Rakow – Warta Poznan : Preview & Prediction
Rakow and Warta Poznań play at Stadion Raków in a 1st round clash of the Ekstraklasa. The history of direct clashes played in this stadium favors the home team, which in the last 4 matches has won 4. Indeed, in the last clash in this stadium, for the Ekstraklasa on 03-10-2021, Raków Częstochowa won by (3-0). Raków’s goals were scored by V. Gutkovskis (45′ ), M. Rundic (23′ ) and A. Niewulis (48′ ).
The home team debuts in this edition after finishing last season in 2nd place. The team comes into this encounter after an away win with Lech Poznań by (0-2). Raków have won 7 and drawn 3 of their last 10 matches played at home for all competitions. Their attack has been scoring with regularity, as they have scored goals in 9 of their last 10 games.
Rakow started the season by winning the Polish Super Cup title over Lech Poznan. Now, they want to start the Polish championship on the right foot, so much so that they are thinking of nothing else but victory. They are favored because they play in their home stadium, and they must impose themselves from the very first minutes. By controlling the game and not leaving spaces, the probability of victory will be higher and they know that they depend only on themselves to secure the three points.
This will be the first game in this edition of the competition for the visiting team, which finished the previous edition in 11th position. In the last game they played, for the club friendly, they beat Górnik Zabrze away by (0-1). In their last 10 games as visitors Warta Poznań have won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3. Their attack has been scoring with regularity, as they have managed to materialize in 8 of the last 10 games. In their away games there is a tendency for few goals, as 18 of their last 40 games have ended with Less than 1.5 goals and 26 out of 40 have ended with Less than 2.5 goals.
The Polish season is just starting and Warta Poznan will already have a big duel in the league opener. They know that beating Rakow is going to be complicated and that makes them have to double their attention on the field. The ideal is to maintain a more cautious posture, where you can at least avoid having your goals scored. As their recent record against Rakow is not the best, they know they cannot complain if a draw happens.
Rakow – Warta Poznan : Betting Tips
Rakow – Win Odds: 1.45
