Pogoń Szczecin favourites for feisty fight facing Cracovia Kraków

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 18.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera (18027 seats)

The table shows that 4 points separate the two contenders in this Ekstraklasa match. Pogoń Szczecin enjoy both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most points (9) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Cracovia Kraków have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an animated match!

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

Perfect Ekstraklasa season at home so far for Pogoń Szczecin 3 wins from 3 appearances.

The home team returns to Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera after being equal after 90 minutes with Radomiak Radom (placed 7th) on their last time out; the Ekstraklasa game ended 1-1. Midfield player Rafał Kurzawa got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Kurzawa hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Lech Poznan that finished 1-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Pogoń Szczecin matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and two defeats (from four games).

There will be little rest for Pogoń Szczecin after this match as they are travelling to Kalisz for a Polish Cup game in only three days.

The Szczecin manager K. Runjaic has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. Pogoń Szczecin have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

There were no winners in Cracovia's previous match, a Ekstraklasa home game that ended 2-2 vs Gornik Zabrze (placed 15th). Cracovia Kraków's last match (vs Gornik Zabrze) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Matej Rodin.

Prior to that result Cracovia Kraków won their away game at Nieciecza. The scoreline was 2-1.

The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Cracovia Kraków struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Szczecin won four games, one match ended with a draw and Cracovia Kraków have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Cracovia KrakówP. van Amersfoort
P. van Amersfoort
4 goals
SzczecinK. Drygas
K. Drygas
3 goals
Cracovia KrakówM. Rodin
M. Rodin
2 goals

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Pogoń Szczecin Cracovia Kraków
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 2 4 7
3 3 1 Won W 0 1 2
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
1 0 0 Lost L 2 2 3
10 7 4 Scored S 0 3 8
6 1 1 Conceded C 5 7 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
86% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
14% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 71%
14% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 33% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 71%
29% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 29%
 
6.3 6.7 10 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4 6.1
5.3 5.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4.5 4.6
1.3 0.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.3 14.7 25 Shots (avg) S ( 7 9.8 9.7
4.9 6 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.8 3.4
29% 39% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 33%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • All of Cracovia Kraków's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cracovia Kraków have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most points (9) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Pogoń Szczecin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 7 4 3 0 13 5 4 2 2 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 8 4 8 15
2 Śląsk Wrocław 7 3 4 0 10 6 4 1 3 0 4 3 3 2 1 0 6 3 4 13
3 Pogoń Szczecin 7 3 3 1 10 6 3 3 0 0 7 1 4 0 3 1 3 5 4 12
4 Wisa Krakow 7 3 2 2 13 9 4 2 1 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 6 5 4 11
5 Lechia Gdansk 7 2 4 1 10 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 0 3 1 4 6 2 10
6 Piast Gliwice 7 3 1 3 10 9 4 1 1 2 7 8 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 10
7 Radomiak Radom 6 2 3 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 9
8 Jagiellonia Białystok 7 2 3 2 9 8 5 2 2 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 9
9 Zagebie Lubin 6 3 0 3 7 11 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 1 7 -4 9
10 Rakow Czestochowa 5 2 2 1 8 9 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 6 7 -1 8
11 Stal Mielec 7 2 2 3 7 10 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 0 2 2 3 7 -3 8
12 Cracovia Kraków 7 2 2 3 8 12 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 1 1 2 3 7 -4 8
13 Wisła Płock 7 2 1 4 11 10 3 2 1 0 6 1 4 0 0 4 5 9 1 7
14 Warta Poznan 7 1 4 2 8 7 4 0 3 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 6 3 1 7
15 Gornik Zabrze 6 2 1 3 7 9 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 -2 7
16 Legia Warszawa 5 2 0 3 4 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 3 3 5 -1 6
17 Gornik eczna 7 1 2 4 6 15 4 1 1 2 5 10 3 0 1 2 1 5 -9 5
18 Nieciecza 6 0 3 3 5 9 4 0 2 2 5 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 -4 3

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.