Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stal Rzeszów & Raków Częstochowa face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Polish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Stal Rzeszów form and stats
Last season, Rzeszów's Polish Cup journey ended in the 1st round.The complete 2. Liga East statistics playing at home this season for Stal Rzeszów are 4-1-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Rzeszów lost their last game at Wisa Puawy after a 1-3 scoreline.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Radunia Stezyca.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Znicz Pruszkow are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Rzeszów are scoring many of them at home; 10 on target from 5 league matches. Stal Rzeszów have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Częstochowa, as they won the Polish Cup.Playing away, Raków Częstochowa have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ekstraklasa this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Raków Częstochowa, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Stal Mielec in the Ekstraklasa last time out. Andrzej Niewulis was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Niewulis served one assist and won 10 of 15 duels.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Lech Poznan in the Ekstraklasa.The schedule is very tough for Częstochowa now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ekstraklasa game at Legia Warszawa is waiting in only three days.
Częstochowa has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. 7 goals have been conceded by Częstochowa in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  P. Małecki 3 goals |  A. Prokić 3 goals |  K. Danielewicz 3 goals |
Stal Rzeszów missing players
Raków Częstochowa missing players
| Stal Rzeszów | Raków Częstochowa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 51 | 25 | Scored | S | 27 | 46 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.9 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.4 | ||
| 5.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 39% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Stal Rzeszów | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Ruch Chorzow | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Motor Lublin | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Chojniczanka Chojnice | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 5 | Radunia Stezyca | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Olimpia Elblag | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Wisa Puawy | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Slask Wroclaw II | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Kalisz | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Pogon Grodzisk Mazowiecki | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Lech Poznan II | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Pogon Siedlce | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Znicz Pruszkow | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Wigry Suwałki | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Garbarnia Krakow | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 16 | Bechatow | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Hutnik Krakow | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -9 | 5 |
| 18 | Soko Ostroda | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -20 | 0 |
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 2 | Slask Wrocaw | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Pogon Szczecin | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Lechia Gdansk | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Zagebie Lubin | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 6 | Raków Częstochowa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Wisła Kraków | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Wisla Plock | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Radomiak Radom | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Piast Gliwice | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Górnik Zabrze | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Legia Warszawa | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Cracovia Krakow | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Stal Mielec | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Warta Poznan | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Gornik eczna | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 5 |
| 18 | Nieciecza | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 3 |