Ekstraklasa match preview: Lechia Gdańsk believed to be the weaker party when Raków Częstochowa pays a visit

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Energa Gdańsk (41984 seats)

Striving Lechia Gdańsk need to pull off a surprise victory when they host top team Raków Częstochowa in the upcoming league match. It’s 17th vs 1st and the home crowd will have so-so expectations.

Insights:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most clean sheets (7) in Ekstraklasa

Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an animated match!

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

Lechia Gdańsk, who have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Ekstraklasa, have played 4 Ekstraklasa games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Happy days for Lechia Gdańsk in their previous game, a fixture away at Cracovia Krakow (placed 9th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. A huge relief, as that was the first league win after going winless in eight consecutive matches. Defender Nalepa got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.83/10. Nalepa won 1 of 1 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Pogoń Szczecin.

Lechia Gdańsk are traveling soon after this match as the Polish Cup match at Radunia Stezyca awaits in four days.

Lechia aren't scoring a lot here at Stadion Energa Gdańsk in the league, with only {2 goals} from 4 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lechia Gdańsk defense is not exactly impregnable. 6 goals conceded from 4 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Ekstraklasa, on their Ekstraklasa travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

491 minutes! That's how long the Raków Częstochowa goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Częstochowa won their last game, 1-0 versus Miedz Legnica played at home. Tudor, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.03. Tudor served one assist, hit two key passes and won 10 of 16 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Piast Gliwice with the score of 1-0.

Highlight this: 8 of the latest 10 league fixtures involving this team have seen only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Polish Cup trip to Zagebie Sosnowiec.

It's early days yet, but Raków Częstochowa has scored 5 and conceded 5 goals from their travels in the league so far (5 games).

Head 2 Head

Data for the former eight meetings involving these two squads are: three wins for Lechia Gdańsk, zero draws and five wins for Raków Częstochowa. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

LechiaF. Lopes Paixão
F. Lopes Paixão
5 goals
Raków CzęstochowaI. López Álvarez
I. López Álvarez
4 goals
Raków CzęstochowaF. Piasecki
F. Piasecki
4 goals

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Lechia Gdańsk Raków Częstochowa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
11 4 0 Played P 2 5 12
2 0 0 Won W 1 2 8
2 2 0 Drew D 0 1 2
7 2 0 Lost L 1 2 2
10 2 0 Scored S 1 5 20
21 6 0 Conceded C 1 5 9
91% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 92%
73% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 50%
73% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 50%
27% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 33%
18% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 17%
55% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 25%
18% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 40% 58%
36% 75% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 60% 25%
 
5.3 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 6.4 5.1
5 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 2.2 2.9
3.2 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.8 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.1 12.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 13.8 12.6
4 3.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5 5.8
23% 15% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 20% 29%
 
14.4 13.2 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.6 7.2
6.2 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3 2.2
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Lechia Gdańsk have yet to win a game at home.
  • Raków Częstochowa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Raków Częstochowa have scored at least twice as many goals away as Lechia Gdańsk have scored home.
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most clean sheets (7) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have the the best goal difference (+11) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
  • Raków Częstochowa have won significantly more corners away than at home.

  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 12 8 2 2 20 9 7 6 1 0 15 4 5 2 1 2 5 5 11 26
2 Legia Warszawa 12 7 3 2 15 13 6 5 1 0 11 4 6 2 2 2 4 9 2 24
3 Wisla Plock 12 6 3 3 23 13 5 4 1 0 11 3 7 2 2 3 12 10 10 21
4 Pogoń Szczecin 12 6 3 3 20 16 6 4 2 0 12 6 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 21
5 Widzew Lodz 12 6 2 4 16 11 5 2 1 2 7 6 7 4 1 2 9 5 5 20
6 Stal Mielec 12 6 1 5 18 19 6 3 1 2 9 7 6 3 0 3 9 12 -1 19
7 Lech Poznan 11 5 3 3 12 9 7 3 1 3 5 6 4 2 2 0 7 3 3 18
8 Jagiellonia Biaystok 12 4 5 3 20 14 7 4 1 2 14 7 5 0 4 1 6 7 6 17
9 Cracovia Krakow 12 5 2 5 14 10 7 3 1 3 9 5 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 17
10 Zagebie Lubin 12 4 5 3 12 14 6 1 4 1 5 5 6 3 1 2 7 9 -2 17
11 Slask Wrocaw 12 4 4 4 13 16 7 3 2 2 10 10 5 1 2 2 3 6 -3 16
12 Warta Poznan 12 4 2 6 10 13 5 0 1 4 3 10 7 4 1 2 7 3 -3 14
13 Radomiak Radom 12 4 2 6 11 16 6 2 1 3 7 9 6 2 1 3 4 7 -5 14
14 Gornik Zabrze 11 3 4 4 17 20 6 1 2 3 8 12 5 2 2 1 9 8 -3 13
15 Korona Kielce 12 3 3 6 14 18 5 1 1 3 6 7 7 2 2 3 8 11 -4 12
16 Piast Gliwice 12 3 2 7 12 15 6 2 1 3 8 6 6 1 1 4 4 9 -3 11
17 Lechia Gdańsk 11 2 2 7 10 21 4 0 2 2 2 6 7 2 0 5 8 15 -11 8
18 Miedz Legnica 11 1 2 8 11 21 5 1 1 3 5 8 6 0 1 5 6 13 -10 5

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.