Raków Częstochowa receive Zagłębie Lubin as obvious favourites: Big preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion GKS-u (5238 seats)

1st spot in the Ekstraklasa table for Raków Częstochowa right now, a tip-top achievement. The home team followers hope for more points as 9th-placed Zagłębie Lubin visit Stadion GKS-u.

Insights:
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most scored goals (62) in Ekstraklasa
  • Zagłębie Lubin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Raków Częstochowa have already won the league and the fans have gone wild! Even so, with the trophy already secured there could be issues regarding the team's motivation in this one. Zagłębie Lubin is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

Home games in the Ekstraklasa have been a walk in the park for Raków Częstochowa so far, with 43 points won from 16 matches; 14 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

A good away victory last time out for Częstochowa, who won 2-1 against Wisła Płock (placed 16th). Midfield player Kocherhin got a match rating of 9.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Kocherhin scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times and had 45 successful passes (of 51 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Lech Poznan with the scoreline 0-2.

Goals decide football matches and Raków Częstochowa are scoring many of them at home; 40 on target from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Częstochowa have conceded only 9 goals.

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Zagłębie Lubin form and stats

Playing away, Zagłębie Lubin have won 8 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season. The fact that Zagłębie Lubin have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Zagłębie goalkeeper Sokratis Dioudis is eager to challenge this, with his 254 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Zagłębie Lubin are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the match against Stal Mielec (placed 13th). Ławniczak was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.82. The defender Ławniczak won 7 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Cracovia Kraków with the score of 1-0.

The visiting Zagłębie Lubin have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 16 games. As opposed to that, Zagłębie have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Zagłębie Lubin - Raków Częstochowa 1-2 was the story when these contenders formerly met, earlier this season. Last eight meetings featuring these participants: Raków Częstochowa won five, Zagłębie Lubin triumphed in two and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CzęstochowaI. López Álvarez
I. López Álvarez
9 goals
Raków CzęstochowaB. Nowak
B. Nowak
9 goals
Raków CzęstochowaV. Gutkovskis
V. Gutkovskis
8 goals

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Zagłębie Lubin missing players

Raków Częstochowa Zagłębie Lubin
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
23 14 4 Won W 3 8 12
5 1 1 Drew D 0 3 8
5 1 0 Lost L 2 5 13
62 40 12 Scored S 6 21 34
23 9 3 Conceded C 8 23 43
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
67% 69% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 76%
48% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 62% 45%
27% 44% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 15%
15% 25% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 3%
36% 31% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 38% 39%
52% 62% 60% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 27%
21% 6% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 31% 39%
 
5.8 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.3
2.9 3.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 4.6
2.3 2.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.7 1.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
13.2 13.1 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11 13 13.9
5.2 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 5.3 5.2
36% 45% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 25% 20%
 
7.9 7.2 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 14.2 13.3
2.5 1.8 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 4.2
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Raków Częstochowa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raków Częstochowa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Raków Częstochowa have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the fewest conceded goals (9) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most clean sheets (10) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most clean sheets (17) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most points (43) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most scored goals (40) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most scored goals (62) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the the best goal difference (+31) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the the best goal difference (+39) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Raków Częstochowa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zagłębie Lubin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Zagłębie Lubin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Raków Częstochowa 33 23 5 5 62 23 16 14 1 1 40 9 17 9 4 4 22 14 39 74
2 Legia Warszawa 33 18 9 6 54 36 16 11 5 0 35 16 17 7 4 6 19 20 18 63
3 Lech Poznan 33 16 10 7 49 29 16 8 2 6 23 15 17 8 8 1 26 14 20 58
4 Pogoń Szczecin 33 16 9 8 53 46 16 9 4 3 29 23 17 7 5 5 24 23 7 57
5 Piast Gliwice 32 14 7 11 36 30 16 6 4 6 17 15 16 8 3 5 19 15 6 49
6 Górnik Zabrze 33 13 8 12 45 43 17 6 5 6 23 23 16 7 3 6 22 20 2 47
7 Warta Poznan 32 12 8 12 36 33 16 5 6 5 20 17 16 7 2 7 16 16 3 44
8 Radomiak Radom 33 12 8 13 34 37 17 5 4 8 17 20 16 7 4 5 17 17 -3 44
9 Zagłębie Lubin 33 12 8 13 34 43 17 4 5 8 13 20 16 8 3 5 21 23 -9 44
10 Cracovia Kraków 33 11 10 12 38 35 16 7 5 4 20 10 17 4 5 8 18 25 3 43
11 Jagiellonia Biaystok 33 9 14 10 48 47 17 8 4 5 30 22 16 1 10 5 18 25 1 41
12 Widzew Lodz 33 11 8 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 22 25 17 6 5 6 16 19 -6 41
13 Stal Mielec 33 10 10 13 35 40 16 5 7 4 17 14 17 5 3 9 18 26 -5 40
14 Śląsk Wrocław 33 9 11 13 34 45 17 6 6 5 23 23 16 3 5 8 11 22 -11 38
15 Korona Kielce 33 10 8 15 36 48 17 8 3 6 19 19 16 2 5 9 17 29 -12 38
16 Wisła Płock 33 10 7 16 41 47 17 8 4 5 23 16 16 2 3 11 18 31 -6 37
17 Lechia Gdansk 33 8 6 19 28 53 17 5 4 8 15 22 16 3 2 11 13 31 -25 30
18 Miedź Legnica 33 4 10 19 33 55 16 3 6 7 16 23 17 1 4 12 17 32 -22 22

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.