Game week two of the Ekstraklasa season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Piast Gliwice - Pogoń Szczecin preview:
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gliwice and Pogoń Szczecin.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
Gliwice haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 196 minutes ago. T. Jodlowiec scored that one.
Piast Gliwice's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Pogoń Szczecin (placed 12th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Dinamo Minsk and winning 2-0.
Last season, Piast Gliwice's league statistics were 16 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Ekstraklasa. Over these 30 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 26. Playing at home last season Piast Gliwice managed 10-3-2 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 9 conceded.
Pogoń Szczecin form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Ekstraklasa ended in defeat. Last season Pogoń Szczecin had these away match statistics: Played 4; won 1, drew 2 and lost 1.
Szczecin play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Piast Gliwice (placed 14th). A 1-2 defeat away at Cracovia Kraków before that.
It's early days yet, but Pogoń Szczecin has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Let's have a look at how Pogoń Szczecin performed last season in the Ekstraklasa: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 9 draws and 9 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 4 with 14/17 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Piast Gliwice - Pogoń Szczecin 0-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Gliwice, four draws and four wins for Pogoń Szczecin. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Fraczczak 1 goals |  A. Gorgon 1 goals |
Piast Gliwice missing players
Pogoń Szczecin missing players
| Piast Gliwice | Pogoń Szczecin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 13 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 8 | 16 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 40% | 40% |
| Piast Gliwice | Last season | Pogoń Szczecin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 37 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 37 | ||
| 32 | 12 | Conceded | C | 22 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 86% | ||
| 65% | 63% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 57% | ||
| 35% | 32% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 38% | ||
| 5% | 11% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 19% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 35% | 32% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 46% | ||
| 41% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 37% | 38% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 30% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 426 | 234 | Total Shots | T S | 191 | 424 | ||
| 174 | 100 | Shots on Target | S O | 69 | 156 | ||
| 24% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Górnik Zabrze | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Slask Wrocaw | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Zagłębie Lubin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Raków Częstochowa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Legia Warszawa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Lechia Gdańsk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Wisła Płock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Wisła Kraków | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 10 | Stal Mielec | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 11 | Lech Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Pogoń Szczecin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Podbeskidzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Piast Gliwice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Warta Poznan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cracovia Kraków | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| Last season | 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Lechia Gdańsk | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Legia Warszawa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Pogoń Szczecin | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Piast Gliwice | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 7 | Cracovia Kraków | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Slask Wrocaw | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 5 |