It's game one of two in the Champions League as Raków Częstochowa host FC Copenhagen. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's quite the trip for FC Copenhagen when visiting Częstochowa as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Raków Częstochowa nor FC Copenhagen as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Raków Częstochowa have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Aris, Flora and Qarabag.Raków Częstochowa have collected seven points from their first three Ekstraklasa games here at Stadion Raków, a promising start. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Raków Częstochowa has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Częstochowa's last game was hosting Stal Mielec and winning 2-0. Midfield player Papanikolaou got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, the max score being 10. Papanikolaou scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and had 58 successful passes (of 65 total).
Before that, a strong away win at Aris. A Champions League match.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Raków Częstochowa's attacking play is working. Raków Częstochowa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Raków in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
FC Copenhagen form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sparta Praha and Breidablik in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. Copenhagen was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.FC Copenhagen are yet to lose a point on their Superliga travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 2W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
Two away matches in a row for FC Copenhagen, whose manager Hansen could celebrate last time after the win against Hvidovre. Sander (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.32. Sander topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that game, 3-3 away against Sparta Praha (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) in the Champions League. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by FC Copenhagen in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for FC Copenhagen, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
A new game in only four days for FC Copenhagen, the Superliga home match versus Silkeborg. Busy days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Copenhagen are regular goalscorers on their travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Cupido Gonçalves 4 goals |   Ł. Zwoliński 3 goals | B. Nowak 2 goals |
Raków Częstochowa missing players
FC Copenhagen missing players
| Raków Częstochowa | FC Copenhagen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 26 | Scored | S | 24 | 52 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 43% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 6 | ||
| 39% | 55% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 35% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 12.1 | ||
| 2.8 | 2.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zagebie Lubin | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Radomiak Radom | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Legia Warszawa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Raków Częstochowa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Lech Poznan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Cracovia Krakow | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Widzew Lodz | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Pogon Szczecin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Warta Poznan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Piast Gliwice | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Stal Mielec | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Gornik Zabrze | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Ruch Chorzow | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | KS odz | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Korona Kielce | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Slask Wrocaw | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Nordsjælland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | AGF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Brøndby | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Viborg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 7 | Lyngby | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | OB | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Silkeborg | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 10 | Hvidovre | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 11 | Randers | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 2 |
| 12 | Vejle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
