Rakow Czestochowa will take on Astana in the UEFA Conference League second qualifying round. The game will be played at Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków (Częstochowa) and will kick off at 21:00 CET on Thursday, July 21st. Check out team news, predicted lineups, and our Rakow Czestochowa vs Astana prediction for the same.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Rakow Czestochowa to win – 1.63.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Both to score – NO – 1.77.
Rakow are in a great moment; the Polish side are on a run of very good performances, especially at home, as 11 of the previous 14 games at Piłkarski Raków have ended in victory for the home side, while 3 games ended in draw. Moreover, they scored 29 goals in those matches.
Marek Papszun’s team are holding a good defensive shape. They have successfully kept a clean sheet in their previous 3 games.
Rakow Czestochowa have qualified for the UEFA Conference League qualifiers after finishing second last campaign.
The Polish side made their debut in European football in the last season. After eliminating Suduva and Rubin Kazan in the 2nd and 3rd round, respectively, Rakow was close to a historical achievement. In the UECL playoffs, they stunned Gent in the first leg, however, suffered a severe defeat in the reverse game (0:3).
After the pre-season friendlies (W3, L1), Polish Cup holders Rakow have beaten top-flight league champions Lech Poznan 2-0 to win the Polish Super Cup for the second year in a row.
Meanwhile, coming into this game, Rakow kicked off Ekstraklasa’s new season with narrow win against Warta Poznan (1:0).
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On the other hand, Astana earned comfortable win against Shakhter Karagandy (5:2) in Kazakhstan’s cup matchup. Currently, Srđan Blagojević’s team are in good run, losing just two times in their previous 15 games (W9, D4).
Last year Astana only managed to reach the 3rd round of the Conference League, where they were knocked out by the Finnish side KUPS.
Rakow Czestochowa: Kovacevic; Racovitan, Arsenic, Rundic, Sorescu, Papanikolaou, Lederman, Tudor, Wdowiak, Lopez, Gutkovskis
Astana: Milosevic; Beisebekov, Dosmagambetov, Sovet, Beskorovainyi, Tomasov, Darabayev, Manzorro, Vloet, Pertsukh
If you are looking for safe bets, you can try “the hosts goals handicap (0)” outcome. This bet has odds of 1.21 at Helabet.
This is the first-ever match between these two teams
This fixture will be played at Miejski Stadion Piłkarski Raków (Częstochowa)
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