Ekstraklasa preview: Can Raków Częstochowa edge out victory against Legia Warszawa?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Raków (8000 seats)

Raków Częstochowa prepare for this after their 2-1 result versus Stal Mielec, a fixture that made them wiser. How will this affect the battle against Legia Warszawa?

Insights:
  • Raków Częstochowa is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ekstraklasa

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ekstraklasa game only four days ago.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

Raków Częstochowa are steadily winning Ekstraklasa games and points here at Stadion Raków. 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games. Ever since the Gornik Zabrze game Raków Częstochowa has been unbeatable here at Stadion Raków producing four straight wins.

Raków Częstochowa's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Stal Mielec (placed 10th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Sorescu (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.34/10. Sorescu scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that match, a win away at Lech Poznan.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Częstochowa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won five times, drawn four and lost three.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 12 games), Raków Częstochowa's attacking play is working. Raków Częstochowa are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadion Raków in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Legia Warszawa so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-8 (win-draw-lose). The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Warszawa hope to make it five in this match.

Legia Warszawa are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the match against Nieciecza (placed 18th). Midfield player Josué was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.82/10. Josué scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 56 successful passes (of 67 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Gornik eczna at their stadium, the result 1-0.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Warszawa have conceded 18 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Legia Warszawa - Raków Częstochowa 2-3 was the result in these sides' latest h2h match, played this season. Head to head numbers (for the previous seven meetings): Raków Częstochowa won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Legia Warszawa managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / two

Top Goalscorers

Raków CzęstochowaI. López Álvarez
I. López Álvarez
13 goals
CzęstochowaM. Wdowiak
M. Wdowiak
7 goals
Raków CzęstochowaV. Gutkovskis
V. Gutkovskis
6 goals

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Legia Warszawa missing players

Raków Częstochowa Legia Warszawa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 12 4 Played P 3 12 25
15 8 4 Won W 0 3 10
6 3 0 Drew D 0 1 1
4 1 0 Lost L 3 8 14
45 27 10 Scored S 4 11 30
24 9 1 Conceded C 9 18 34
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
76% 83% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 56%
60% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 42% 48%
32% 42% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 42% 40%
16% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 16%
48% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 42% 40%
44% 58% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 28%
16% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 42% 36%
 
5.6 5.2 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 7.2 6.8
3.6 3.5 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.8 4.1
2.3 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.4 2.8
2 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
12.1 13.4 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 10.6 12.9
6 6.7 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 5.2
30% 34% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 24% 23%
 
9.7 7.8 7.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.7 11.6 10.2
3.6 3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 9.3 5 4.4
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (3) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ekstraklasa
  • 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 scored at least twice as many goals at home as Legia Warszawa have scored away.
  • Raków Częstochowa have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Ekstraklasa
  • Raków Częstochowa is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Raków Częstochowa 25 15 6 4 45 24 12 8 3 1 27 9 13 7 3 3 18 15 21 51
2 Pogon Szczecin 25 14 8 3 45 21 12 9 2 1 30 11 13 5 6 2 15 10 24 50
3 Lech Poznan 25 14 7 4 49 19 12 9 2 1 28 4 13 5 5 3 21 15 30 49
4 Lechia Gdansk 25 11 7 7 37 29 12 8 3 1 21 9 13 3 4 6 16 20 8 40
5 Radomiak Radom 25 10 10 5 32 25 12 6 5 1 18 10 13 4 5 4 14 15 7 40
6 Gornik Zabrze 25 10 6 9 35 32 13 6 3 4 20 15 12 4 3 5 15 17 3 36
7 Wisla Plock 25 11 3 11 35 35 12 9 2 1 20 6 13 2 1 10 15 29 0 36
8 Piast Gliwice 25 9 7 9 32 29 13 5 3 5 18 18 12 4 4 4 14 11 3 34
9 Cracovia Krakow 25 8 8 9 32 35 13 5 4 4 20 18 12 3 4 5 12 17 -3 32
10 Stal Mielec 25 8 8 9 30 34 13 6 3 4 17 16 12 2 5 5 13 18 -4 32
11 Legia Warszawa 25 10 1 14 30 34 13 7 0 6 19 16 12 3 1 8 11 18 -4 31
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 25 7 9 9 29 37 13 4 6 3 17 14 12 3 3 6 12 23 -8 30
13 Zagebie Lubin 25 8 4 13 27 42 12 5 2 5 17 17 13 3 2 8 10 25 -15 28
14 Slask Wrocaw 25 6 9 10 32 37 12 3 6 3 13 14 13 3 3 7 19 23 -5 27
15 Warta Poznan 25 6 9 10 22 29 13 3 6 4 12 15 12 3 3 6 10 14 -7 27
16 Wisa Krakow 25 6 6 13 24 37 12 4 3 5 12 13 13 2 3 8 12 24 -13 24
17 Gornik eczna 25 5 9 11 24 42 13 3 5 5 13 21 12 2 4 6 11 21 -18 24
18 Nieciecza 25 5 7 13 26 45 13 4 4 5 17 21 12 1 3 8 9 24 -19 22

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.