Ekstraklasa game preview: Legia Warszawa against Raków Częstochowa

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Exciting top table cliff-hanger in Ekstraklasa as Raków Częstochowa have come the 124 miles needed to confront Legia Warszawa at their Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego.

Insights:
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most scored goals (20) in Ekstraklasa

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Legia Warszawa at their home stadium (Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego) is 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. After failing to beat hometeam_home_prestreak_win here at Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego, Legia Warszawa has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The regulars hope that Legia Warszawa will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against AZ. The gifted forward Josué outdid all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.62 out of 10. Josué hit one key pass and had 73 successful passes (of 89 total).

A Ekstraklasa defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Jagiellonia Biaystok.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 5 games), Warszawa's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Legia Warszawa have only let in {2 goals} at home.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

Raków Częstochowa are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ekstraklasa, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

It was game over and game lost last time out for Raków Częstochowa, the neutral venue game versus Sturm Graz in the Europa League. A defeat 0-1. Papanikolaou got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, top player of the team. Papanikolaou hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that, Częstochowa secured a home win against Radomiak Radom with the score 3-0.

Raków Częstochowa have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 7 goals from 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Warszawa victories, four draws and three Raków Częstochowa wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Legia WarszawaT. Pekhart
T. Pekhart
6 goals
Legia WarszawaE. Muçi
E. Muçi
3 goals
Legia WarszawaJ. Soares Pesqueira
J. Soares Pesqueira
3 goals

Legia Warszawa missing players

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Legia Warszawa Raków Częstochowa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
9 5 0 Played P 1 3 9
6 5 0 Won W 0 1 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
18 12 0 Scored S 1 7 20
9 2 0 Conceded C 4 9 11
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
56% 80% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
22% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 33%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 67% 22%
56% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 44%
33% 60% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 56%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.1 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 5.2
4.2 3.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.7 4.7
2 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2.1
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.7 19.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8 11.2
5.7 7.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.7 5
35% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 64% 44%
 
9.3 8.4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 13.3 11.6
2.2 1.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5 3.9
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • All of Raków Częstochowa's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Legia Warszawa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Legia Warszawa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Legia Warszawa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Legia Warszawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Raków Częstochowa have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Raków Częstochowa have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most clean sheets (5) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most scored goals (20) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Slask Wrocaw 10 7 1 2 17 9 4 3 0 1 7 4 6 4 1 1 10 5 8 22
2 Legia Warszawa 9 6 2 1 18 9 5 5 0 0 12 2 4 1 2 1 6 7 9 20
3 Raków Częstochowa 9 6 1 2 20 11 6 5 1 0 13 2 3 1 0 2 7 9 9 19
4 Jagiellonia Biaystok 9 6 1 2 19 12 5 5 0 0 15 5 4 1 1 2 4 7 7 19
5 Zagebie Lubin 10 6 1 3 13 11 5 4 1 0 6 2 5 2 0 3 7 9 2 19
6 Lech Poznan 9 5 2 2 15 13 4 3 1 0 9 3 5 2 1 2 6 10 2 17
7 Pogon Szczecin 10 5 0 5 19 13 6 3 0 3 13 10 4 2 0 2 6 3 6 15
8 Cracovia Krakow 9 3 4 2 9 11 4 1 2 1 4 7 5 2 2 1 5 4 -2 13
9 Stal Mielec 10 3 3 4 15 14 6 3 2 1 13 8 4 0 1 3 2 6 1 12
10 Piast Gliwice 10 2 6 2 9 9 5 2 2 1 7 6 5 0 4 1 2 3 0 12
11 Widzew Lodz 10 3 2 5 13 16 4 3 0 1 6 4 6 0 2 4 7 12 -3 11
12 Radomiak Radom 10 3 2 5 11 15 4 1 2 1 5 5 6 2 0 4 6 10 -4 11
13 Warta Poznan 10 2 3 5 10 12 6 1 2 3 4 6 4 1 1 2 6 6 -2 9
14 Korona Kielce 9 2 3 4 9 11 4 1 2 1 4 3 5 1 1 3 5 8 -2 9
15 Puszcza Niepoomice 10 2 3 5 11 18 5 2 2 1 7 7 5 0 1 4 4 11 -7 9
16 Gornik Zabrze 10 2 3 5 6 14 5 1 2 2 2 5 5 1 1 3 4 9 -8 9
17 Ruch Chorzow 10 1 4 5 11 17 4 1 1 2 6 7 6 0 3 3 5 10 -6 7
18 KS odz 10 2 1 7 6 16 5 2 1 2 5 7 5 0 0 5 1 9 -10 7

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.