Game week two of the Ekstraklasa season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Lechia Gdańsk - Raków Częstochowa preview:
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Lechia Gdańsk form and stats
A good away victory last time out for Lechia, who won 1-0 against Warta Poznań (placed 13th). In the preceding match a 4-0 victory visiting Stal Stalowa Wola.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lechia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost two.
Last season, Lechia Gdańsk's league statistics were 11 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Ekstraklasa. Over these 30 matches they scored 40 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Lechia Gdańsk managed 6-4-5 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 19 conceded.
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Raków Częstochowa failed to get anything from their last game, a Ekstraklasa home match vs Legia Warszawa (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 1-2. A 2-3 defeat away at KS odz before that.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Częstochowa playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were zero Raków Częstochowa wins, two draws and seven defeats.
Let's have a look at how Raków Częstochowa performed last season in the Ekstraklasa: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 5 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 17/27 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Lechia Gdańsk victory, zero draws and two Raków Częstochowa wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Ł. Zwoliński 1 goals |  P. Kun 1 goals |
Lechia Gdańsk missing players
Raków Częstochowa missing players
| Lechia Gdańsk | Raków Częstochowa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Lechia Gdańsk | Last season | Raków Częstochowa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Scored | S | 21 | 51 | ||
| 50 | 22 | Conceded | C | 34 | 56 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 76% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 81% | ||
| 54% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 65% | ||
| 22% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | ||
| 8% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 16% | ||
| 57% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 59% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 19% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.9 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 386 | 199 | Total Shots | T S | 199 | 449 | ||
| 147 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 76 | 178 | ||
| 33% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Górnik Zabrze | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Slask Wrocaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Zagłębie Lubin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Lechia Gdańsk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Stal Mielec | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Wisla Plock | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Lech Poznan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Pogon Szczecin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Raków Częstochowa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Warta Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Podbeskidzie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Piast Gliwice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cracovia Kraków | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lech Poznan | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Lechia Gdańsk | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Legia Warszawa | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Pogon Szczecin | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Piast Gliwice | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 6 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 7 | Cracovia Kraków | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Slask Wrocaw | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 5 |