Delightful dogfight as daring Cracovia Kraków duels with determined Raków Częstochowa

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Date: Sun 08.December
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Stadium (15016 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Cracovia Kraków leading Raków Częstochowa by 11 points.

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 Cracovia Kraków and Raków Częstochowa.

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Cracovia Kraków form and stats

Cracovia Kraków, who have the most points (22) at home in Ekstraklasa, have performed here at Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Stadium this season with 7 wins from 10 Ekstraklasa matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2. Cracovia Kraków has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Stadium. We remember; it was Gornik Zabrze.

The Cracovia Kraków supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Raków Częstochowa in Ekstraklasa and win 3-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Raków Częstochowa that ended 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cracovia Kraków have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

The Cracovia Kraków fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 10 league matches. Cracovia Kraków are not conceding a lot of goals here at Marshal Jozef Pilsudski Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 10 matches.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

Raków Częstochowa have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ekstraklasa, after 2-1-6 (9 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Raków Częstochowa are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Two away games in a row for Raków Częstochowa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Cracovia Kraków in the Ekstraklasa. A 0-0 draw at Cracovia Kraków's stadium before that.

Raków Częstochowa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Raków Częstochowa as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Raków Częstochowa have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Cracovia Kraków - Raków Częstochowa 3-0, played this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's 2 Cracovia Kraków victories, 1 draw and 0 Raków Częstochowa wins. 2 of these games ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Raków CzęstochowaT. Petrášek
T. Petrášek
8 goals

Cracovia Kraków missing players

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Cracovia Kraków Raków Częstochowa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 10 4 Played P 2 9 18
10 7 2 Won W 1 2 7
3 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
5 2 1 Lost L 1 6 10
27 17 6 Scored S 3 7 19
15 6 4 Conceded C 4 17 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
72% 80% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 72%
44% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 61%
17% 10% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 22% 22%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
50% 40% 75% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 50%
44% 60% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 22%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 28%
 
5.1 6.3 7 Corners For (avg) C F 4.5 4.3 4.9
5.6 3.9 3.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 4.7 4.1
2 1.5 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
211 138 56 Total Shots T S 18 96 204
87 56 27 Shots on Target S O 10 41 87
31% 30% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 17% 22%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Cracovia Kraków has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
  • Cracovia Kraków has the most points (22) at home
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Raków Częstochowa have scored away.
  • Cracovia Kraków have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Cracovia Kraków have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cracovia Kraków haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Raków Częstochowa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Raków Częstochowa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Raków Częstochowa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 18 10 5 3 22 14 9 5 2 2 12 7 9 5 3 1 10 7 8 35
2 Cracovia Kraków 18 10 3 5 27 15 10 7 1 2 17 6 8 3 2 3 10 9 12 33
3 Śląsk Wrocław 17 9 6 2 26 15 8 5 3 0 17 11 9 4 3 2 9 4 11 33
4 Legia Warszawa 17 10 2 5 33 17 9 6 1 2 24 7 8 4 1 3 9 10 16 32
5 Lechia Gdańsk 18 8 6 4 23 16 10 4 4 2 13 8 8 4 2 2 10 8 7 30
6 Lech Poznan 18 8 5 5 31 18 9 4 2 3 17 8 9 4 3 2 14 10 13 29
7 Piast Gliwice 18 8 4 6 19 18 9 5 2 2 11 8 9 3 2 4 8 10 1 28
8 Wisla Plock 18 8 3 7 22 28 9 5 2 2 14 9 9 3 1 5 8 19 -6 27
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 18 7 5 6 28 23 9 5 1 3 15 10 9 2 4 3 13 13 5 26
10 Zagłębie Lubin 18 7 4 7 28 25 9 4 3 2 17 10 9 3 1 5 11 15 3 25
11 Raków Częstochowa 18 7 1 10 19 28 9 5 0 4 12 11 9 2 1 6 7 17 -9 22
12 Gornik Zabrze 18 4 8 6 20 25 9 4 4 1 14 9 9 0 4 5 6 16 -5 20
13 Arka Gdynia 18 4 5 9 14 26 8 1 5 2 5 8 10 3 0 7 9 18 -12 17
14 Korona Kielce 18 4 3 11 10 24 9 3 1 5 7 8 9 1 2 6 3 16 -14 15
15 ŁKS Łódź 18 4 2 12 17 31 9 3 1 5 11 12 9 1 1 7 6 19 -14 14
16 Wisła Kraków 18 3 2 13 17 33 8 3 0 5 10 8 10 0 2 8 7 25 -16 11

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.