Raków Częstochowa are ready to do battle with Pogoń Szczecin in this Ekstraklasa match. Everything you must know about the match can be found here!
- Raków Częstochowa have not yet lost a game at home.
- Pogoń Szczecin have scored in all their matches so far.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Raków Częstochowa have collected seven points from their first three Ekstraklasa games here at Stadion Raków, a promising start.
Raków Częstochowa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Slask Wrocaw's place. The match ended 4-1 with Nowak, Kochergin, Wdowiak and Piasecki scoring. The forward Nowak was announced as "man of the match" for Raków Częstochowa with a rating of 8.44/10. Nowak scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Slavia Praha (after extra-time) in the Europa Conference League. 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 7 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Raków Częstochowa after this match as they are travelling to Cracovia Krakow for a Ekstraklasa game in only three days.
Raków Częstochowa have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Pogoń Szczecin form and stats
Pogoń Szczecin are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Ekstraklasa, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Szczecin won their last game, 3-0 versus Zagebie Lubin played at home. The attacker Almqvist got a match rating of 8.62 in that game. Almqvist scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Wisla Plock.Pogoń Szczecin are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Ekstraklasa trip to Korona Kielce.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Pogoń Szczecin has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior eight meetings between these two sides are: four wins for Raków Częstochowa, three draws and one win for Pogoń Szczecin. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Piasecki 2 goals | B. Nowak 2 goals |   K. Grosicki 2 goals |
Raków Częstochowa missing players
Pogoń Szczecin missing players
| Raków Częstochowa | Pogoń Szczecin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.8 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 3 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.2 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 13.2 |
| 5.8 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 6.5 |
| 34% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 28% |
| 6.2 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 11.5 | 12.8 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5 |
- All of Pogoń Szczecin's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Pogoń Szczecin have scored in all their matches so far.
- Pogoń Szczecin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Raków Częstochowa have not yet lost a game at home.
- Raków Częstochowa have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- 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 | Wisla Plock | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 16 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Pogoń Szczecin | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Radomiak Radom | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Raków Częstochowa | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Cracovia Krakow | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Widzew Lodz | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Korona Kielce | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Stal Mielec | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Slask Wrocaw | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 9 |
| 11 | Warta Poznan | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Gornik Zabrze | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Zagebie Lubin | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Piast Gliwice | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| 16 | Lech Poznań | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Miedz Legnica | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Lechia Gdańsk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 3 |
