Ekstraklasa: Górnik Zabrze and Pogoń Szczecin draw 2-2 on Sunday
ZABRZE. Górnik Zabrze manages to recover against Pogoń Szczecin with a penalty kick on the S. Kowalczyk 4' and a goal on the K. Grosicki 70'.
ZABRZE. Górnik Zabrze manages to recover against Pogoń Szczecin with a penalty kick on the S. Kowalczyk 4′ and a goal on the K. Grosicki 70′.
The match was played at the Arena Zabrze stadium in Zabrze on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In the presence of 10,012 spectators. The referee was Tomasz Musial who was helped by Sebastian Mucha and Jakub Ślusarski. The 4th official was Jacek Lis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing around -4.8 degrees Celsius or 23.4 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 94%.
Match Statistics
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Górnik Zabrze was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Pogoń Szczecin that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Górnik Zabrze was more aggressive with 93 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Górnik Zabrze to win the match.
Górnik Zabrze shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Pogoń Szczecin shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Górnik Zabrze received 3 yellow cards (R. Janicki, A. Gryszkiewicz and L. Podolski). On the opposite side, Pogoń Szczecin received 3 yellow cards (K. Kozlowski, K. Triantafyllopoulos and L. Zahovic).
After this encounter, Górnik Zabrze will have 24 points like Śląsk Wrocław and Jagiellonia Białystok to move up in the 9th place. On the other side, Pogoń Szczecin will have 35 points to stay in the 2nd place.
Match Events
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4'4'
S. Kowalczyk (Penalty)
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29'29'
R. Janicki
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32'32'
A. Gryszkiewicz
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39'39'
K. Kozlowski
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41'41'
K. Triantafyllopoulos
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43'43'
L. Mata (OG)
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52'52'
M. Kucharczyk
Jean Carlos
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59'59'
A. Dziedzic
D. Stalmach
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59'59'
M. Zurawski
K. Kozlowski
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66'66'
J. Jules
K. Kubica
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71'71'
K. Grosicki
L. Zahovic
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76'76'
M. Cholewiak
L. Podolski
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76'76'
P. Krawczyk
B. Nowak
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77'77'
M. Fornalczyk
K. Grosicki
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77'77'
P. Stolarski
L. Zahovic
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77'77'
D. Dabrowski
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81'81'
L. Podolski
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83'83'
L. Zahovic
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88'88'
A. Gryszkiewicz
J. Jimenez
Next match
In the upcoming Ekstraklasa match, Górnik Zabrze will play away with Raków Częstochowa on the 15th of December with a 2-2 head to head record.
Pogoń Szczecin will host Warta Poznań on the 18th of December with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Pogoń Szczecin (2 draws).
Górnik Zabrze: Formation and Lineups
Górnik Zabrze started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Jan Urban chose to play with the following team: Grzegorz Sandomierski , Przemyslaw Wiśniewski , Rafał Janicki , Adrian Gryszkiewicz , Robert Dadok , Dariusz Stalmach , Krzysztof Kubica , Erik Janža , Bartosz Nowak , Jesús Jiménez and Lukas Podolski .
Substitutes
Górnik Zabrze made 4 changes: D. Stalmach for A. Dziedzic (59′), K. Kubica for J. Jules (74′), L. Podolski for M. Cholewiak (83′) and B. Nowak for P. Krawczyk (83′).
Top player: Adrian Gryszkiewicz
The player who no doubt impressed Górnik Zabrze the most was Adrian Gryszkiewicz.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 52 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8.Pogoń Szczecin: Formation and Lineups
Pogoń Szczecin started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
On the other side, Kosta Runjaic played with: Dante Stipica , Jakub Bartkowski , Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos , Benedikt Zech , Luis Mata , Damian Dąbrowski , Jean Carlos , Kacper Kozłowski , Sebastian Kowalczyk , Kamil Grosicki and Luka Zahović .
Substitutes
Pogoń Szczecin made 4 changes: Jean Carlos for M. Kucharczyk (52′), K. Kozlowski for M. Zurawski (59′), K. Grosicki for M. Fornalczyk (83′) and L. Zahovic for P. Stolarski (84′).
Top player: Benedikt Zech
Probably the most impressive player in Pogoń Szczecin was Benedikt Zech.
His rating is
with 43 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ekstraklasa
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