Ekstraklasa match preview: Stal Mielec against Pogoń Szczecin

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 07.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski w Lubartowie (2000 seats)

This could be an entertaining game as Stal Mielec have their expected home advantage, while Pogoń Szczecin have an edge of 5 points in the Ekstraklasa table.

Insights:
  • Stal Mielec have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Ekstraklasa

This should be an engrossing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Stal Mielec form and stats

2-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Stal Mielec so far this season.

Mielec enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Miedz Legnica's place. The match ended 2-0 with Ratajczyk and Hamulic scoring. The versatile forward Ratajczyk outshone all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 8.41 out of 10. Ratajczyk scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Widzew Lodz that was lost 0-3.

A fact for those who like to place bets on "both teams to score yes/no: This side have played 6 league matches in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.

Early season league goal statistics from Stal Mielec's 5 home games: 5 goals, 5 conceded.

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

The visitors are W2-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.

The club members enjoyed Pogoń Szczecin's previous game versus Lechia Gdansk (placed 18th), a 2-1 win played at home. The attacker Almqvist got a match rating of 8.33 in that game. Almqvist scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Cracovia Krakow.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Pogoń Szczecin have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. As opposed to that, Pogoń Szczecin have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Stal Mielec-Pogoń Szczecin H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Mielec two wins, Pogoń Szczecin three wins, zero draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Stal MielecM. Domański
M. Domański
4 goals
Stal MielecS. Hamulic
S. Hamulic
4 goals
Pogoń SzczecinK. Grosicki
K. Grosicki
4 goals

Stal Mielec missing players

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Stal Mielec Pogoń Szczecin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 3 Played P 0 5 11
5 2 1 Won W 0 2 6
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 2 Lost L 0 2 2
14 5 2 Scored S 0 6 18
17 5 4 Conceded C 0 6 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
91% 80% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 82%
45% 20% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 73%
36% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 18%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
27% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 73%
36% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
36% 40% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
4 5.8 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.4 5.4
4.7 4.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.4 5.5
1.4 1.2 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.2 8.8 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 12.5
3.7 4 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.6 5.6
34% 25% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 46% 29%
 
12.9 10.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 12.2
5.3 3.8 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.8 4.5
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Pogoń Szczecin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most points from losing position (7) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Pogoń Szczecin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Stal Mielec have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Ekstraklasa
  • Stal Mielec have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Stal Mielec 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 Pogoń Szczecin 11 6 3 2 18 12 6 4 2 0 12 6 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 21
2 Legia Warszawa 11 6 3 2 14 13 5 4 1 0 10 4 6 2 2 2 4 9 1 21
3 Wisła Płock 11 6 2 3 22 12 5 4 1 0 11 3 6 2 1 3 11 9 10 20
4 Raków Częstochowa 10 6 2 2 18 9 6 5 1 0 14 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 9 20
5 Cracovia Krakow 11 5 2 4 14 9 6 3 1 2 9 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 5 17
6 Widzew Lodz 11 5 2 4 14 10 5 2 1 2 7 6 6 3 1 2 7 4 4 17
7 Jagiellonia Białystok 11 4 4 3 19 13 6 4 0 2 13 6 5 0 4 1 6 7 6 16
8 Zagebie Lubin 11 4 4 3 11 13 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 3 1 2 7 9 -2 16
9 Stal Mielec 11 5 1 5 14 17 5 2 1 2 5 5 6 3 0 3 9 12 -3 16
10 Lech Poznan 10 4 3 3 11 9 6 2 1 3 4 6 4 2 2 0 7 3 2 15
11 Radomiak Radom 11 4 2 5 11 15 6 2 1 3 7 9 5 2 1 2 4 6 -4 14
12 Gornik Zabrze 10 3 4 3 16 16 6 1 2 3 8 12 4 2 2 0 8 4 0 13
13 Slask Wrocaw 10 3 4 3 9 13 5 2 2 1 6 7 5 1 2 2 3 6 -4 13
14 Piast Gliwice 10 3 2 5 11 12 4 2 1 1 7 3 6 1 1 4 4 9 -1 11
15 Korona Kielce 11 3 2 6 13 17 5 1 1 3 6 7 6 2 1 3 7 10 -4 11
16 Warta Poznan 10 3 2 5 8 12 5 0 1 4 3 10 5 3 1 1 5 2 -4 11
17 Miedz Legnica 10 1 2 7 11 20 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 0 1 4 6 12 -9 5
18 Lechia Gdansk 10 1 2 7 9 21 4 0 2 2 2 6 6 1 0 5 7 15 -12 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.