Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Pogoń Szczecin & Piast Gliwice face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Polish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Pogoń Szczecin nor Piast Gliwice as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Pogoń Szczecin form and stats
Last season, Szczecin's Polish Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.18 points is a decent return from 8 Ekstraklasa games here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera for Pogoń Szczecin. The data says 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Szczecin tasted defeat here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games in the league. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.
Szczecin are confident in defense, having played 403 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A nice win for Szczecin last time playing, versus Cracovia Krakow. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Kacper Smolinski scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory in the Ekstraklasa match versus Raków Częstochowa with a 1-0 scoreline.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Pogoń Szczecin handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, four draws and two defeats.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Piast Gliwice are coming to town in three days.
Szczecin are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. Szczecin have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 3 goals.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
They also participated in Polish Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Piast Gliwice have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Piast Gliwice, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Impressive finishing from Patryk Sokołowski and Michał Żyro secured the home win 2-0 against Slask Wrocaw in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wisa Krakow at their stadium, the result 4-3.
We have checked recent matches where Gliwice have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, one draw and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Piast Gliwice manager W. Fornalik as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Pogoń Szczecin.
The travelling fans enjoy Gliwice's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. Gliwice's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 12 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Szczecin won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Piast Gliwice has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
J. Świerczok 8 goals | A. Gorgon 4 goals | M. Żyro 4 goals |
Pogoń Szczecin missing players
Piast Gliwice missing players
Pogoń Szczecin | Piast Gliwice | ||||||
Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
13 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
37 | 16 | Scored | S | 22 | 40 | ||
22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 48% | ||
28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
52% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
10.5 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | ||
4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4 | ||
39% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 40% |
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 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
2 | Legia Warszawa | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 32 |
3 | Raków Częstochowa | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
4 | Slask Wrocaw | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
5 | Górnik 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 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
8 | Piast Gliwice | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
9 | Lechia Gdansk | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
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 | Wisa Krakow | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
13 | Warta Poznan | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
14 | Cracovia Krakow | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
15 | Podbeskidzie | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 22 | -23 | 15 |
16 | Stal Mielec | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 14 |