FC Copenhagen vs RKS Rakow Czestochowa Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 28/08/2023, 16:57  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 30/08/2023 at 07:00 in Champions League Prediction

Rakow Czestochowa will travel to FC Copenhagen on Wednesday looking to overturn the deficit in their UEFA Champions League playoff. Copenhagen lead the tie 1-0 after winning the first leg away last week. The winner at the end of this match on aggregate will qualify for the group stages. FC Copenhagen need to only avoid defeat here to be assured of back-to-back CL group-stage appearances. The Danish side has not lost at home in the Champions League in five matches. They have drawn four of those games and this will have them confident of getting the job done here. Jacob Neestrup made five changes to the squad that won the first leg in the Lions’ last match. This was a league match against Silkeborg that they lost 3-1 at home over the weekend. The result ended a 17-match unbeaten run that had seen them win 15 times.

Rakow Czestochowa did not play over the weekend and therefore have had a full week to prepare for this match. They will need to win by two clear goals in order to qualify. If they do so, Dawid Szwarga’s charges will record a historic achievement for the Polish club. Rakow have never made it to the group stages of any UEFA club competition let alone the Champions League. The Medallions won the Ekstraklasa, Polish topflight, last season for the first time in their history and qualified for the Champions League. They started their qualifying journey in the first round and were unbeaten before playing the first leg against Copenhagen. Rakow have won five of the seven matches they’ve played in the competition, two of those wins coming while away.