Delightful dogfight as daring Lech Poznań duels with determined Raków Częstochowa

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 08.February
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: INEA stadion (45830 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Lech Poznań leading Raków Częstochowa by 3 points.

It's no vacation for neither Lech Poznań nor Raków Częstochowa 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.

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Lech Poznań form and stats

4-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Lech Poznań so far this season.

Lech Poznań's previous game was a Ekstraklasa match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Raków Częstochowa (placed 11th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Lech Poznań drew at home versus Arka Gdynia.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lech Poznań have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won four times, drawn one and lost six.

A decent goal production from Lech Poznań in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Lech Poznań have conceded only 9 goals.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Raków Częstochowa so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-6 (win-draw-lose).

Raków Częstochowa play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Lech Poznań (placed 5th). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Lechia Gdansk.

Raków Częstochowa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Raków Częstochowa find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Raków Częstochowa have conceded 17 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Lech Poznań - Raków Częstochowa 3-0. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Lech Poznań, zero draws and one win for Raków Częstochowa. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Lech PoznańC. Gytkjær
C. Gytkjær
12 goals
Raków CzęstochowaS. Musiolik
S. Musiolik
5 goals
Raków CzęstochowaF. Brown Forbes
F. Brown Forbes
5 goals

Lech Poznań missing players

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Lech Poznań Raków Częstochowa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 4 Played P 3 11 21
9 5 2 Won W 1 3 9
7 3 2 Drew D 0 1 1
5 3 0 Lost L 2 7 11
36 21 7 Scored S 3 10 24
20 9 1 Conceded C 7 20 32
90% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 91% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 76%
57% 64% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 73% 67%
24% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 18% 19%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
62% 45% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 48%
38% 55% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 24%
10% 9% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 29%
 
6.6 7.6 9.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.2 4.7
4.8 4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 5 4.3
1.8 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
291 168 65 Total Shots T S 30 114 239
133 77 34 Shots on Target S O 11 49 101
27% 27% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 20% 24%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lech Poznań has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
  • Lech Poznań have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lech Poznań have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Lech Poznań have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Raków Częstochowa have scored away.
  • Lech Poznań is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Raków Częstochowa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Raków Częstochowa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cracovia Krakow 21 12 3 6 30 16 11 8 1 2 19 6 10 4 2 4 11 10 14 39
2 Legia Warszawa 20 12 2 6 40 20 10 7 1 2 27 8 10 5 1 4 13 12 20 38
3 Slask Wrocaw 21 9 8 4 29 23 11 5 5 1 20 17 10 4 3 3 9 6 6 35
4 Pogoń Szczecin 20 10 5 5 22 16 10 5 2 3 12 8 10 5 3 2 10 8 6 35
5 Lech Poznań 20 8 7 5 33 20 10 4 3 3 18 9 10 4 4 2 15 11 13 31
6 Lechia Gdansk 21 8 7 6 25 24 11 4 4 3 13 11 10 4 3 3 12 13 1 31
7 Piast Gliwice 20 9 4 7 22 21 10 6 2 2 13 9 10 3 2 5 9 12 1 31
8 Wisła Płock 20 9 3 8 25 32 10 6 2 2 16 10 10 3 1 6 9 22 -7 30
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 20 8 5 7 31 26 10 6 1 3 18 10 10 2 4 4 13 16 5 29
10 Zagłębie Lubin 20 8 4 8 31 28 10 5 3 2 19 11 10 3 1 6 12 17 3 28
11 Raków Częstochowa 20 9 1 10 24 29 10 6 0 4 14 12 10 3 1 6 10 17 -5 28
12 Górnik Zabrze 20 5 8 7 24 27 10 5 4 1 17 9 10 0 4 6 7 18 -3 23
13 Arka Gdynia 21 5 6 10 17 29 10 2 5 3 7 10 11 3 1 7 10 19 -12 21
14 Korona Kielce 20 6 3 11 12 24 10 4 1 5 8 8 10 2 2 6 4 16 -12 21
15 Wisa Krakow 20 5 2 13 22 35 9 4 0 5 11 8 11 1 2 8 11 27 -13 17
16 ŁKS Łódź 20 4 2 14 20 37 10 3 1 6 13 16 10 1 1 8 7 21 -17 14

Read more about Ekstraklasa

The Ekstraklasa, which carries the sponsorship name Lotto Ekstraklasa, is the top football league in Poland. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away to decide a regular season league table. The top eight teams then play a championship round while the bottom eight play a relegation round.