Ekstraklasa preview: Can Lech Poznań edge out victory against Pogoń Szczecin?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: INEA stadion (45830 seats)

Lech Poznań are ready to challenge Pogoń Szczecin in this Ekstraklasa match. All you need to know about the fixture is right here!

Insights:
  • Lech Poznań is in the best form (4-1-0)
  • Pogoń Szczecin have yet to win a game away.

Both crews have had time to rest since their last competitive action. Let's trust this will be an animated match!

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Lech Poznań form and stats

Lech Poznań have collected seven points from their first three Ekstraklasa games here at INEA stadion, a promising start. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Poznań are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.

Poznań's last game was hosting Lechia Gdańsk (placed 3rd) and winning 2-0.

Before that match, a win away at Nieciecza.

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

The Poznań fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Poznań have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

The Ekstraklasa season is young and Pogoń Szczecin have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 2 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 1 defeat so far.

Impressive finishing from Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos and Kamil Drygas (2) secured the home win 4-1 against Stal Mielec in their previous game.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zagebie Lubin wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Pogoń Szczecin have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were six victories, four draws and one defeat.

It's early days yet, but Pogoń Szczecin has scored 1 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - four - two (Poznań wins - draws - Pogoń Szczecin wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lech PoznańM. Ishak
M. Ishak
3 goals
Pogoń SzczecinK. Drygas
K. Drygas
3 goals
PoznańJ. Kamiński
J. Kamiński
2 goals

Lech Poznań missing players

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Lech Poznań Pogoń Szczecin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 2 Played P 0 2 5
4 2 1 Won W 0 0 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
10 4 2 Scored S 0 1 8
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
80% 67% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 20%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 40%
60% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
20% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 20%
 
8 6.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 7.2
5 5.3 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 4.8
1.2 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.5 1.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.8 16.3 16 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 14.4
7.4 7 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.5 5.4
27% 19% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 30%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • All of Pogoń Szczecin's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lech Poznań have not yet lost a game.
  • Lech Poznań have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Lech Poznań have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the most clean sheets (3) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań have the the best goal difference (+8) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lech Poznań is in the best form (4-1-0)
  • Pogoń Szczecin have yet to win a game away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Lech Poznań Last season Pogoń Szczecin
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
9 4   Won W   7 15
10 7   Drew D   2 7
11 4   Lost L   6 8
39 19   Scored S   19 36
38 17   Conceded C   15 23
90% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 90%
67% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   60% 53%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 33%
27% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 13%
13% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 3%
57% 40%   BTTS BTTS   47% 37%
30% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 57%
23% 33%   Failed to Score F T   13% 17%
 
6.7 7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.7 6.2
5.3 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 4.4
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
13.7 14.5   Shots (avg) S (   10.3 11.5
5 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.2
26% 24%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 29%

  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 Poznań 5 4 1 0 10 2 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 13
2 Pogoń Szczecin 5 3 1 1 8 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 4 10
3 Lechia Gdańsk 5 2 2 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 8
4 Wisa Krakow 5 2 1 2 10 7 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 7
5 Radomiak Radom 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 7
6 Piast Gliwice 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 1 1 1 7 7 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 7
7 Jagiellonia Biaystok 5 2 1 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 7
8 Slask Wrocaw 5 1 4 0 6 5 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
9 Wisla Plock 5 2 0 3 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 3 3 6 2 6
10 Legia Warszawa 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
11 Górnik Zabrze 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 6
12 Rakow Czestochowa 3 2 0 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 6 -1 6
13 Zagebie Lubin 4 2 0 2 5 8 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 -3 6
14 Warta Poznan 5 1 2 2 7 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 6 3 1 5
15 Cracovia Kraków 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 4
16 Stal Mielec 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 2 6 -5 4
17 Nieciecza 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 2 1 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 2
18 Gornik eczna 5 0 2 3 3 11 3 0 1 2 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 -8 2

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.