On Saturday night, Rakow Czestochowa and Legia Warsawa clash at the Stadion Rakow in the Polish Super Cup.
The hosts qualified for the Polish Super Cup by becoming the national champions last season for the first time in the club's 102 years. They have enjoyed a decent pre-season campaign, with three wins in their previous four outings.
Last time out, Rakow Czestochowa recorded what could be a vital 1-0 home win over Flora in the Champions League first qualifying round first leg.
The game ended a run of high-scoring games for Dawid Szwarga’s team in all competitions.
The reigning Polish champions didn’t have much of a history in the Super Cup until relatively recently. However, they debuted in the competition in 2021 against Saturday’s opponents and recorded a victory on penalty kicks.
They also appeared in the 2022 edition of the competition, this time seeing off Lech Poznan 2-0.
Legia Warsawa goes into this clash in positive recent friendly form, having recorded five straight victories in pre-season.
A 2-0 win at Salzburg last time out also means that the Polish Cup winners have scored at least two goals in each of their recent victories while keeping three clean sheets. It was a massively positive run of form heading into this clash.
Legia qualified for the Super Cup by beating Saturday’s opponents in the Polish Cup final in a penalty shootout to claim the trophy for the 30th time in their history.
Unlike their opponents, Legia have a long history of featuring in the Polish Super Cup. However, unlike Rakow, they have struggled to lift the trophy, as the team from the capital has failed to win in their previous eight appearances in the Super Cup.
They have suffered four defeats over 90 minutes and four penalty shootout defeats.
Forebet predicts that this encounter will end in a high-scoring draw, which will, like the cup final, likely be decided by a penalty shootout.