Pogoń Szczecin favourites for feisty fight facing Piast Gliwice

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera (18027 seats)

The Ekstraklasa standings tell a story about these squads so far, with Pogoń Szczecin leading Piast Gliwice by 10 points. Get your full match preview:

Insights:
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Ekstraklasa
  • Piast Gliwice have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

Pogoń Szczecin are steadily winning Ekstraklasa games and points here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera. 4 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.

No payout for Pogoń Szczecin in their previous match, an away game at Stal Mielec that ended in defeat 2-4. The first loss after going unbeaten through four league rounds. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Grosicki has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Outstanding! Midfielder Grosicki was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.35 (out of ten) in that game. Grosicki scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Pogoń Szczecin had a home game versus Lechia Gdańsk which ended with a victory 2-1.

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 Szczecin's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 5 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Some goal stats: A review of the 12 most recent league games highlights that 9 of them had goals from both teams.

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

Pogoń Szczecin has scored {12 goals} so far and conceded {6 goals} from 6 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Piast Gliwice so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Gliwice as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Piast Gliwice's previous game was their home loss versus Widzew Lodz (1-2). Hateley got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, top player of the team. Hateley hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 72 successful passes (of 85 total).

A 0-1 loss hosting Raków Częstochowa before that.

The schedule is very tough for Piast Gliwice now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Polish Cup game at Stal Mielec is waiting in only three days.

The attacking power of Piast Gliwice when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. In the opposite end, Gliwice have conceded 9 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: five wins for Pogoń Szczecin, three draws and two wins for Piast Gliwice. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.

Top Goalscorers

Pogoń SzczecinK. Grosicki
K. Grosicki
5 goals
Piast GliwiceK. Wilczek
K. Wilczek
4 goals
Pogoń SzczecinV. Bichakhchyan
V. Bichakhchyan
3 goals

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Pogoń Szczecin Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 2 6 12
6 4 1 Won W 0 1 3
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
3 0 0 Lost L 2 4 7
20 12 2 Scored S 0 4 12
16 6 1 Conceded C 3 9 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 58%
75% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 33%
25% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 17%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 8%
75% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 17% 33%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
8% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 50%
 
5.8 6.2 9 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.8 3.4
5.5 5.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 4.7
2.2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.1 15.2 17 Shots (avg) S ( 5.5 6.5 9.3
5.7 8.2 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2 3.3
29% 24% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 30%
 
12.3 12.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.5 10.8 9.8
4.8 5.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4 4.1
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Piast Gliwice have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Piast Gliwice haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have not yet lost a game 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 Piast Gliwice have scored away.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Ekstraklasa
  • 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 Raków Częstochowa 12 8 2 2 20 9 7 6 1 0 15 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 11 26
2 Legia Warszawa 12 7 3 2 15 13 6 5 1 0 11 4 6 2 2 2 4 9 2 24
3 Wisla Plock 12 6 3 3 23 13 5 4 1 0 11 3 7 2 2 3 12 10 10 21
4 Pogoń Szczecin 12 6 3 3 20 16 6 4 2 0 12 6 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 21
5 Widzew Lodz 12 6 2 4 16 11 5 2 1 2 7 6 7 4 1 2 9 5 5 20
6 Stal Mielec 12 6 1 5 18 19 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 3 0 3 9 12 -1 19
7 Lech Poznan 11 5 3 3 12 9 7 3 1 3 5 6 4 2 2 0 7 3 3 18
8 Jagiellonia Biaystok 12 4 5 3 20 14 7 4 1 2 14 7 5 0 4 1 6 7 6 17
9 Cracovia Krakow 12 5 2 5 14 10 7 3 1 3 9 5 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 17
10 Zagebie Lubin 12 4 5 3 12 14 6 1 4 1 5 5 6 3 1 2 7 9 -2 17
11 Slask Wrocaw 12 4 4 4 13 16 7 3 2 2 10 10 5 1 2 2 3 6 -3 16
12 Warta Poznan 12 4 2 6 10 13 5 0 1 4 3 10 7 4 1 2 7 3 -3 14
13 Radomiak Radom 12 4 2 6 11 16 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 2 1 3 4 7 -5 14
14 Gornik Zabrze 11 3 4 4 17 20 6 1 2 3 8 12 5 2 2 1 9 8 -3 13
15 Korona Kielce 12 3 3 6 14 18 5 1 1 3 6 7 7 2 2 3 8 11 -4 12
16 Piast Gliwice 12 3 2 7 12 15 6 2 1 3 8 6 6 1 1 4 4 9 -3 11
17 Lechia Gdańsk 11 2 2 7 10 21 4 0 2 2 2 6 7 2 0 5 8 15 -11 8
18 Miedz Legnica 11 1 2 8 11 21 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 0 1 5 6 13 -10 5

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.