The Raków Częstochowa & Piast Gliwice managers M. Papszun and W. Fornalik are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Ekstraklasa league table.
- Raków Częstochowa is in the best form (5-1-0)
- Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
8-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Raków Częstochowa so far this season. Częstochowa has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Lechia Gdansk defeat 85 days ago. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion Raków.
Częstochowa are confident in defense, having played 401 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Częstochowa in their previous game, a Ekstraklasa match away at Stal Mielec (placed 15th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Before that, Częstochowa had a Polish Cup home game versus Arka Gdynia which ended with a victory 2-1.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of M. Papszun when Ivi scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 56th minute. A late climax in the match against Stal Mielec as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Ivi.
This is expected to be a close game, with Raków Częstochowa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Raków Częstochowa as a small favourite), we find nine games. Raków Częstochowa has won six of these, drawn zero and lost three.
The Częstochowa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. 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 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Piast Gliwice form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Cracovia Krakow game have they lost an away game, meaning Gliwice has taken points from ten away matches in a row.
Jakub Świerczok (2) scored in Piast Gliwice's previous match, the home game against Podbeskidzie that ended 2-0. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Zagebie Lubin.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Piast Gliwice in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Piast Gliwice, two draws and four defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Piast Gliwice's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 14 league matches away. As opposed to that, Gliwice have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Piast Gliwice - Częstochowa 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Raków Częstochowa-Piast Gliwice H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Częstochowa one win, Piast Gliwice one win, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Świerczok 14 goals |   I. López Álvarez 8 goals | D. Tijanič 6 goals |
Raków Częstochowa missing players
Piast Gliwice missing players
| Raków Częstochowa | Piast Gliwice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 42 | 18 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 21 | 37 |
| 24 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 28 |
| 82% | 79% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 79% | 86% |
| 61% | 50% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 57% | 61% |
| 50% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 36% |
| 29% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 29% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 14% |
| 46% | 36% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 36% |
| 39% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 43% |
| 32% | 36% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.2 | 4.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.4 | 11.9 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 30% | 25% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | 31% |
- Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Raków Częstochowa have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Ekstraklasa
- Raków Częstochowa is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 23 | 60 |
| 2 | Raków Częstochowa | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 18 | 53 |
| 3 | Pogon Szczecin | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 51 |
| 4 | Piast Gliwice | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 42 |
| 5 | Lechia Gdansk | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 41 |
| 6 | Zagebie Lubin | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 40 |
| 7 | Warta Poznan | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 40 |
| 8 | Slask Wrocaw | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -8 | 34 |
| 10 | Lech Poznan | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Gornik Zabrze | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Cracovia Krakow | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Wisa Krakow | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 16 | -3 | 30 |
| 14 | Wisla Plock | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Stal Mielec | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -16 | 27 |
| 16 | Podbeskidzie | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 58 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -30 | 24 |