Raków Częstochowa vs Jagiellonia Białystok preview: Away side in for a strenuous job at Stadion Raków

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Raków (8000 seats)

Most experts are most impressed by Raków Częstochowa so far this season, with their 4th spot in the Ekstraklasa table and looking forward to facing Jagiellonia Białystok (who are placed 10th).

Insights:
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Ekstraklasa
  • Jagiellonia Białystok have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Częstochowa saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Ekstraklasa. This match was also played here at Stadion Raków. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Jagiellonia Białystok have had more rest.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

4 victories, 3 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Raków Częstochowa have to build on here at Stadion Raków in the Ekstraklasa.

The Raków Częstochowa crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Gornik Zabrze here at Stadion Raków in a Ekstraklasa match. Wdowiak, a natural forward, was the top performer for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 8.12 (out of 10). Wdowiak scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Ahead of that match, Raków Częstochowa won a home game hosting Piast Gliwice (1-0).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Raków Częstochowa matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and one defeat (from five games).

Raków Częstochowa can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Częstochowa have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Jagiellonia Białystok form and stats

There's been little loot from Jagiellonia Białystok's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 8 away games in the Ekstraklasa. Jagiellonia Białystok only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.

Jagiellonia Białystok play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Lechia Gdansk (placed 3rd). Šteinbors (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.82. Šteinbors stopped the opponent with five saves.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Gornik eczna.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Jagiellonia when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning one game.

Jagiellonia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 8 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Jagiellonia have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have fought before this season: Jagiellonia Białystok - Częstochowa 3-0. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Częstochowa victories, one draw and one Jagiellonia Białystok win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CzęstochowaI. López Álvarez
I. López Álvarez
9 goals
Jagiellonia BiałystokJ. Imaz Ballesté
J. Imaz Ballesté
7 goals
Raków CzęstochowaV. Gutkovskis
V. Gutkovskis
5 goals

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Jagiellonia Białystok missing players

Raków Częstochowa Jagiellonia Białystok
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 1 Played P 2 8 18
9 4 1 Won W 1 2 6
5 3 0 Drew D 0 2 6
4 1 0 Lost L 1 4 6
31 16 1 Scored S 3 8 24
22 8 0 Conceded C 5 14 26
89% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
78% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
72% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 56%
39% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 25% 28%
17% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 11%
56% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 67%
33% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 22%
22% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 11%
 
5.7 4.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.2 4.8
3.5 3.5 4 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 6.9 5.9
2.2 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.1 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.6 12 11 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11 11.9
5.9 6.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.1 4.9
29% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 24% 27%
 
9.8 8.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 16 11.4 10.2
4.1 3.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 4.9 3.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Jagiellonia Białystok have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Jagiellonia Białystok haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Raków Częstochowa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Raków Częstochowa have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Ekstraklasa
  • 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 18 9 5 4 31 22 8 4 3 1 16 8 10 5 2 3 15 14 9 32
5 Radomiak Radom 18 8 8 2 25 16 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 3 4 2 10 8 9 32
6 Gornik Zabrze 18 8 4 6 26 24 10 5 2 3 15 12 8 3 2 3 11 12 2 28
7 Stal Mielec 18 7 6 5 25 25 10 6 2 2 15 12 8 1 4 3 10 13 0 27
8 Wisla Plock 18 8 2 8 28 26 9 7 2 0 16 3 9 1 0 8 12 23 2 26
9 Slask Wrocaw 18 6 6 6 30 28 8 3 4 1 12 9 10 3 2 5 18 19 2 24
10 Jagiellonia Białystok 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 18 6 4 8 25 25 9 4 1 4 16 15 9 2 3 4 9 10 0 22
13 Zagebie Lubin 18 6 2 10 19 34 9 4 1 4 13 13 9 2 1 6 6 21 -15 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 Legia Warszawa 17 5 0 12 19 27 8 4 0 4 12 10 9 1 0 8 7 17 -8 15
16 Warta Poznan 18 3 6 9 13 23 10 1 5 4 6 12 8 2 1 5 7 11 -10 15
17 Gornik eczna 18 3 6 9 17 35 9 1 4 4 8 18 9 2 2 5 9 17 -18 15
18 Nieciecza 17 2 6 9 20 29 9 2 3 4 14 18 8 0 3 5 6 11 -9 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.