There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Astana and Raków Częstochowa. Game on!
Raków Częstochowa have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
These are hustling days for the hosts, as they played only four days ago in the Kazakhstan Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Arys.
Astana form and stats
Astana was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Europa Conference League. KuPS was too strong.Astana are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Astana Arena. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.
The Astana boss Blagojević and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Arys in the Kazakhstan Cup.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Kazakhstan Cup game versus Arys in only three days. This game is also played here at Astana Arena.
Astana always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Astana Arena with 25 goals in 8 league games. Astana have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the play-offs against Gent.Częstochowa have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Ekstraklasa.
The fans enjoyed Raków Częstochowa's previous match versus Astana, a Europa Conference League win (5-0) played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Warta Poznan in the Ekstraklasa.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Stal Mielec in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Raków Częstochowa - Astana 5-0 was the outcome when these two sides previously met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  M. Tomasov 9 goals |  P. Pina Eugénio 8 goals |  R. Vloet 5 goals |
Astana missing players
Raków Częstochowa missing players
| Astana | Raków Częstochowa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 45 | 33 | Scored | S | 19 | 48 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 8% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.9 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 34% | ||
| 8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 8.2 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Aktobe | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 2 | Astana | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 26 |
| 4 | Tobol | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 | Taraz | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Kairat | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Kaspiy | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 8 | Atyrau | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Aksu | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -9 | 17 |
| 11 | Arys | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Kyzyl-Zhar | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 15 |
| 13 | Akzhayik | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Maqtaaral | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wisla Plock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Cracovia Krakow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Legia Warszawa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Stal Mielec | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Slask Wrocaw | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Widzew Lodz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Raków Częstochowa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Pogoń Szczecin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Radomiak Radom | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Miedz Legnica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Korona Kielce | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Zagebie Lubin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Gornik Zabrze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Lech Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Piast Gliwice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Warta Poznan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 |
