Preview: Pogoń Szczecin likely to triumph over Widzew Lodz at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 30.Jul
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera (18027 seats)

After the first games for these two it's Pogoń Szczecin - Widzew Lodz 3-3 in points. Who will conquer the points in this second Ekstraklasa fixture of the season?

These are busy days for the home side, as they had a game only three days ago in the Europa Conference League. That game was an away game at Linfield, so at least Szczecin are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

The previous season, Pogoń Szczecin's league stats were 17 wins, 9 draws and 8 losses, ending with 4th position in the Ekstraklasa. From these 34 matches they scored {57 goals} and gave away 46. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Pogoń Szczecin produced 10-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with {33 goals} and 23 conceded.

The Pogoń Szczecin goalkeeper Dante Stipica is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ekstraklasa.

Pogoń Szczecin are returning here after visiting Linfield in a Europa Conference League game and winning with a 5-2 scoreline.

In the game before, an away victory in the Ekstraklasa match versus Warta Poznan with a 1-0 scoreline.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Linfield are coming to town in four days.

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

Let's have a look at how Widzew Lodz performed last season in the Ekstraklasa: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 8 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded {47 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 16/19 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Cigaņiks, Stępiński and Álvarez secured the home win 3-2 against Puszcza Niepoomice in their previous game. Cigaņiks came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Puszcza Niepoomice last time out, making the manager Niedźwiedź feel like a tactical genius. Defender Stępiński was the best team player with a rating of 7.64. Stępiński scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 7 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Korona Kielce.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Pogoń SzczecinE. Koulouris
E. Koulouris
1 goals
Widzew LodzA. Cigaņiks
A. Cigaņiks
1 goals
Widzew LodzP. Stępiński
P. Stępiński
1 goals

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Widzew Lodz missing players

Pogoń Szczecin Widzew Lodz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 6
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 50%
 
9 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 14
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Pogoń Szczecin Last season Widzew Lodz
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
17 10   Won W   6 11
9 4   Drew D   5 8
8 3   Lost L   6 15
57 33   Scored S   16 38
46 23   Conceded C   19 47
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   88% 91%
79% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 76%
62% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 47%
35% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 21%
21% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
65% 65%   BTTS BTTS   35% 44%
24% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 35%
18% 18%   Failed to Score F T   35% 29%
 
6.1 6.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.3
5 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.2
2 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
15.1 16.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 12.8
5.8 6.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.2
29% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 27%
 
11.8 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.9 13.4
4.4 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.6

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Rakow Czestochowa 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Radomiak Radom 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Widzew Lodz 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Zagebie Lubin 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Lech Poznań 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Pogoń Szczecin 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Stal Mielec 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Cracovia Krakow 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
10 Slask Wrocaw 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 Korona Kielce 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Puszcza Niepoomice 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
13 Ruch Chorzow 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
14 Piast Gliwice 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Warta Poznan 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Gornik Zabrze 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Jagiellonia Biaystok 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
18 KS odz 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 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 Rakow Czestochowa 34 23 6 5 63 24 17 14 2 1 41 10 17 9 4 4 22 14 39 75
2 Legia Warszawa 34 19 9 6 57 37 17 12 5 0 38 17 17 7 4 6 19 20 20 66
3 Lech Poznań 34 17 10 7 51 29 17 9 2 6 25 15 17 8 8 1 26 14 22 61
4 Pogoń Szczecin 34 17 9 8 57 46 17 10 4 3 33 23 17 7 5 5 24 23 11 60
5 Piast Gliwice 34 15 8 11 40 31 17 7 4 6 20 15 17 8 4 5 20 16 9 53
6 Gornik Zabrze 34 13 9 12 45 43 17 6 5 6 23 23 17 7 4 6 22 20 2 48
7 Cracovia Krakow 34 12 10 12 41 35 17 8 5 4 23 10 17 4 5 8 18 25 6 46
8 Warta Poznan 34 12 9 13 37 35 17 5 7 5 21 18 17 7 2 8 16 17 2 45
9 Zagebie Lubin 34 12 9 13 35 44 17 4 5 8 13 20 17 8 4 5 22 24 -9 45
10 Radomiak Radom 34 12 8 14 34 41 17 5 4 8 17 20 17 7 4 6 17 21 -7 44
11 Stal Mielec 34 11 10 13 36 40 17 6 7 4 18 14 17 5 3 9 18 26 -4 43
12 Korona Kielce 34 11 8 15 39 48 17 8 3 6 19 19 17 3 5 9 20 29 -9 41
13 Widzew Lodz 34 11 8 15 38 47 17 5 3 9 22 28 17 6 5 6 16 19 -9 41
14 Jagiellonia Biaystok 34 9 14 11 48 49 17 8 4 5 30 22 17 1 10 6 18 27 -1 41
15 Slask Wrocaw 34 9 11 14 35 48 17 6 6 5 23 23 17 3 5 9 12 25 -13 38
16 Wisla Plock 34 10 7 17 41 50 17 8 4 5 23 16 17 2 3 12 18 34 -9 37
17 Lechia Gdansk 34 8 6 20 28 56 17 5 4 8 15 22 17 3 2 12 13 34 -28 30
18 Miedz Legnica 34 4 11 19 33 55 17 3 7 7 16 23 17 1 4 12 17 32 -22 23

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.