Can Pogoń Szczecin beat Korona Kielce in Florian-Krygier-Stadion clash?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Date: Fri 20.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Florian-Krygier-Stadion (18027 seats)

The league table in Ekstraklasa tells a story about these teams so far, with Pogoń Szczecin leading Korona Kielce by 14 points. Match preview to follow:

It's no vacation for neither Pogoń Szczecin nor Korona Kielce as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

Overall Ekstraklasa stats at home this season for Pogoń Szczecin are 5-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Stress levels are on the rise for Pogoń Szczecin's attacking players as they have now played 262 minutes without scoring in a league game. D. Stec was their last goal scorer.

The Pogoń Szczecin fans got no joy from their last match, a Ekstraklasa game also here at Florian-Krygier-Stadion: A 0-1 defeat against Korona Kielce (placed 13th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Wisa Krakow.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Pogoń Szczecin's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 3.

Pogoń Szczecin has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. Pogoń Szczecin have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Korona Kielce form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Korona Kielce so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-6 (win-draw-lose).

Korona Kielce have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Marek Koziol. It's been 260 minutes since they last conceded in Ekstraklasa.

Two travels in a row for Korona Kielce, whose manager M. Smyła could celebrate last time after the Ekstraklasa win against Pogoń Szczecin. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Cracovia Kraków.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Korona Kielce playing away, we found three games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 2 home wins.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Korona Kielce's away games in the league this season with only 4 goals from 10 matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Korona Kielce have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Pogoń Szczecin - Korona Kielce 0-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Pogoń Szczecin won 3 games, 5 matches ended with a draw and Korona Kielce has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

Pogoń SzczecinA. Buksa
A. Buksa
11 goals
Pogoń SzczecinK. Drygas
K. Drygas
10 goals

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Korona Kielce missing players

Pogoń Szczecin Korona Kielce
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 5 Played P 3 10 20
10 5 3 Won W 0 2 6
5 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
5 3 1 Lost L 2 6 11
22 12 6 Scored S 0 4 12
16 8 3 Conceded C 5 16 24
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 90% 95%
55% 60% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 45%
25% 30% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 30% 25%
10% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 10%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
45% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 20%
40% 40% 60% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 35%
20% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 60% 50%
 
4.5 5.6 6.8 Corners For (avg) C F 2.7 3.1 4.2
4.5 4.1 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 7.7 5.5 4.2
1.7 1.5 1.6 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 2.2
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
240 131 73 Total Shots T S 31 95 216
96 53 26 Shots on Target S O 10 38 84
23% 23% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 11% 14%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Korona Kielce has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
  • Korona Kielce has the fewest scored goals (12)
  • Korona Kielce has the fewest scored goals (4) away
  • Korona Kielce has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
  • Korona Kielce have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Korona Kielce have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Korona Kielce have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Korona Kielce have scored away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 19 12 2 5 39 18 10 7 1 2 27 8 9 5 1 3 12 10 21 38
2 Cracovia Kraków 20 11 3 6 29 16 11 8 1 2 19 6 9 3 2 4 10 10 13 36
3 Pogoń Szczecin 20 10 5 5 22 16 10 5 2 3 12 8 10 5 3 2 10 8 6 35
4 Śląsk Wrocław 20 9 7 4 27 21 10 5 4 1 18 15 10 4 3 3 9 6 6 34
5 Lech Poznan 20 8 7 5 33 20 10 4 3 3 18 9 10 4 4 2 15 11 13 31
6 Piast Gliwice 19 9 4 6 21 19 10 6 2 2 13 9 9 3 2 4 8 10 2 31
7 Lechia Gdańsk 19 8 6 5 23 19 10 4 4 2 13 8 9 4 2 3 10 11 4 30
8 Jagiellonia Białystok 19 8 5 6 31 23 10 6 1 3 18 10 9 2 4 3 13 13 8 29
9 Wisła Płock 19 8 3 8 23 31 9 5 2 2 14 9 10 3 1 6 9 22 -8 27
10 Zagłębie Lubin 19 7 4 8 29 27 9 4 3 2 17 10 10 3 1 6 12 17 2 25
11 Raków Częstochowa 19 8 1 10 21 29 10 6 0 4 14 12 9 2 1 6 7 17 -8 25
12 Arka Gdynia 20 5 6 9 17 28 9 2 5 2 7 9 11 3 1 7 10 19 -11 21
13 Korona Kielce 20 6 3 11 12 24 10 4 1 5 8 8 10 2 2 6 4 16 -12 21
14 Górnik Zabrze 19 4 8 7 21 27 9 4 4 1 14 9 10 0 4 6 7 18 -6 20
15 Wisa Krakow 20 5 2 13 22 35 9 4 0 5 11 8 11 1 2 8 11 27 -13 17
16 KS odz 20 4 2 14 20 37 10 3 1 6 13 16 10 1 1 8 7 21 -17 14

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.