This could be an interesting match as Pogoń Szczecin have their presumed home advantage while Cracovia Kraków are ahead 1 point in the Ekstraklasa table.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Cracovia are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Pogoń Szczecin form and stats
5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Pogoń Szczecin so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Szczecin, their manager K. Runjaic and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
P. Cibicki was the last player to score a league goal for Szczecin and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Pogoń Szczecin haven't scored in 216 minutes.
The Pogoń Szczecin fans got no joy from their last match, a Ekstraklasa game also here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera: A 0-3 defeat against Zagłębie Lubin (placed 10th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Raków Częstochowa that finished 0-0.
Szczecin lost the game against Zagłębie Lubin in the first half with a 0-3 deficit and could never come back from that.
This is expected to be a close game, with Pogoń Szczecin perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Pogoń Szczecin as a small favourite), we find five games. Szczecin has won one of these, drawn two and lost two.
There will be little rest for Pogoń Szczecin after this match as they are travelling to Lech Poznań for a Ekstraklasa game in only three days.
Pogoń Szczecin has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Cracovia Kraków form and stats
4-2-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cracovia Kraków in their Ekstraklasa matches away. It's looking increasingly bleak for Cracovia who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Lech Poznań was the last time a defeat was avoided. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on M. Probierz, the Cracovia manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Cracovia in their previous game, as they lost their Ekstraklasa-match, hosting Jagiellonia Białystok, 0-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Tychy 71 (after extra-time).
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Cracovia in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Cracovia Kraków, two draws and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cracovia manager M. Probierz as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Lechia Gdańsk.
Cracovia have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Cracovia Kraków in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Cracovia Kraków - Szczecin 2-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Pogoń Szczecin victories, three draws and four Cracovia Kraków wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Hanca 8 goals |  R. Guimarães Lopes 7 goals |   S. Spiridonović 6 goals |
Pogoń Szczecin missing players
Cracovia Kraków missing players
| Pogoń Szczecin | Cracovia Kraków | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 14 | 35 |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 85% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 54% | 67% |
| 33% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 46% | 41% |
| 15% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 23% | 15% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 7% |
| 44% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 54% | 44% |
| 41% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 23% | 37% |
| 30% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 22% |
| 4.8 | 6.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 6.9 | 5.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 323 | 176 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 24 | 124 | 313 |
| 123 | 67 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 55 | 132 |
| 22% | 19% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 27% |
- Cracovia Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Pogoń Szczecin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Pogoń Szczecin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 29 | 54 |
| 2 | Piast Gliwice | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 46 |
| 3 | Śląsk Wrocław | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 43 |
| 4 | Lech Poznań | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 42 |
| 5 | Cracovia Kraków | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 42 |
| 6 | Pogoń Szczecin | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 41 |
| 7 | Lechia Gdańsk | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 41 |
| 8 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Raków Częstochowa | 27 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 10 | Zagłębie Lubin | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 36 |
| 11 | Górnik Zabrze | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 24 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Wisła Płock | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -12 | 36 |
| 13 | Wisła Kraków | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -9 | 31 |
| 14 | Korona Kielce | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 29 |
| 15 | Arka Gdynia | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 26 | -16 | 25 |
| 16 | ŁKS Łódź | 27 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 26 | -20 | 20 |