Ekstraklasa duel: Close contest expected between Pogoń Szczecin and Lechia Gdańsk

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Date: Wed 24.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera (18027 seats)

Pogoń Szczecin will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 17 points behind Lechia Gdańsk.

It's no vacation for neither Pogoń Szczecin nor Lechia Gdańsk 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

Pogoń Szczecin have collected 28 points from their home games so far after 8-4-3. Two draws in a row at home now for Pogoń Szczecin.

Pogoń Szczecin are returning here after visiting Zagłębie Lubin in a Ekstraklasa game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Pogoń Szczecin lost 1-3 at Legia Warszawa's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Pogoń Szczecin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won 1n Drawn 2 Lost 0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ekstraklasa game versus Lech Poznań in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera.

Pogoń Szczecin have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera with 26 goals in 15 matches. Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (25) in Ekstraklasa, on their travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Ekstraklasa home defeat versus Piast Gliwice with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Cracovia Kraków wasn't a success with a 2-4 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Lechia Gdańsk in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Lechia Gdańsk, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

After this away game Lechia Gdańsk return home for a Ekstraklasa game against Legia Warszawa. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Lechia Gdańsk have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, 15 away games. As opposed to that, Lechia Gdańsk have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Lechia Gdańsk - Pogoń Szczecin 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Pogoń Szczecin 2 wins, 3 draws and Lechia Gdańsk 5 victories.

Top Goalscorers

Flávio Paixão
15 goals / 1 assists
A. Buksa
11 goals / 2 assists
K. Drygas
10 goals / 2 assists

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Pogoń Szczecin Lechia Gdańsk
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 15 Played 15 31
47 26 Scored 16 45
44 17 Conceded 15 27
94% 93% Over 0.5 73% 84%
87% 87% Over 1.5 47% 61%
61% 60% Over 2.5 27% 32%
29% 27% Over 3.5 20% 23%
19% 13% Over 4.5 20% 19%
58% 53% Both teams to score 33% 39%
26% 33% Clean Sheet 60% 55%
23% 20% Failed To Score 33% 23%
 
5.7 6.1 Corners For (avg) 4.5 4.6
4.6 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 4.8 5.1
2.2 2.1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.9 2.6
2 0 Red Cards (total) 1 2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lechia Gdańsk 30 17 9 4 45 25 15 11 4 0 29 10 15 6 5 4 16 15 20 60
2 Legia Warszawa 30 18 6 6 48 31 15 9 3 3 27 15 15 9 3 3 21 16 17 60
3 Piast Gliwice 30 15 8 7 47 31 15 11 3 1 28 8 15 4 5 6 19 23 16 53
4 Cracovia Kraków 30 14 6 10 39 34 15 9 4 2 20 11 15 5 2 8 19 23 5 48
5 Zagłębie Lubin 30 14 5 11 48 38 15 6 4 5 23 18 15 8 1 6 25 20 10 47
6 Jagiellonia Białystok 30 13 8 9 45 41 15 7 3 5 22 25 15 6 5 4 23 16 4 47
7 Pogoń Szczecin 30 12 7 11 44 42 15 8 4 3 26 17 15 4 3 8 18 25 2 43
8 Lech Poznań 30 13 4 13 41 40 15 9 1 5 24 19 15 4 3 8 17 21 1 43
9 Wisła Kraków 30 12 6 12 55 48 15 7 5 3 30 19 15 5 1 9 25 29 7 42
10 Korona Kielce 30 10 10 10 35 44 15 5 6 4 19 20 15 5 4 6 16 24 -9 40
11 Miedź Legnica 30 8 8 14 30 52 15 6 3 6 17 28 15 2 5 8 13 24 -22 32
12 Śląsk Wrocław 30 8 7 15 35 37 15 5 3 7 15 14 15 3 4 8 20 23 -2 31
13 Górnik Zabrze 30 7 10 13 36 49 15 3 6 6 17 22 15 4 4 7 19 27 -13 31
14 Wisła Płock 30 7 9 14 40 49 15 4 3 8 16 23 15 3 6 6 24 26 -9 30
15 Arka Gdynia 30 6 11 13 39 44 15 3 5 7 20 25 15 3 6 6 19 19 -5 29
16 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 30 6 6 18 41 63 15 5 3 7 28 33 15 1 3 11 13 30 -22 24