Śląsk Wrocław prevails over Pogoń Szczecin 2-0 on Sunday. HIGHLIGHTS

SZCZECIN. Śląsk Wrocław tops Pogoń Szczecin with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Expósito (49') and a penalty scored by J. Yeboah (85').

Mark Hall

February 6, 2023

SZCZECIN. Śląsk Wrocław beats Pogoń Szczecin with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Expósito (49′) and a penalty scored by J. Yeboah (85′). Pogoń Szczecin was truly better in terms of ball possession (73%).

The match was played at the Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera stadium in Szczecin on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 14,040 spectators. The referee was Bartosz Frankowski with the help of Marcin Boniek and Jacub Winkler. The 4th official was Patryk Gryckiewicz. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -2.4 degrees Celsius or 27.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.

Match Statistics

Pogoń Szczecin

0 - 2

Śląsk Wrocław

! 73 Ball Possession 27

Shots

22 Total 10
6 On Target 5
14 Off Target 4
6 Shots blocked 1

86 Attack 58
105 Dangerous attack 33
61 Ball safe 62

0 Penalties 1
9 Corners 1
5 Off Sides 4

Fouls

12 Total 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Pogoń Szczecin was in firm control of the ball 73% while Śląsk Wrocław was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pogoń Szczecin had a more offensive attitude with 105 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Śląsk Wrocław found a way to find the solution to win this match.

Pogoń Szczecin shot 22 times, 6 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Śląsk Wrocław shot 10 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Pogoń Szczecin received 1 yellow card (M. Fornalczyk). On the opposite side, Śląsk Wrocław received 1 yellow card (Diogo Verdasca).

Match Timeline

49'

Erik Expósito (goal)

57'

Luka Zahovic- sub ->Vahan Bichakhchyan

57'

62'

67'

Matías Nahuel- sub ->Caye Quintana

72'

Alexander Gorgon- sub ->Pontus Almqvist

72'

75'

82'

Michal Rzuchowski- sub ->A. Bukowski

85'

Léo Borges- sub ->P. Stolarski

86'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Jagiellonia Białystok

After playing this match, Pogoń Szczecin will stay with 30 points to hold in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Śląsk Wrocław will have 24 points to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Pogoń Szczecin will play away against Zagłębie Lubin on the 11th of March with a 10-8 head to head record in favor of Pogoń Szczecin (8 draws).

Śląsk Wrocław will play away agasint Raków Częstochowa on the 11th of March with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Raków Częstochowa (2 draws).

Pogoń Szczecin – Formation

Pogoń Szczecin

D. Stipica 1.Croatia

6.1

Benedikt Zech 23.Austria

7.4

Paweł Stolarski 41.Poland

6.5

86'

Leonardo Koutris 32.Greece

6.3

Mariusz Malec 33.Poland

6.3

K. Grosicki 11.Poland

5.9

Damian Dabrowski 8.Poland

8.1

Rafal Kurzawa 7.Poland

6.7

57'

Vahan Bichakhchyan 22.Armenia

6.5

57'

Marcel Wedrychowski 15.Poland

6.8

72'

Pontus Almqvist 9.Sweden

7.0

72'

Substitutes

Bartosz Klebaniuk 81.Poland

Linus Wahlqvist 28.Sweden

Léo Borges 4.Brazil

86'

Dawid Rezaeian 74.Poland

Mariusz Fornalczyk 17.Poland

6.4

72'

75'

Mateusz Łęgowski 99.Poland

Alexander Gorgon 20.Austria

5.6

72'

Sebastian Kowalczyk 27.Poland

6.6

57'

Luka Zahovic 10.Slovenia

6.5

57'

Pogoń Szczecin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jens Gustafsson decided to play with the following team: Dante Stipica (6.1), Paweł Stolarski (6.5), Benedikt Zech (7.4), Mariusz Malec (6.3), Leonardo Koutris (6.3), Damian Dąbrowski (8.1), Rafał Kurzawa (6.7), Marcel Wedrychowski (6.8), Vahan Bichakhchyan (6.5), Kamil Grosicki (5.9) and Pontus Almqvist (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Linus Wahlqvist, Mariusz Fornalczyk (6.4), Mateusz Łęgowski, Bartosz Klebaniuk, Alexander Gorgon (5.6), Luka Zahović (6.5), Léo Borges, Dawid Rezaeian and Sebastian Kowalczyk (6.6).

Substitutions

Pogoń Szczecin made 5 changes: Rafal Kurzawa for Sebastian Kowalczyk (57′), Vahan Bichakhchyan for Luka Zahović (57′), M. Wędrychowski for Mariusz Fornalczyk (72′), Pontus Almqvist for Alexander Gorgon (72′) and P. Stolarski for Leonardo Borges da Silva (86′).

Best player: Damian Dąbrowski

The most impressive player for Pogoń Szczecin was Damian Dąbrowski.

His rating is (8.1) with 110 passes (91% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

Śląsk Wrocław – Formation

Śląsk Wrocław

Rafal Leszczynski 12.Poland

7.3

Diogo Verdasca 2.Portugal

7.3

62'

Konrad Poprawa 34.Poland

7.3

Ł. Bejger 4.Poland

7.3

Martin Konczkowski 27.Poland

7.0

Victor Garcia Marin 23.Spain

7.3

Patrick Olsen 8.Denmark

7.0

Adrian Bukowski 20.Poland

6.7

82'

Caye Quintana 10.Spain

6.4

67'

Erik Expósito 9.Spain

7.2

49'

John Yeboah 7.Ecuador

7.6

90'

85'

Substitutes

Michal Szromnik 1.Poland

Mateusz Stawny 40.Poland

Olivier Wypart 41.Poland

Michal Rzuchowski 28.Poland

82'

P. Samiec-Talar 24.Poland

D. Jastrzembski 11.Poland

90'

Adrian Łyszczarz 33.Poland

Matías Nahuel 15.Spain

6.2

67'

Śląsk Wrocław started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Ivan Djurdjevic played with: Rafał Leszczyński (7.3), Diogo Verdasca (7.3), Konrad Poprawa (7.3), Łukasz Bejger (7.3), Martin Konczkowski (7.0), Patrick Olsen (7.0), Adrian Bukowski (6.7), Victor Garcia Marin (7.3), John Yeboah (7.6), Caye Quintana (6.4) and Erik Expósito (7.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Michał Rzuchowski, Piotr Samiec-Talar, Michał Szromnik, Dennis Jastrzembski, Mateusz Stawny, Adrian Łyszczarz, Matías Nahuel (6.2) and Olivier Wypart.

Substitutions

Śląsk Wrocław made 3 changes: Caye Quintana for Matías Nahuel (67′), A. Bukowski for Michał Rzuchowski (82′) and John Yeboah for Dennis Jastrzembski (90′).