It's time for episode two of the FC Copenhagen - Raków Częstochowa Play-offs battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 30.Aug
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parken (38065 seats)

The first leg ended Raków Częstochowa-FC Copenhagen 0-1. All is set for the decider in this Champions League Play-offs fixture!

It's quite the trip for Raków Częstochowa when visiting Copenhagen as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

FC Copenhagen have less rest than Raków Częstochowa in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Superliga game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Parken. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Raków Częstochowa have had more rest.

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FC Copenhagen form and stats

Copenhagen have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Sparta Praha and Breidablik. FC Copenhagen was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.

FC Copenhagen must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Superliga games here at Parken. On the other hand, in the Champions League, FC Copenhagen has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.

The FC Copenhagen followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Parken: A 1-3 defeat against Silkeborg. The striker Óskarsson outperformed all the other footballers in that match and received a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Óskarsson hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Before that game, a fine away win at Raków Częstochowa. A Champions League game.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Superliga game versus Viborg in only four days. This game is also played here at Parken.

Goals decide football matches and Copenhagen are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches. FC Copenhagen's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Aris, Flora and Qarabag in order to reach play-offs of Champions League.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Champions League home loss versus FC Copenhagen with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Tudor got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Tudor hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Stal Mielec in the Ekstraklasa.

After this away game Raków Częstochowa return home for a Ekstraklasa game against Puszcza Niepoomice. That game is only four sleeps after this.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Raków Częstochowa has managed {1 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Here's the end result when the participants faced each other earlier this campaign; Raków Częstochowa - Copenhagen 0-1.

Top Goalscorers

FC CopenhagenD. Cupido Gonçalves
D. Cupido Gonçalves
4 goals
FC CopenhagenR. Bardghji
R. Bardghji
3 goals
Raków CzęstochowaŁ. Zwoliński
Ł. Zwoliński
3 goals

FC Copenhagen missing players

Raków Częstochowa missing players

FC Copenhagen Raków Częstochowa
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
16 7   Won W   5 14
4 2   Drew D   3 6
5 2   Lost L   3 5
52 27   Scored S   12 38
32 17   Conceded C   7 17
92% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 88%
76% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   55% 68%
60% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   36% 44%
40% 45%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 16%
28% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
60% 73%   BTTS BTTS   36% 36%
32% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 52%
16% 18%   Failed to Score F T   27% 24%
 
4.8 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.9
5 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.3
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.2 16.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 10.8
5.7 7.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 3.9
36% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 39%
 
11.9 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 8.9
4.5 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 2.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Copenhagen 6 5 0 1 14 7 3 2 0 1 7 4 3 3 0 0 7 3 7 15
2 Nordsjælland 5 4 0 1 15 5 2 2 0 0 7 2 3 2 0 1 8 3 10 12
3 Silkeborg 6 3 1 2 10 8 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 10
4 Brøndby 5 3 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 2 0 1 4 4 2 9
5 Midtjylland 5 3 0 2 6 6 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 5 0 9
6 AGF 5 2 2 1 7 6 3 1 1 1 4 5 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 8
7 Viborg 6 2 2 2 7 9 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 3 6 -2 8
8 Lyngby 5 2 1 2 8 8 3 2 0 1 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 5 0 7
9 OB 5 1 2 2 7 8 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 5
10 Randers 6 1 2 3 5 14 3 1 1 1 3 7 3 0 1 2 2 7 -9 5
11 Hvidovre 5 0 2 3 2 7 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 2 1 2 3 -5 2
12 Vejle 5 0 0 5 5 10 2 0 0 2 3 5 3 0 0 3 2 5 -5 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Legia Warszawa 4 3 1 0 8 1 3 3 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 10
2 Zagebie Lubin 5 3 1 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 10
3 Jagiellonia Biaystok 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 9
4 Cracovia Krakow 5 2 3 0 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 9
5 Radomiak Radom 6 3 0 3 7 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 9
6 Stal Mielec 6 2 2 2 7 6 4 2 2 0 7 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 8
7 Raków Częstochowa 4 2 1 1 8 4 3 2 1 0 7 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 7
8 Slask Wrocaw 5 2 1 2 8 7 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 7
9 Lech Poznan 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 7
10 Piast Gliwice 6 1 4 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 7
11 Widzew Lodz 6 2 1 3 7 9 3 2 0 1 4 4 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 7
12 Puszcza Niepoomice 6 2 1 3 7 10 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 0 3 3 8 -3 7
13 Warta Poznan 6 1 3 2 8 8 4 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 4 5 0 6
14 Pogon Szczecin 4 2 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 -1 6
15 KS odz 6 2 0 4 4 9 2 2 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 4 1 8 -5 6
16 Ruch Chorzow 6 1 2 3 5 8 2 1 0 1 2 1 4 0 2 2 3 7 -3 5
17 Gornik Zabrze 5 1 2 2 2 5 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 -3 5
18 Korona Kielce 4 0 1 3 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.