Ekstraklasa prediction and preview: Pogoń Szczecin modest favorites to beat Piast Gliwice

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 08.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera (18027 seats)

Pogoń Szczecin battle against Piast Gliwice for glory and sporting success.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

The hosts won their first Ekstraklasa game here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Pogoń Szczecin last season were 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses from 15 games.

Pogoń Szczecin manager K. Runjaic and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Warta Poznań (placed 12th) in the Ekstraklasa.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Górnik Zabrze.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Szczecin handle that role? We have found 20 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, six draws and three defeats.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Pogoń Szczecin at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Ekstraklasa, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats from 15 matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Gliwice, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Stal Mielec (placed 16th) in the Ekstraklasa last time out.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Rakow Czestochowa.

We have checked recent matches where Gliwice have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, three draws and two defeats.

2 goals so far away for Piast Gliwice, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Pogoń Szczecin, four draws and three wins for Piast Gliwice. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

Pogoń SzczecinK. Drygas
K. Drygas
1 goals
Pogoń SzczecinM. Kucharczyk
M. Kucharczyk
1 goals
Pogoń SzczecinK. Kozłowski
K. Kozłowski
1 goals

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Vranov nad Topľou Slavoj Trebišov
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
17 9   Won W   2 9
2 0   Drew D   2 7
6 2   Lost L   7 9
52 33   Scored S   10 41
33 14   Conceded C   19 39
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
88% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 84%
72% 91%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 64%
36% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 36%
12% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 24%
44% 73%   BTTS BTTS   45% 56%
40% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 28%
16% 0%   Failed to Score F T   36% 20%
 
5.9 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.1
4.4 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   7.4 6.3
2 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
1 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
8.7 10.4   Shots (avg) S (   10 11
4.3 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 4.4
36% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 39%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Futura Humenne 5 4 1 0 7 2 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 5 13
2 Petrzalka akademia 5 4 0 1 11 4 3 3 0 0 7 2 2 1 0 1 4 2 7 12
3 Skalica 5 3 2 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 4 1 5 11
4 Slavoj Trebišov 5 3 2 0 6 1 4 3 1 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 11
5 Komárno 5 3 1 1 8 3 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 2 5 10
6 Podbrezová 5 3 0 2 10 9 2 1 0 1 3 4 3 2 0 1 7 5 1 9
7 Banska Bystrica 5 2 2 1 12 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 0 9 1 7 8
8 FK Kosice 5 2 1 2 12 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 10 3 6 7
9 Samorin 5 2 1 2 10 6 2 1 0 1 7 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 7
10 Dubnica 4 1 1 2 5 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 5 0 4
11 Puchov 4 0 3 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 3
12 Rohoznik 5 1 0 4 5 13 2 0 0 2 1 8 3 1 0 2 4 5 -8 3
13 Partizan Bardejov 5 0 2 3 3 8 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -5 2
14 Zilina II 4 0 2 2 4 10 2 0 1 1 3 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 -6 2
15 Slovan Bratislava II 4 0 1 3 1 12 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 8 -11 1
16 Námestovo 5 0 1 4 2 16 3 0 1 2 2 11 2 0 0 2 0 5 -14 1

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

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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.