CZęSTOCHOWA. Lech Poznań defeats Raków Częstochowa with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Marchwiński (32′) and a penalty scored by K. Velde (73′). Lech Poznań took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadion Raków stadium in Częstochowa on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 5,500 spectators.​ The referee was Daniel Stefanski who was helped by Dawid Igor Golis and Michal Obukowicz. The 4th official was Tomasz Musial. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.9 degrees Celsius or 64.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lech Poznań had a superior ball possession 56% while Raków Częstochowa was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lech Poznań was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lech Poznań won the match.​

Raków Częstochowa shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Lech Poznań shot 13 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Raków Częstochowa received 1 yellow card (B. Lederman). On the opposite side, Lech Poznań received 2 yellow cards (Jesper Karlström and A. Sobiech).

Standings

After playing this match, Raków Częstochowa will stay with 71 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Lech Poznań will have 55 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Raków Częstochowa will host Zagłębie Lubin on the 27th of May with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Raków Częstochowa (1 draw).

Lech Poznań will host Jagiellonia Białystok on the 27th of May with a 16-15 head to head record in favor of Jagiellonia Białystok (6 draws).

Raków Częstochowa – Formation

Raków Częstochowa started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Marek Papszun decided to play with the following team: Vladan Kovačević (6.2), Bogdan Racovitan (6.3), Stratos Svarnas (6.8), Fran Tudor (6.1), Wiktor Długosz (6.2), Vladyslav Kocherhin (6.0), Ben Lederman (6.2), Jean Carlos (6.6), Mateusz Wdowiak (6.7), Marcin Cebula (7.0) and Vladislavs Gutkovskis (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Bartosz Nowak (6.4), Kacper Trelowski, Tobiasz Kubik (6.5), Szymon Czyż (6.6) and Patryk Kun (6.3).

Substitutions

Raków Częstochowa made 3 changes: W. Długosz for Patryk Kun (57′), B. Lederman for Szymon Czyż (74′) and Mateusz Wdowiak for Bartosz Nowak (74′).

Best player: Marcin Cebula​

The player that probably impressed the most for Raków Częstochowa was Marcin Cebula.

His rating is (7.0) with 25 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Lech Poznań – Formation

Lech Poznań started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

John van den Brom played with: Filip Bednarek (6.8), Joel Pereira (7.9), Alan Czerwiński (6.8), Ľubomír Šatka (6.8), Pedro Rebocho (7.1), Radosław Murawski (7.5), Michał Skóraś (7.3), Nika Kvekveskiri (7.6), Jesper Karlström (7.3), Kristoffer Velde (7.1) and Filip Marchwiński (7.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Michal Gurgul, Filip Wilak, Artur Sobiech (6.4), Giorgi Tsitaishvili, Jakub Antczak, Mateusz Żukowski, Dominik Holec, Barry Douglas and João Amaral.

Substitutions

Lech Poznań made 3 changes: Nika Kvekveskiri for Artur Sobiech (81′), Kristoffer Velde for Filip Wilak (86′) and F. Marchwiński for Michał Gurgul (90′).

Best player: Joel Pereira​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lech Poznań was Joel Pereira even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 47 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Raków Częstochowa – Lech Poznań – 0-2
• Pogoń Szczecin – Miedź Legnica – 3-2
• Stal Mielec – Lechia Gdańsk – 0-0