Ekstraklasa prediction and preview: Pogoń Szczecin modest favorites to beat Górnik Zabrze

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 25.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Zabrze (24413 seats)

A new Ekstraklasa season is about to begin and this is the first proper game for Pogoń Szczecin and Górnik Zabrze. Bring it on!

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

Last season, Pogoń Szczecin's league statistics were 15 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Ekstraklasa. Over these 30 matches they scored 36 goals and conceded 23. Playing at home last season Pogoń Szczecin managed 8-5-2 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 8 conceded.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Szczecin handle that role? We have found 19 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are ten wins, six draws and three defeats.

Pogoń Szczecin have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 2 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Pogoń Szczecin have scored 5 goals and conceded 2 times.

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

Let's have a look at how Górnik Zabrze performed last season in the Ekstraklasa: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 7 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 33 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 7 with 9/13 goals scored/conceded.

Górnik Zabrze are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and eight defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Just as the home team, Górnik Zabrze have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 Górnik wins, 0 draws and 4 losses.

Head 2 Head

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

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Total First Half Second Half
Pogoń Szczecin Górnik Zabrze
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
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 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Pogoń Szczecin Last season Górnik Zabrze
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
15 8   Won W   4 10
7 5   Drew D   4 7
8 2   Lost L   7 13
36 17   Scored S   9 31
23 8   Conceded C   13 33
90% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 87%
53% 47%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   47% 70%
33% 20%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   13% 37%
13% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 13%
3% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
37% 27%   BTTS BTTS   20% 43%
57% 67%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 30%
17% 20%   Failed to Score F T   60% 40%
 
6.2 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.6
4.4 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.5
2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.2
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.5 12.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 12.1
4.2 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.4
29% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   15% 23%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cracovia Krakow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Górnik Zabrze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jagiellonia Białystok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lech Poznan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lechia Gdańsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Legia Warszawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Nieciecza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Piast Gliwice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Pogoń Szczecin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Radomiak Radom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rakow Czestochowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Slask Wrocaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Stal Mielec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Warta Poznan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Wisa Krakow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wisla Plock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Zagebie Lubin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Legia Warszawa 30 19 7 4 48 24 15 9 3 3 29 19 15 10 4 1 19 5 24 64
2 Rakow Czestochowa 30 17 8 5 46 25 15 9 3 3 19 9 15 8 5 2 27 16 21 59
3 Pogoń Szczecin 30 15 7 8 36 23 15 8 5 2 17 8 15 7 2 6 19 15 13 52
4 Slask Wrocaw 30 11 10 9 36 32 15 7 7 1 21 13 15 4 3 8 15 19 4 43
5 Warta Poznan 30 13 4 13 33 32 15 6 2 7 14 15 15 7 2 6 19 17 1 43
6 Piast Gliwice 30 11 9 10 39 32 15 6 3 6 18 15 15 5 6 4 21 17 7 42
7 Lechia Gdańsk 30 12 6 12 40 37 15 6 3 6 23 18 15 6 3 6 17 19 3 42
8 Zagebie Lubin 30 11 8 11 38 40 15 7 5 3 24 19 15 4 3 8 14 21 -2 41
9 Lech Poznan 30 9 10 11 39 38 15 4 7 4 19 17 15 5 3 7 20 21 1 37
10 Górnik Zabrze 30 10 7 13 31 33 15 6 3 6 22 20 15 4 4 7 9 13 -2 37
11 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 10 7 13 39 48 15 6 5 4 23 19 15 4 2 9 16 29 -9 37
12 Wisa Krakow 30 8 9 13 39 42 15 4 2 9 19 24 15 4 7 4 20 18 -3 33
13 Wisla Plock 30 8 9 13 37 44 15 4 4 7 18 19 15 4 5 6 19 25 -7 33
14 Cracovia Krakow 30 8 13 9 28 32 15 6 5 4 18 18 15 2 8 5 10 14 -4 32
15 Stal Mielec 30 6 11 13 31 47 15 4 5 6 12 20 15 2 6 7 19 27 -16 29
16 Podbeskidzie 30 6 7 17 29 60 15 6 4 5 17 23 15 0 3 12 12 37 -31 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cracovia Krakow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Górnik Zabrze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Jagiellonia Białystok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Lech Poznan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Lechia Gdańsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Legia Warszawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Nieciecza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Piast Gliwice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Pogoń Szczecin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Radomiak Radom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rakow Czestochowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Slask Wrocaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Stal Mielec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Warta Poznan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Wisa Krakow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wisla Plock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Zagebie Lubin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.