Lech Poznań – Pogoń Szczecin 0:0

After the most recent clash with Pogoń which Lech won 4:0, Żuraw and his squad expected their opponents to change the tactics drastically, and they were right. Even though Lech dominated the match since the opening minutes, they struggled to create scoring chances. The first, and only, goal-scoring opportunity of the first half belonged to Pogoń but luckily for Lech, Stec’s shot from inside the box was slightly off target. For the remaining part of the first half, we saw the two teams fight for the ball in the midfield and fail to build attractive offensive attempts which definitely disappointed the supporters who came to see the game live.

The second half was definitely more exhilarating with both sides improving their shooting statistics. Still, it wasn’t their best performance. Whenever Żuraw sent in Puchacz, the right wing became the engine of Lech’s offensive attempts. Finally, the hosts created a good scoring chance but Marchwiński’s flat shot was blocked by the defender. A few minutes later, Kostevych tried surprising the keeper with a shot from outside the box, but this time Pogoń’s defenders also successfully stopped the ball. In the following attempt, Puchacz came very close to scoring. The midfielder received a pass from Gumny, dribbled past one of the defenders in the box, and fired a flat shot at the goal. Unfortunately for the hosts, he missed the target by a few centimetres.

5 minutes before halftime, Lech had another opportunity to collect three league points. This time Kostevych rushed into the box and tried surprising the goalkeeper with a shot from an acute angle but Stipic won the clash. Since neither of the teams managed to find a way to place the ball in the net, they had to share points. In the next game, Lech will be facing Śląsk Wrocław.

Lech Poznań – Pogoń Szczecin 0:0

Yellow cards: Djordje Crnomarković, Christian Gytkjaer, Robert Gumny – Adam Frączczak, Sebastian Kowalczyk, Hubert Matynia

Lech Poznań: Mickey van der Hart - Robert Gumny, Lubomir Šatka, Djordje Crnomarković, Volodymyr Kostevych - Dani Ramirez (86. Timur Zhamaletdinov), Karlo Muhar (57. Jakub Kamiński), Pedro Tiba, Filip Marchwiński, Kamil Jóźwiak (59. Tymoteusz Puchacz) – Christian Gytkjaer

Pogoń Szczecin: Dante Stipica - Jakub Bartkowski, Kóstas Triantafyllópoulos, Benedikt Zech, Hubert Matynia - David Stec, Damian Dąbrowski (59. Kamil Drygas), Tomás Podstawski, Maciej Żurawski (53. Marcin Listkowski), Sebastian Kowalczyk - Adam Frączczak (72. Paweł Cibicki)

Attendance: 5,113