Pogoń Szczecin conquers Cracovia Kraków 5-1 after playing a incredible match. HIGHLIGHTS

KRAKóW. Pogoń Szczecin prevails over Cracovia Kraków 5-1 after playing a incredible match.

September 24, 2023

KRAKóW. Pogoń Szczecin conquers Cracovia Kraków 5-1 after playing a incredible match.

Patryk Makuch squandered a decisive penalty (57′). That would have allowed Cracovia Kraków to draw the match.

The match was played at the Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego stadium in Kraków on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 9,017 spectators. The referee was Krzysztof Jakubik with the collaboration of Arkadiusz Wójcik and Tomasz Niemirowski. The 4th official was Łukasz Szczech. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.91 degrees Celsius or 64.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.

Match Statistics

Cracovia Kraków

1 - 5

Pogoń Szczecin

46 Ball Possession 54

Shots

15 Total 12
3 On Target 5
7 Off Target 3
5 Shots blocked 4

82 Attack 86
63 Dangerous attack 68
76 Ball safe 91

1 Penalties 1
3 Corners 5
7 Off Sides 1

Fouls

10 Total 10
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Cracovia Kraków was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Pogoń Szczecin that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Pogoń Szczecin was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Pogoń Szczecin won the match.

Cracovia Kraków shot 15 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Pogoń Szczecin shot 12 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Cracovia Kraków received 1 yellow card (Michal Rakoczy). Regarding the opposition, Pogoń Szczecin received 3 yellow cards (Kacper Smoliński, Efthymios Koulouris and Mariusz Malec).

Match Timeline

K. Grosicki(penalty)

21'

Alexander Gorgon(goal)Fredrik Ulvestad

45'

Mariusz Malec- Yellow

Karol Knap- sub ->Cornel Rapa

46'

Patryk Makuch- sub ->Jani Atanasov

46'

50'

Alexander Gorgon(goal)

Patryk Makuch(VAR)

56'

Patryk Makuch- missed penaltyPatryk Makuch

57'

64'

Efthymios Koulouris(goal)

65'

Luka Zahovic- sub ->Kamil Grosicki

66'

Danijel Loncar- sub ->Benedikt Zech

Michal Rakoczy- Yellow

70'

73'

Kacper Smolinski- sub ->Vahan Bichakhchyan

73'

Efthymios Koulouris- Yellow

80'

O. Korczakowski- sub ->Alexander Gorgon

Kamil Ogorzaly- sub ->Benjamin Källman

80'

Stanislaw Wawrzynowicz- sub ->Efthymios Koulouris

Patryk Zaucha- sub ->Pawel Jaroszynski

82'

Bartlomiej Kolec- sub ->Takuto Oshima

84'

87'

Kacper Smolinski(goal)Olaf Korczakowski

88'

Kacper Smolinski- Yellow

Michal Rakoczy(goal)

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Jagiellonia Białystok

After playing this match, Cracovia Kraków will stay with 10 points to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Pogoń Szczecin will have 12 points like Stal Mielec to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Cracovia Kraków will play away with Ruch Chorzów on the 25th of May with a 10-10 head to head record.

Pogoń Szczecin will host Górnik Zabrze on the 25th of May with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Górnik Zabrze (12 draws).

Cracovia Kraków – Formation

Cracovia Kraków

Sebastian Madejski 13.Poland

5.7

Andreas Skovgaard 3.Denmark

6.4

Virgil Ghiță 5.Romania

6.4

Kamil Glik 15.Poland

6.3

Cornel Râpă 2.Romania

6.7

46'

Pawel Jaroszynski 4.Poland

6.3

82'

Jani Atanasov 6.Macedonia

6.4

46'

Michal Rakoczy 10.Poland

7.3

70'

90'

Mateusz Bochnak 17.Poland

6.7

Takuto Oshima 18.Japan

6.4

84'

Benjamin Källman 9.Finland

7.0

80'

