Ekstraklasa prediction and preview: Raków Częstochowa modest favorites to beat Górnik Zabrze

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion GKS-u (5238 seats)

The Raków Częstochowa & Górnik Zabrze managers M. Papszun and M. Brosz are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ekstraklasa league table.

Insights:
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most points from losing position (14) in Ekstraklasa

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Raków Częstochowa have managed 6 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.

Częstochowa travelled for their previous game, a trip to Wisla Plock that ended 2-2. In the match before that, Częstochowa hosted Cracovia Kraków and drew the game 0-0.

Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Wisla Plock last time out, but a goal from Ivi completed a comeback to a draw result for Częstochowa.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Częstochowa handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and three defeats.

Częstochowa are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 11 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Raków Częstochowa have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Górnik Zabrze form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.

188 minutes! That's how long the Górnik goalkeeper Martin Chudy and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Impressive finishing from Alasana Manneh and Piotr Krawczyk secured the home win 2-0 against Zagebie Lubin in their previous game. A 0-0 draw at Wisa Krakow's stadium before that.

We have checked recent matches where Górnik Zabrze have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were four victories, three draws and five defeats.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far). It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Raków Częstochowa and Górnik Zabrze have met before this season: Górnik Zabrze - Raków Częstochowa 1-3. Last five meetings between the teams: Raków Częstochowa won three, Górnik Zabrze won two and zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

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

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Górnik Zabrze missing players

Raków Częstochowa Górnik Zabrze
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 2 10 21
10 6 0 Won W 1 4 9
6 2 0 Drew D 0 2 4
5 3 3 Lost L 1 4 8
32 13 1 Scored S 3 8 25
22 8 4 Conceded C 3 8 22
86% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 86%
62% 45% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 71%
57% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 20% 43%
33% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 10% 14%
14% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
52% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 43%
29% 45% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 38%
33% 36% 67% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.6 4.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.2 1.7
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.9 11.6 9.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.9 12.6
4.8 4.8 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 4.7
32% 25% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 19% 25%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most points from losing position (14) in Ekstraklasa

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Legia Warszawa 21 14 3 4 37 22 11 7 1 3 24 17 10 7 2 1 13 5 15 45
2 Pogon Szczecin 21 11 5 5 25 13 10 5 4 1 11 4 11 6 1 4 14 9 12 38
3 Raków Częstochowa 21 10 6 5 32 22 11 6 2 3 13 8 10 4 4 2 19 14 10 36
4 Lechia Gdansk 21 10 3 8 29 24 11 5 1 5 17 13 10 5 2 3 12 11 5 33
5 Górnik Zabrze 21 9 4 8 25 22 11 5 2 4 17 14 10 4 2 4 8 8 3 31
6 Lech Poznań 21 7 8 6 28 25 10 3 5 2 12 11 11 4 3 4 16 14 3 29
7 Slask Wrocaw 21 8 5 8 25 22 10 6 3 1 15 8 11 2 2 7 10 14 3 29
8 Zagebie Lubin 21 8 5 8 26 24 10 5 3 2 15 10 11 3 2 6 11 14 2 29
9 Piast Gliwice 21 7 7 7 26 23 10 3 3 4 10 11 11 4 4 3 16 12 3 28
10 Warta Poznan 21 8 2 11 22 25 10 4 1 5 8 10 11 4 1 6 14 15 -3 26
11 Wisa Krakow 21 6 7 8 30 28 10 3 1 6 14 18 11 3 6 2 16 10 2 25
12 Jagiellonia Białystok 21 7 4 10 26 33 10 4 3 3 16 13 11 3 1 7 10 20 -7 25
13 Wisla Plock 21 6 6 9 27 34 11 3 3 5 11 13 10 3 3 4 16 21 -7 24
14 Cracovia Kraków 21 5 10 6 22 25 11 3 5 3 14 16 10 2 5 3 8 9 -3 20
15 Podbeskidzie 20 4 6 10 20 44 11 4 3 4 13 20 9 0 3 6 7 24 -24 18
16 Stal Mielec 20 3 7 10 21 35 10 2 4 4 9 16 10 1 3 6 12 19 -14 16

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.