Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cracovia Kraków & Raków Częstochowa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Polish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cracovia Kraków form and stats
Overall Ekstraklasa stats at home this season for Cracovia Kraków are 4-5-3 (wins-draw-losses). 4W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Polish Cup for Cracovia Kraków.
In their previous game, the manager M. Probierz led his Cracovia to a defeat in the Ekstraklasa match away at Jagiellonia Biaystok. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Cracovii im. Józefa Piłsudskiego. Before that, Cracovia Kraków had a Ekstraklasa home game versus Lech Poznan which ended with a victory 2-1.
Cracovia are traveling soon after this match as the Ekstraklasa match at Legia Warszawa awaits in four days.
The Cracovia fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. On the other hand, Cracovia have conceded 17 goals.
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Częstochowa was sent out of Polish Cup in the 8th finals last season.The visitors are W5-D4-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa. Total Polish Cup statistics for Raków Częstochowa: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Two travels in a row for Raków Częstochowa, whose manager M. Papszun could celebrate last time after the Ekstraklasa win against Wisa Krakow. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Gornik Zabrze.
A quick return to home after this game, as Częstochowa are hosting Lech Poznan in the Ekstraklasa only three days away.
Częstochowa are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 11 away games so far. As opposed to that, Raków Częstochowa have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - three - zero (Cracovia Kraków wins - draws - Raków Częstochowa wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. López Álvarez 7 goals |   P. van Amersfoort 6 goals | D. Tijanič 5 goals |
Cracovia Kraków missing players
Raków Częstochowa missing players
| Cracovia Kraków | Raków Częstochowa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 20 | 36 | ||
| 27 | 20 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 28% | ||
| 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 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 52 |
| 2 | Pogon Szczecin | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | Raków Częstochowa | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Lechia Gdansk | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 37 |
| 5 | Piast Gliwice | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 34 |
| 6 | Slask Wrocaw | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Warta Poznan | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Gornik Zabrze | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Zagebie Lubin | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -6 | 31 |
| 11 | Lech Poznan | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Wisa Krakow | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Wisla Plock | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -10 | 25 |
| 14 | Cracovia Kraków | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 23 |
| 15 | Podbeskidzie | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 30 | -26 | 21 |
| 16 | Stal Mielec | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 20 |