Delightful dogfight as daring Raków Częstochowa duel with determined Górnik Zabrze

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Wed 15.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Raków (8000 seats)

The hosting team, Raków Częstochowa, should be odds-on favourites in this game, but Górnik Zabrze have exhibited both ability and spirit. Learn more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Raków Częstochowa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Górnik Zabrze have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Ekstraklasa.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

Raków Częstochowa have performed here at Stadion Raków this season with 4 wins from 7 Ekstraklasa matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. Częstochowa has recorded two wins in a row here at Stadion Raków, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Częstochowa's previous game was a Ekstraklasa match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Piast Gliwice (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A late climax in the match against Piast Gliwice as the winning goal came four minutes into overtime; scored by Wdowiak. Fran Tudor, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Tudor hit one key pass and won 8 of 14 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Lechia Gdansk.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Częstochowa handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and two defeats.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Raków Częstochowa, as the Ekstraklasa home game vs Jagiellonia Biaystok is only three days away.

Goals decide football matches and Częstochowa are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Raków Częstochowa have conceded only 6 goals.

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.

Górnik's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Pogon Szczecin that finished 2-2. Defender Adrian Gryszkiewicz was the best team player with a rating of 7.45. Gryszkiewicz scored one goal and won 6 of 9 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Slask Wrocaw.

Górnik are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, four draws and nine defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Górnik manager Urban as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Lech Poznan.

The visiting Górnik have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. In the opposite end, Górnik have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Previous six meetings with these sides: Częstochowa won three, Górnik Zabrze were winners in two and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CzęstochowaI. López Álvarez
I. López Álvarez
9 goals
Górnik ZabrzeJ. Jiménez Núñez
J. Jiménez Núñez
6 goals
Raków CzęstochowaV. Gutkovskis
V. Gutkovskis
5 goals

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Raków Częstochowa Górnik Zabrze
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 7 1 Played P 3 7 17
9 4 1 Won W 0 2 7
5 3 0 Drew D 1 2 4
3 0 0 Lost L 2 3 6
30 15 1 Scored S 1 9 24
20 6 0 Conceded C 4 11 23
88% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
76% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 86% 65%
71% 71% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 53%
41% 57% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 43% 47%
18% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
53% 43% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 71% 59%
35% 57% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 18%
24% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 29%
 
5.6 4.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 5.9 4.8
3.5 3.4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.6 5.3
2.2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 12.4 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.3 11.6 12
5.9 6.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 4 4.6
30% 34% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 32% 31%
 
9.8 8.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9 8.3 8.1
4 3.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.3 2.7 3
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Górnik Zabrze have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Górnik Zabrze have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Górnik Zabrze have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Górnik Zabrze haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Raków Częstochowa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Raków Częstochowa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raków Częstochowa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Raków Częstochowa have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 18 11 5 2 35 12 9 7 2 0 21 2 9 4 3 2 14 10 23 38
2 Pogon Szczecin 18 10 6 2 34 15 8 7 1 0 23 6 10 3 5 2 11 9 19 36
3 Lechia Gdansk 18 9 6 3 33 22 9 6 2 1 17 8 9 3 4 2 16 14 11 33
4 Raków Częstochowa 17 9 5 3 30 20 7 4 3 0 15 6 10 5 2 3 15 14 10 32
5 Radomiak Radom 17 8 7 2 23 14 8 5 3 0 13 6 9 3 4 2 10 8 9 31
6 Stal Mielec 18 7 6 5 25 25 10 6 2 2 15 12 8 1 4 3 10 13 0 27
7 Wisla Plock 18 8 2 8 28 26 9 7 2 0 16 3 9 1 0 8 12 23 2 26
8 Górnik Zabrze 17 7 4 6 24 23 10 5 2 3 15 12 7 2 2 3 9 11 1 25
9 Slask Wrocaw 17 6 6 5 29 26 8 3 4 1 12 9 9 3 2 4 17 17 3 24
10 Jagiellonia Biaystok 18 6 6 6 24 26 10 4 4 2 16 12 8 2 2 4 8 14 -2 24
11 Cracovia Krakow 18 6 5 7 23 26 9 4 2 3 13 12 9 2 3 4 10 14 -3 23
12 Piast Gliwice 17 6 3 8 23 23 9 4 1 4 16 15 8 2 2 4 7 8 0 21
13 Zagłębie Lubin 17 6 2 9 19 30 9 4 1 4 13 13 8 2 1 5 6 17 -11 20
14 Wisa Krakow 18 5 3 10 18 30 8 3 1 4 8 11 10 2 2 6 10 19 -12 18
15 Gornik eczna 18 3 6 9 17 35 9 1 4 4 8 18 9 2 2 5 9 17 -18 15
16 Nieciecza 17 2 6 9 20 29 9 2 3 4 14 18 8 0 3 5 6 11 -9 12
17 Warta Poznan 17 2 6 9 11 22 9 0 5 4 4 11 8 2 1 5 7 11 -11 12
18 Legia Warszawa 16 4 0 12 15 27 7 3 0 4 8 10 9 1 0 8 7 17 -12 12

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.