National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Raków Częstochowa or Górnik Zabrze that keep their silverware dream alive.
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
Częstochowa was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Polish Cup.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion GKS-u as Raków Częstochowa have scored 12 goals to get 16 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Ekstraklasa are 5-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Częstochowa haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 284 minutes ago. P. Schwarz scored that one.
No payout for Raków Częstochowa in their previous match, an away game at Legia Warszawa that ended in defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was a Ekstraklasa defeat to Pogoń Szczecin (0-1).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Częstochowa handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, three draws and three defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Raków Częstochowa as they have a new game in only three days, a Ekstraklasa match thankfully also at home. Lechia Gdansk are visiting.
The Raków Częstochowa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Raków Częstochowa have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Górnik Zabrze form and stats
Górnik Zabrze's mission in Polish Cup last season failed in the 16th finals.4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Górnik Zabrze playing as the away team in the Ekstraklasa this season. Górnik Zabrze seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Two away games in a row for Górnik, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Podbeskidzie in the Ekstraklasa. A 0-1 defeat away at Jagiellonia Biaystok before that.
We have checked recent matches where Górnik have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were four victories, three draws and four defeats.
Górnik find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Górnik as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Raków Częstochowa two wins, zero draws and Górnik Zabrze two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jiménez Núñez 8 goals |  V. Gutkovskis 5 goals | I. López Álvarez 5 goals |
Raków Częstochowa missing players
Górnik Zabrze missing players
| Raków Częstochowa | Górnik Zabrze | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 16 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pogoń Szczecin | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 32 |
| 3 | Raków Częstochowa | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Slask Wrocaw | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Górnik Zabrze | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Zagebie Lubin | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Piast Gliwice | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | Lechia Gdansk | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Lech Poznan | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 11 | Wisla Plock | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Wisa Krakow | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Warta Poznan | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 17 |
| 14 | Cracovia Krakow | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 15 | Podbeskidzie | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 22 | -23 | 15 |
| 16 | Stal Mielec | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -11 | 14 |