CZęSTOCHOWA. Raków Częstochowa demolishes Cracovia Kraków 4-1 with goals of Vladislavs Gutkovskis (38′), Bartosz Nowak (59′), Ivi López (65′) and Marcin Cebula  (84′ pen). On the opposite side, Cracovia Kraków scored with ​Michal Rakoczy (16′). Raków Częstochowa was vastly better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadion Raków stadium in Częstochowa on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 5,370 spectators.​ The referee was Jarosław Przybył who was helped by Radoslav Siejka and Sebastian Mucha. The 4th official was Marcin Kochanek. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 1.3 degrees Celsius or 34.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Raków Częstochowa

4 - 1

Cracovia Kraków

• ! 63 Ball Possession 37

Shots

• 21 Total 9
• 6 On Target 3
• 4 Off Target 3
• 11 Shots blocked 3

• 99 Attack 70
• 92 Dangerous attack 40
• 82 Ball safe​ 82

• 1 Penalties 0
• 11 Corners 1
• 1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

• 8 Total 19
• 0 Yellow Cards 6
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 1

Other

• 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Raków Częstochowa had a superior ball possession 63% while Cracovia Kraków was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Raków Częstochowa was more pushing with 92 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Raków Częstochowa won the match​.

Raków Częstochowa shot 21 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cracovia Kraków shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Raków Częstochowa didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Cracovia Kraków received 6 yellow cards (Benjamin Källman, Jani Atanasov, Takuto Oshima , Patryk Makuch, Pawel Jaroszynski  and Jakub Jugas ).

Also, Cracovia Kraków didn’t end the match with 11 players after Jani Atanasov (Cracovia Kraków) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (89′).

Standings

After this match, Raków Częstochowa will have 61 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Cracovia Kraków will stay with 34 points like Warta Poznań to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Raków Częstochowa will host Widzew Lodz on the 16th of April with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Cracovia Kraków will host Radomiak Radom on the 15th of April with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Cracovia Kraków (0 draws).

Raków Częstochowa – Formation

Raków Częstochowa

G

Vladan Kovačević 1.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.8

D

Stratos Svarnas 4.Greece

5.8

D

Zoran Arsenić 24.Croatia

7.1

D

Milan Rundić 3.Serbia

7.0

M

Fran Tudor 7.Croatia

7.8

M

Giannis Papanikolaou 66.Greece

7.1

M

Vladyslav Kochergin 30.Ukraine

6.6

81'

M

Jean Carlos 20.Brazil

7.1

87'

F

Bartosz Nowak 27.Poland

7.8

75' 59'

F

Vladislavs Gutkovskis 21.Latvia

7.3

81' 38'

F

Ivi López 11.Spain

9.0

81' 65'

Substitutes

G

Kacper Trelowski 12.Poland

D

Tomas Petrasek 2.Czech Republic

D

Bogdan Racovitan 25.France

M

Gustav Berggren 5.Sweden

6.6

75'

M

Patryk Kun 23.Poland

87'

M

B. Lederman 8.USA

M

Marcin Cebula 77.Poland

8.0

81' 84'

M

Mateusz Wdowiak 17.Poland

6.5

81'

F

Sebastian Musiolik 9.Poland

6.3

81'

Raków Częstochowa started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Marek Papszun decided to play with the following team: Vladan Kovačević (6.8), Stratos Svarnas (5.8), Zoran Arsenić (7.1), Milan Rundić (7.0), Fran Tudor (7.8), Giannis Papanikolaou (7.1), Vladyslav Kocherhin (6.6), Jean Carlos (7.1), Ivi López (9.0), Vladislavs Gutkovskis (7.3) and Bartosz Nowak (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Kacper Trelowski, Tomáš Petrášek, Bogdan Racovitan, Gustav Berggren (6.6), Patryk Kun, Ben Lederman, Marcin Cebula (8.0), Mateusz Wdowiak (6.5) and Sebastian Musiolik (6.3).

Substitutions

Raków Częstochowa made 5 changes: Bartosz Nowak for Gustav Berggren (75′), Ivi López for Marcin Cebula (81′), Vladislavs Gutkovskis for Sebastian Musiolik (81′), Vladyslav Kochergin for Mateusz Wdowiak (81′) and Jean Carlos Silva for Patryk Kun (87′).

Best player: Ivi López​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Raków Częstochowa was Ivi López.

His rating is (9.0) with 1 goal, 39 passes (87% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 18. He performed 7 crosses.

Cracovia Kraków – Formation

Cracovia Kraków

G

Karol Niemczycki 23.Poland

5.6

D

Virgil Ghiță 5.Romania

5.8

D

Jakub Jugas 24.Czech Republic

6.4

88'

D

Arttu Hoskonen 22.Finland

6.4

M

Cornel Râpă 2.Romania

6.4

72'

M

Jani Atanasov 6.North Macedonia

6.1

7' 89'

M

Takuto Oshima 18.Japan

6.4

66' 15'

M

Otar Kakabadze 25.Georgia

6.4

F

Patryk Makuch 71.Poland

7.0

69'

F

Benjamin Källman 9.Finland

6.8

77' 4'

F

Michal Rakoczy 11.Poland

7.5

66' 16'

Substitutes

G

Lukáš Hroššo 31.Slovakia

D

Paweł Jaroszyński 4.Poland

5.2

72' 83'

D

Michal Sipľak 3.Slovakia

M

Karol Knap 20.Poland

6.3

66'

M

Kacper Jodłowski 36.Poland

M

Mateusz Bochnak 17.Poland

6.6

77'

F

Yevhen Konoplyanka 10.Ukraine

6.8

66'

Cracovia Kraków started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Jacek Zielinski played with: Karol Niemczycki (5.6), Jakub Jugas (6.4), Arttu Hoskonen (6.4), Virgil Ghiță (5.8), Cornel Râpă (6.4), Jani Atanasov (6.1), Takuto Oshima (6.4), Otar Kakabadze (6.4), Benjamin Källman (6.8), Michał Rakoczy (7.5) and Patryk Makuch (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Lukáš Hroššo, Paweł Jaroszyński (5.2), Michal Siplak, Karol Knap (6.3), Kacper Jodlowski, Yevhen Konoplyanka (6.8) and Mateusz Bochnak (6.6).

Substitutions

Cracovia Kraków made 4 changes: Takuto Oshima  for Karol Knap (66′), Michal Rakoczy for Yevhen Konoplyanka (66′), Cornel Rapa for Paweł Jaroszyński (72′) and Benjamin Källman for Mateusz Bochnak (77′).

Best player: Michał Rakoczy​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cracovia Kraków was Michał Rakoczy.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 17 passes (58% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ekstraklasa.​

• Śląsk Wrocław – Stal Mielec – 1-1
• Raków Częstochowa – Cracovia Kraków – 4-1
• Pogoń Szczecin – Korona Kielce – 0-0
• Jagiellonia Białystok – Zagłębie Lubin – 2-2