Pogon Szczecin vs Korona Kielce 2-0

Pogon Szczecin beat Korona Kielce 2-0 at Florian-Krygier-Stadion, with Maciej Wojciechowski’s first-half stoppage-time goal putting them ahead before Paul Omo Mukairu finished it late.

The hosts had already picked up three bookings before the break, with Alessandro Riccio cautioned in the 20th minute, Óscar García Junyent in the 21st and Wojciechowski in the 36th. Wojciechowski opened the scoring three minutes into first-half stoppage time, heading Pogon in front from Paul Omo Mukairu’s assist, and it stayed 1-0 at the interval.

Korona made two changes on 56 minutes, sending on Daniel Bak for Mariusz Stępiński and Martin Remacle for Ondrej Lingr, but they could not turn their greater share of the ball into a reply. Pogon made two changes on 73 minutes, bringing on Jean-Pierre Nsame for Jordi Sánchez and Kamil Grosicki for Darko Churlinov, and the first of those switches paid off in the 86th minute when Mukairu, who had come on the scoresheet from Nsame’s assist, made it 2-0. Pogon also made two further changes in the 90th minute, with Kellyn Acosta replacing Jan Bieganski and Isaiah·Eichie coming on for Mukairu.

Korona had 52% of the ball and 412 passes to Pogon’s 403, and also finished with more shots, 17 to 7, more efforts on target, 3 to 2, and more corners, 7 to 2. Pogon’s 1 xG was slightly above Korona’s 0.82, and the home side also had 3 saves, while Korona had none.

Pogon’s only bookings were the three first-half cautions for Riccio, García Junyent and Wojciechowski. There were no red cards.