Wisła Kraków vs Pogoń Szczecin match preview: Even contest expected at Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 19.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana (33500 seats)

The visiting Pogoń Szczecin side should be favourites in this visit to Wisła Kraków, as the away team holds a 17 point advantage from their 17 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Wisła Kraków has the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ekstraklasa

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Wisła Kraków form and stats

Wisła Kraków's results here at Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana in the Ekstraklasa have been very modest with 2 victories, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

Kraków manager P. Hyballa and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Slask Wrocaw (placed 4th) in the Ekstraklasa. Before that, Wisła Kraków had a home game versus Jagiellonia Biaystok which ended with a victory 2-0.

A painful moment in the game against Slask Wrocaw was the missed penalty kick from Felicio Brown Forbes in the 57th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.

The Kraków fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Kraków are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 8 played).

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Pogoń Szczecin form and stats

Pogoń Szczecin, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ekstraklasa, have an excellent away record in the Ekstraklasa so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games. Having won their last three away games Szczecin has no reason to fear anyone.

The Szczecin goalkeeper Dante Stipica is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 493 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Szczecin played 0-0 against Piast Gliwice in their previous match. A loss against Piast Gliwice was the result prior to that, in a Polish Cup home game.

Szczecin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

Wisła Kraków and Pogoń Szczecin have met before this season: Pogoń Szczecin - Wisła Kraków 2-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Wisła Kraków victories, one draw and four Pogoń Szczecin wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Wisła KrakówF. Brown Forbes
F. Brown Forbes
5 goals
KrakówY. Yeboah
Y. Yeboah
4 goals
Pogoń SzczecinA. Gorgon
A. Gorgon
4 goals

Wisła Kraków missing players

Pogoń Szczecin missing players

Wisła Kraków Pogoń Szczecin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 3 8 17
4 2 0 Won W 1 5 10
6 0 0 Drew D 1 1 5
7 6 2 Lost L 1 2 2
25 12 2 Scored S 3 11 22
24 17 5 Conceded C 3 5 8
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 82%
82% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 47%
59% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 35%
29% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
59% 62% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 38% 29%
35% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 62% 71%
18% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.1 10.5 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.6 10.8
4.8 5.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 4.4
31% 29% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 30%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • All of Wisła Kraków's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Pogoń Szczecin has the fewest conceded goals (8) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin has the most clean sheets (12) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin has the most clean sheets (5) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin has the the best goal difference (+14) in Ekstraklasa
  • Pogoń Szczecin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Pogoń Szczecin have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Pogoń Szczecin is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Wisła Kraków has the fewest points (6) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Kraków has the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Ekstraklasa
  • Wisła Kraków have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wisła Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 17 10 5 2 22 8 9 5 4 0 11 3 8 5 1 2 11 5 14 35
2 Legia Warszawa 16 10 2 4 25 16 9 5 1 3 16 13 7 5 1 1 9 3 9 32
3 Rakow Czestochowa 17 8 4 5 27 19 9 5 1 3 12 8 8 3 3 2 15 11 8 28
4 Slask Wrocaw 17 7 4 6 22 18 8 5 3 0 13 6 9 2 1 6 9 12 4 25
5 Gornik Zabrze 16 7 3 6 20 17 8 3 2 3 12 11 8 4 1 3 8 6 3 24
6 Zagebie Lubin 16 6 5 5 18 17 8 4 3 1 11 8 8 2 2 4 7 9 1 23
7 Lechia Gdansk 17 7 2 8 22 22 9 3 1 5 13 13 8 4 1 3 9 9 0 23
8 Jagiellonia Biaystok 16 7 2 7 24 26 7 4 2 1 15 10 9 3 0 6 9 16 -2 23
9 Piast Gliwice 17 5 6 6 23 21 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 3 3 3 15 12 2 21
10 Lech Poznan 16 4 7 5 24 23 8 2 4 2 11 11 8 2 3 3 13 12 1 19
11 Wisla Plock 15 5 4 6 19 20 8 2 2 4 7 8 7 3 2 2 12 12 -1 19
12 Wisła Kraków 17 4 6 7 25 24 8 2 0 6 12 17 9 2 6 1 13 7 1 18
13 Cracovia Krakow 17 5 7 5 19 20 9 3 4 2 11 11 8 2 3 3 8 9 -1 17
14 Warta Poznan 16 5 2 9 15 20 7 2 1 4 4 8 9 3 1 5 11 12 -5 17
15 Podbeskidzie 17 4 4 9 17 40 9 4 1 4 10 17 8 0 3 5 7 23 -23 16
16 Stal Mielec 15 3 5 7 17 28 7 2 2 3 7 13 8 1 3 4 10 15 -11 14

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.