National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Nieciecza or Raków Częstochowa that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Ekstraklasa game only four days ago.
Nieciecza form and stats
Last season, Nieciecza's Polish Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Nieciecza at their home stadium (Stadion Termaliki Bruk-Bet Nieciecza) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Nieciecza faced defeat in their previous match, away at Piast Gliwice (1-2). The penalty miss from Roman Gergel in the defeat against Piast Gliwice was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen. The gifted forward Muris Mešanovič bested all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.64 out of 10. Mešanovič scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
In the match before that, Nieciecza hosted Górnik Łęczna and drew the Ekstraklasa game 1-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Nieciecza as they have a new game in only three days, a Ekstraklasa match thankfully also at home. Pogon Szczecin are visiting.
A decent goal production from Nieciecza in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nieciecza defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Częstochowa, as they won the Polish Cup.The visitors are W5-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.
Impressive finishing from Marko Poletanović, Vladislavs Gutkovskis and Ivi López (2) secured the home win 4-0 against Zagłębie Lubin in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Raków Częstochowa was very dominant against Zagłębie Lubin, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Marko Poletanović, Vladislavs Gutkovskis and Ivi López (2) providing the goals. Midfield player Marko Poletanović was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.24/10. Poletanović scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 56 successful passes (of 61 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Cracovia Krakow's place.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Ekstraklasa trip to Lechia Gdansk.
Częstochowa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. Częstochowa have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous five meetings): Nieciecza won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Raków Częstochowa managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / threeTop Goalscorers
  I. López Álvarez 9 goals |  P. Wlazło 6 goals | V. Gutkovskis 5 goals |
Nieciecza missing players
Raków Częstochowa missing players
| Nieciecza | Raków Częstochowa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Scored | S | 21 | 42 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 9.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.4 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 33% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| 12.8 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lech Poznan | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 32 |
| 2 | Pogon Szczecin | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 32 |
| 3 | Lechia Gdansk | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | Raków Częstochowa | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Radomiak Radom | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
| 6 | Slask Wrocaw | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Piast Gliwice | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 9 | Gornik Zabrze | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Stal Mielec | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Wisla Plock | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| 12 | Cracovia Krakow | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Wisa Krakow | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 14 | Zagłębie Lubin | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 17 |
| 15 | Nieciecza | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Warta Poznan | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Legia Warszawa | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
| 18 | Górnik Łęczna | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -21 | 9 |