Raków Częstochowa v Piast Gliwice betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 28.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion GKS-u (8000 seats)

Raków Częstochowa hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 29 points and a 11th position in the Ekstraklasa table. Visiting Piast Gliwice holds 6th place with 37 pts.

Raków Częstochowa and Piast Gliwice should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Raków Częstochowa form and stats

When playing at home in the Ekstraklasa, Raków Częstochowa have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.

Raków Częstochowa lost their last game at Arka Gdynia (placed 14th) after a 2-3 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Legia Warszawa.

Did Raków Częstochowa get overconfident in their match against Arka Gdynia? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. Heartbreak for Raków Częstochowa in their last match as Arka Gdynia's N. Mihajlovic scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

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 six games. Raków Częstochowa has won three of these, drawn zero and lost three.

Raków Częstochowa are traveling soon after this match as the Ekstraklasa match at Wisła Płock awaits in four days.

The Raków Częstochowa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Piast Gliwice form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Piast Gliwice so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 3-2-6 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Piast Gliwice as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Górnik Zabrze match.

The supporters enjoyed Piast Gliwice's previous game versus Cracovia Kraków (placed 2nd), a Ekstraklasa 1-0 win played at home. A 0-1 defeat away at Lechia Gdańsk before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Piast Gliwice in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Piast Gliwice, two draws and four defeats.

The attacking power of Piast Gliwice when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Piast Gliwice have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Piast Gliwice - Raków Częstochowa 2-1, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Piast Gliwice
J. Muñoz García
11 goals
Raków Częstochowa
S. Musiolik
6 goals
Piast GliwiceP. Parzyszek
P. Parzyszek
6 goals

Raków Częstochowa missing players

Piast Gliwice missing players

Raków Częstochowa Piast Gliwice
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
9 6 2 Won W 2 3 11
2 1 0 Drew D 2 2 4
12 4 1 Lost L 0 6 8
28 16 5 Scored S 4 9 25
37 14 4 Conceded C 2 13 22
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 91%
78% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 64% 65%
70% 64% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 45% 43%
26% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 4%
9% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
52% 64% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 36% 39%
22% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 27% 39%
26% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 45% 30%
 
4.8 5.3 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.3 4.7
4.3 3.8 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.3 5.6
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
270 137 29 Total Shots T S 51 107 242
116 60 14 Shots on Target S O 20 45 106
24% 27% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 24%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Piast Gliwice has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
  • Piast Gliwice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Raków Częstochowa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 14 3 6 49 23 12 9 1 2 34 9 11 5 2 4 15 14 26 45
2 Cracovia Kraków 23 13 3 7 32 18 12 9 1 2 21 7 11 4 2 5 11 11 14 42
3 Pogoń Szczecin 23 11 7 5 25 18 11 5 3 3 12 8 12 6 4 2 13 10 7 40
4 Śląsk Wrocław 23 10 9 4 31 24 12 6 5 1 22 18 11 4 4 3 9 6 7 39
5 Lech Poznań 23 10 7 6 39 22 12 6 3 3 23 9 11 4 4 3 16 13 17 37
6 Piast Gliwice 23 11 4 8 25 22 12 8 2 2 16 9 11 3 2 6 9 13 3 37
7 Lechia Gdańsk 23 9 7 7 26 26 12 5 4 3 14 11 11 4 3 4 12 15 0 34
8 Wisła Płock 23 9 5 9 28 36 12 6 3 3 19 14 11 3 2 6 9 22 -8 32
9 Jagiellonia Białystok 23 8 6 9 31 33 11 6 2 3 18 10 12 2 4 6 13 23 -2 30
10 Zagłębie Lubin 23 8 5 10 32 32 11 5 3 3 19 12 12 3 2 7 13 20 0 29
11 Raków Częstochowa 23 9 2 12 28 37 11 6 1 4 16 14 12 3 1 8 12 23 -9 29
12 Górnik Zabrze 23 6 9 8 27 29 11 6 4 1 19 9 12 0 5 7 8 20 -2 27
13 Wisła Kraków 23 8 2 13 28 35 11 6 0 5 16 8 12 2 2 8 12 27 -7 26
14 Arka Gdynia 23 6 6 11 20 33 11 3 5 3 10 12 12 3 1 8 10 21 -13 24
15 Korona Kielce 23 6 5 12 12 26 11 4 2 5 8 8 12 2 3 7 4 18 -14 23
16 ŁKS Łódź 23 4 4 15 21 40 12 3 3 6 13 16 11 1 1 9 8 24 -19 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.