Raków Częstochowa host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round game. Astana will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Astana Arena before the return leg in 9 days.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Astana have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 11-3-8 (win-draw-loss) from 22 matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Astana, who are travelling more than 4200 kilometers to play this game.
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!
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Last season, Raków Częstochowa's Europa Conference League journey ended in the play-offs against Gent.Raków Częstochowa have played 1 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Nothing to worry about in defence for Raków Częstochowa, as their goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Ekstraklasa.
A nice win for Częstochowa last time playing, versus Warta Poznań. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Gutkovskis scoring for the victors. Arsenić was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.14 out of 10. The defender Arsenić hit one key pass and won 13 of 17 duels.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Raków Częstochowa's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 1 match, drawn 3 and lost 1.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Raków Częstochowa at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Astana form and stats
Astana was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when KuPS turned out to be too strong.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The regulars enjoyed Astana's previous game versus Shakhter Karagandy, a Kazakhstan Cup win (5-2) played at home.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Astana manager Blagojević as the team has another away game coming up in only two days, this time against Arys.
The visiting Astana have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Astana in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Tomasov 9 goals |  P. Pina Eugénio 8 goals |  R. Vloet 5 goals |
Raków Częstochowa missing players
Astana missing players
| Raków Częstochowa | Astana | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 45 | 26 | Scored | S | 12 | 48 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.4 | ||
| 30% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 44% | ||
| 8.3 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wisła Płock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Cracovia Krakow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Jagiellonia Białystok | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Stal Mielec | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Pogoń Szczecin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Raków Częstochowa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Korona Kielce | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Miedź Legnica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Radomiak Radom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Śląsk Wrocław | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Zagebie Lubin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Widzew Lodz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Warta Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Gornik Zabrze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Lech Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Piast Gliwice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Lechia Gdansk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | 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 |
