12 8 12 6 4 2 13 10 7 40
4 Śląsk Wrocław 23 10 9 4 31 24 12 6 5 1 22 18 11 4 4 3 9 6 7 39
5 Lech Poznań 23 10 7 6 39 22 12 6 3 3 23 9 11 4 4 3 16 13 17 37
6 Piast Gliwice 23 11 4 8 25 22 12 8 2 2 16 9 11 3 2 6 9 13 3 37
7 Lechia Gdańsk 23 9 7 7 26 26 12 5 4 3 14 11 11 4 3 4 12 15 0 34
8 Wisła Płock 23 9 5 9 28 36 12 6 3 3 19 14 11 3 2 6 9 22 -8 32
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 23 8 6 9 31 33 11 6 2 3 18 10 12 2 4 6 13 23 -2 30
10 Zagłębie Lubin 23 8 5 10 32 32 11 5 3 3 19 12 12 3 2 7 13 20 0 29
11 Raków Częstochowa 23 9 2 12 28 37 11 6 1 4 16 14 12 3 1 8 12 23 -9 29
12 Górnik Zabrze 23 6 9 8 27 29 11 6 4 1 19 9 12 0 5 7 8 20 -2 27
13 Wisła Kraków 23 8 2 13 28 35 11 6 0 5 16 8 12 2 2 8 12 27 -7 26
14 Arka Gdynia 23 6 6 11 20 33 11 3 5 3 10 12 12 3 1 8 10 21 -13 24
15 Korona Kielce 23 6 5 12 12 26 11 4 2 5 8 8 12 2 3 7 4 18 -14 23
16 ŁKS Łódź 23 4 4 15 21 40 12 3 3 6 13 16 11 1 1 9 8 24 -19 16

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.