Lamine Diaby-Fadiga was the hero as Raków Częstochowa secured a vital 2-1 away win over Wieczysta Kraków on Friday night. The victory ended a damaging run of three consecutive league defeats for the team from Częstochowa, improving their recent form to two wins and three losses from their last five matches.
The match at the Synerise Arena was tense and closely fought. The hosts took the lead in the 69th minute through Lisandro Semedo, assisted by Efthymios Koulouris. Raków's response came from the bench. Substitute Diaby-Fadiga leveled the score from the penalty spot in the 79th minute after a VAR-reviewed handball by Koulouris.
The decisive moment arrived just two minutes from time. Patryk Makuch, the team's top scorer this season with six goals, provided the assist for Diaby-Fadiga to slot home the winner past goalkeeper Mateusz Kochalski. This was only Raków's second win of the 2026 campaign, a season in which they have scored 13 goals but conceded 25.
How the match unfolded
Manager Kaczmarek set his side up in a 4-4-1-1 formation. Raków created the better chances, registering 23 shots with 13 on target, forcing Kochalski into eleven saves. Oskar Repka hit the post for the visitors, while Wieczysta's Tobias Christensen struck the woodwork just before halftime. The visitors committed ten fouls, with Stratos Svarnas and Bogdan Racovițan booked.
What the win means for the table
Despite the key three points, Raków Częstochowa remain rooted to the bottom of the Ekstraklasa table in 18th place, with just three points from ten games, having recorded one win and nine losses. They are 22 points adrift of leaders Gornik Zabrze. The next test comes on Saturday, October 24th, with an away fixture against sixth-placed Wisla Krakow.
Radio ESKA noted that "the hero of the match was once again Lamine Diaby-Fadiga." The team from Częstochowa recorded their second victory of the 2026 season in front of 2,092 spectators in Krakow.
In their recent form, Raków had lost three matches in a row, conceding a total of nine goals in that run. Their next fixture is away to Wisla Krakow on Saturday, October 24th. Wisla currently sit sixth in the table with sixteen points. Prior to this triumph, the team had lost 1-4 to GKS Katowice, beaten Polonia Bytom 4-1, and suffered 3-2 and 2-3 defeats to Korona Kielce and Zaglebie Lubin respectively.
