National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lech Poznań or Raków Częstochowa that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the host team, as they had a match only four days ago in the Champions League. This match was also played here at INEA stadion. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Raków Częstochowa have had more rest.
Lech Poznań form and stats
42 points is a decent return from 17 Ekstraklasa games here at INEA stadion for Lech Poznań. The data says 13 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.
Lech Poznań's previous match was a Champions League game also played at their own stadium, finishing 1-0 against Qarabag. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that, Lech Poznań had a Ekstraklasa home game versus Zagebie Lubin which ended with a victory 2-1.The manager den Brom will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Qarabag in only three days.
Poznań can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 40 times. As for guarding their own goal, Lech Poznań have only let in 7 goals at home.
Raków Częstochowa form and stats
Częstochowa's mission in Super Cup last season failed in the final.The visitors are W10-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Ekstraklasa.
Raków Częstochowa go into this game after a win, the home game against Lechia Gdansk that ended 3-0. The attacker López got a match rating of 9.12 in that game. López scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
It was a Ekstraklasa defeat before that one as the away game against Zagebie Lubin wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Raków Częstochowa have scored 25 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Last nine meetings featuring these participants: Poznań won two, Raków Częstochowa triumphed in five and we saw two draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals.Lech Poznań missing players
Raków Częstochowa missing players
| Lech Poznań | Raków Częstochowa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 46 | 24 | Scored | S | 17 | 49 | ||
| 23 | 12 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 4% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15.9 | 17.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 13 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 33% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 31% | ||
| 7.1 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 Poznań | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 43 | 74 |
| 2 | Raków Częstochowa | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 60 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 30 | 69 |
| 3 | Pogon Szczecin | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 63 | 31 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 32 | 65 |
| 4 | Lechia Gdansk | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 39 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 13 | 57 |
| 5 | Piast Gliwice | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 54 |
| 6 | Radomiak Radom | 34 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 48 |
| 7 | Wisla Plock | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 48 | 51 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 37 | -3 | 48 |
| 8 | Gornik Zabrze | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 55 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 47 |
| 9 | Cracovia Krakow | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 42 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 46 |
| 10 | Legia Warszawa | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 46 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -2 | 43 |
| 11 | Warta Poznan | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 38 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 16 | -3 | 42 |
| 12 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 39 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 30 | -11 | 40 |
| 13 | Zagebie Lubin | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 43 | 59 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 31 | -16 | 38 |
| 14 | Stal Mielec | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 37 |
| 15 | Slask Wrocaw | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 42 | 52 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | -10 | 35 |
| 16 | Nieciecza | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -20 | 32 |
| 17 | Wisa Krakow | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 33 | -17 | 31 |
| 18 | Gornik eczna | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 60 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 33 | -31 | 28 |