It's Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Raków Częstochowa and Qarabağ

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 26.Jul
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Raków (8000 seats)

Raków Częstochowa host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round game. Qarabağ will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Tofik Bakhramov before the return leg in 10 days.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Qarabağ, who are travelling more than 3100 kilometers to play this game.

The hosts Raków Częstochowa saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Ekstraklasa. This match was also played here at Stadion Raków. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Qarabağ have had more rest.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

Action has already taken place for Częstochowa in Champions League as they have defeated Flora to reach the 2nd Qualifying Round.

Raków Częstochowa's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Jagiellonia Biaystok. The home side are looking to build on that result. Zwoliński, an attacker, was the champion player for the team in that game, and was presented with a rating of 8.93 (out of 10). Zwoliński scored two goals.

Before that, a nice away win at Flora. A Champions League match.

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Qarabağ form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Lincoln Red Imps in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the play-offs, when Viktoria Plzeň drew the shortest straw.

The away performances of Qarabağ have been very solid so far with 15 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat in the Premier League. The question is whether this happy travelling can continue.

The followers enjoyed Qarabağ's previous fixture versus Lincoln Red Imps, a Champions League win (4-0) played at home.

Previously, the Champions League win away at Lincoln Red Imps. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Qarabağ in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Qarabağ, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Qarabağ are a potent attacking force on the road with their 47 goals in 18 league games. Qarabağ are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 18 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Raków CzęstochowaŁ. Zwoliński
Ł. Zwoliński
2 goals
CzęstochowaB. Nowak
B. Nowak
1 goals

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Qarabağ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Raków Częstochowa Qarabağ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
16 9   Won W   7 15
5 2   Drew D   1 5
4 1   Lost L   3 5
44 27   Scored S   22 52
14 6   Conceded C   10 24
84% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
72% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 80%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 64%
20% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 36%
8% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
32% 33%   BTTS BTTS   45% 56%
60% 58%   Clean Sheets C S   36% 36%
24% 17%   Failed to Score F T   18% 8%
 
6.7 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 5.8
2.6 2.8   Corners against (avg) C A   2 2.5
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.3 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 12
4.7 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5.3
38% 57%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 39%
 
7.4 7.2   Shots against (avg) S A   5.5 6
2.4 2.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.3 2.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Pogoń Szczecin 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
2 Lech Poznan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Legia Warszawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Jagiellonia Biaystok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Cracovia Krakow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Zagebie Lubin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Piast Gliwice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ruch Chorzow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Radomiak Radom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Korona Kielce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Raków Częstochowa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Gornik Zabrze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Slask Wrocaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Stal Mielec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Widzew Lodz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Puszcza Niepoomice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 KS odz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Warta Poznan 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Qarabağ 36 28 6 2 91 25 18 13 4 1 44 16 18 15 2 1 47 9 66 90
2 Sabah 36 25 6 5 75 24 18 13 4 1 35 9 18 12 2 4 40 15 51 81
3 Neftci 36 20 8 8 63 38 18 11 3 4 37 20 18 9 5 4 26 18 25 68
4 Qabala 36 13 11 12 47 47 18 8 4 6 22 21 18 5 7 6 25 26 0 50
5 Zira 36 13 11 12 45 46 18 6 6 6 23 31 18 7 5 6 22 15 -1 50
6 Turan 36 10 9 17 36 49 18 4 4 10 21 28 18 6 5 7 15 21 -13 39
7 Kapaz 36 6 13 17 34 62 18 5 5 8 18 25 18 1 8 9 16 37 -28 31
8 Sumqayt 36 8 7 21 26 70 18 3 5 10 13 40 18 5 2 11 13 30 -44 31
9 Sebail 36 7 8 21 32 62 18 6 4 8 17 22 18 1 4 13 15 40 -30 29
10 Kesl FK 36 4 13 19 26 52 18 3 7 8 12 21 18 1 6 11 14 31 -26 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Qarabağ 36 28 6 2 91 25 18 13 4 1 44 16 18 15 2 1 47 9 66 90
2 Sabah 36 25 6 5 75 24 18 13 4 1 35 9 18 12 2 4 40 15 51 81
3 Neftci 36 20 8 8 63 38 18 11 3 4 37 20 18 9 5 4 26 18 25 68
4 Qabala 36 13 11 12 47 47 18 8 4 6 22 21 18 5 7 6 25 26 0 50
5 Zira 36 13 11 12 45 46 18 6 6 6 23 31 18 7 5 6 22 15 -1 50
6 Turan 36 10 9 17 36 49 18 4 4 10 21 28 18 6 5 7 15 21 -13 39
7 Kapaz 36 6 13 17 34 62 18 5 5 8 18 25 18 1 8 9 16 37 -28 31
8 Sumqayt 36 8 7 21 26 70 18 3 5 10 13 40 18 5 2 11 13 30 -44 31
9 Sebail 36 7 8 21 32 62 18 6 4 8 17 22 18 1 4 13 15 40 -30 29
10 Kesl FK 36 4 13 19 26 52 18 3 7 8 12 21 18 1 6 11 14 31 -26 25

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.