National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Pogoń Szczecin or Raków Częstochowa that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Pogoń Szczecin and Raków Częstochowa.
Pogoń Szczecin form and stats
Last season their Polish Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Pogoń Szczecin have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 8 games.
The Pogoń Szczecin crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Gornik Zabrze here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera. Midfielder Grosicki was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.12 (out of ten) in that game. Grosicki served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a Ekstraklasa win away at Miedz Legnica.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Szczecin as they are travelling to their away game against Radomiak Radom in the Ekstraklasa. That match is four days after this one.
Pogoń Szczecin have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Częstochowa, as they won the Polish Cup.As the visiting team in Ekstraklasa matches, Raków Częstochowa have produced an overall stat of 4-1-2 so far.
The followers enjoyed Raków Częstochowa's previous match versus Wisla Plock, a 7-1 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Raków Częstochowa was very dominant against Wisla Plock, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-1 (!) with Nowak, Kochergin (2) and Gutkovskis providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Gutkovskis's lethal finishing against Wisla Plock. four goals were a big reason for the important victory. The attacker Gutkovskis got a match rating of 10.0 in that game. Gutkovskis scored four goals.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Lech Poznan.Częstochowa have another game that requires travelling in just three nights, a Ekstraklasa match against Zagebie Lubin. A strenuous schedule for them!
Raków Częstochowa have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Częstochowa as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Raków Częstochowa have avoided a loss in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) versus Pogoń Szczecin.Top Goalscorers
  K. Grosicki 6 goals |   B. Nowak 6 goals | I. López Álvarez 5 goals |
Pogoń Szczecin missing players
Raków Częstochowa missing players
| Pogoń Szczecin | Raków Częstochowa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 47 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 17 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 72% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 15% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 20% | ||
| 7 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.5 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.6 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 28% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 38 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 31 |
| 3 | Widzew Lodz | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 26 |
| 4 | Pogoń Szczecin | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | Stal Mielec | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Cracovia Krakow | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Wisla Plock | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 25 |
| 8 | Lech Poznan | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 9 | Warta Poznan | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Radomiak Radom | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Gornik Zabrze | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 12 | Śląsk Wrocław | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 20 |
| 13 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 14 | Zagebie Lubin | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -13 | 17 |
| 15 | Lechia Gdansk | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 14 |
| 16 | Piast Gliwice | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 17 | Korona Kielce | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 18 | Miedz Legnica | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