Substitutes

Lukas Hrosso 31.Slovakia

Michal Stachera 55.Poland

Oliwier Hyla 87.Poland

Kamil Ogorzaly 19.Poland

6.4

80'

Karol Knap 20.Poland

6.4

46'

Kacper Jodlowski 36.Poland

Bartlomiej Kolec 72.Poland

6.7

84'

Patryk Zaucha 73.Poland

6.6

82'

Patryk Makuch 7.Poland

7.0

46'

Cracovia Kraków started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Jacek Zielinski decided to play with the following team: Sebastian Madejski (5.7), Virgil Ghita (6.4), Kamil Glik (6.3), Andreas Skovgaard (6.4), Cornel Rapa (6.7), Jani Atanasov (6.4), Takuto Oshima (6.4), Pawel Jaroszynski (6.3), Mateusz Bochnak (6.7), Benjamin Källman (7.0) and Michal Rakoczy (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Patryk Makuch (7.0), Kamil Ogorzaly (6.4), Karol Knap (6.4), Lukas Hrosso, Kacper Jodlowski, Michal Stachera, Bartlomiej Kolec (6.7), Patryk Zaucha (6.6) and Oliwier Hyla.

Substitutions

Cracovia Kraków made 5 changes: Cornel Rapa for Karol Knap (46′), Jani Atanasov for Patryk Makuch (46′), Benjamin Källman for Kamil Ogorzaly (80′), Pawel Jaroszynski for Patryk Zaucha (82′) and Takuto Oshima for Bartlomiej Kolec (84′).

Best player: Michal Rakoczy

The player that probably impressed the most for Cracovia Kraków was Michal Rakoczy.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

Pogoń Szczecin – Formation

Pogoń Szczecin

Valentin Cojocaru 77.Romania

7.3

Benedikt Zech 23.Austria

7.3

66'

Linus Wahlqvist 28.Sweden

6.4

Leonardo Koutris 32.Greece

7.1

Mariusz Malec 33.Poland

6.1

45'

Rafal Kurzawa 7.Poland

7.0

Fredrik Ulvestad 8.Norway

7.9

K. Grosicki 11.Poland

8.4

65'

Alexander Gorgon 20.Austria

9.1

80'

21', 50'

Vahan Bichakhchyan 22.Armenia

6.8

73'

Efthymios Koulouris 9.Greece

7.8

80'

73'

64'

Substitutes

Bartosz Klebaniuk 81.Poland

Léo Borges 4.Brazil

Paweł Stolarski 41.Poland

Danijel Loncar 68.Croatia

6.3

66'

João Gamboa 21.Portugal

Kacper Smolinski 61.Poland

7.3

73'

88'

87'

Stanislaw Wawrzynowicz 70.Poland

6.6

80'

O. Korczakowski 71.Poland

7.1

80'

Luka Zahovic 10.Slovenia

6.4

65'

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

Jens Gustafsson played with: Valentin Cojocaru (7.3), Linus Wahlqvist (6.4), Benedikt Zech (7.3), Mariusz Malec (6.1), Leonardo Koutris (7.1), Fredrik Ulvestad (7.9), Rafał Kurzawa (7.0), Vahan Bichakhchyan (6.8), Alexander Gorgon (9.1), Kamil Grosicki (8.4) and Efthymios Koulouris (7.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Léo Borges, Luka Zahović (6.4), João Gamboa, Paweł Stolarski, Kacper Smoliński (7.3), Danijel Lončar (6.3), Stanislaw Wawrzynowicz (6.6), Olaf Korczakowski (7.1) and Bartosz Klebaniuk.

Substitutions

Pogoń Szczecin made 5 changes: Alexander Gorgon for Olaf Korczakowski (80′), Efthymios Koulouris for Stanislaw Wawrzynowicz (80′), Kamil Grosicki for Luka Zahović (65′), Vahan Bichakhchyan for Kacper Smoliński (73′) and Benedikt Zech for Danijel Lončar (66′).