It's Europa Conference League time and the hopeful contenders are Lech Poznań and Djurgården

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Competition: Europe Europa Conference League
Competition: Thu 09.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)

It's game one of two in the Europa Conference League as Lech Poznań host Djurgården. This is a Round of 16 fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

It should be mentioned that Djurgården play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Djurgården on grass are 14 victories, 5 draws and 9 defeats from 28 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 36-25. You can compare this with overall results below.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Lech Poznań and Djurgården should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lech Poznań form and stats

The complete Ekstraklasa results at home this season for Lech Poznań are 6-1-5 (wins-draws-losses). 6W-6D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Lech Poznań.

The Lech Poznań followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Lechia Gdansk and win 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Lech Poznań played a great game against Lechia Gdansk and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Defender Rebocho got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.8/10. Rebocho served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.

A Ekstraklasa defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Slask Wrocaw.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lech Poznań have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Poznań as they are travelling to their away game against Piast Gliwice in the Ekstraklasa. That match is three days after this one.

Lech Poznań has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches.

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Djurgården form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Allsvenskan. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Djurgården: 10 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

The followers enjoyed Djurgården's previous fixture versus Brommapojkarna, a Svenska Cupen win (2-1) played at home.

Previously, the Svenska Cupen win away at Örebro.

A quick return to home after this game, as Djurgården are hosting Malmö FF in the Svenska Cupen only three days away.

Djurgården have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 15 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Lech PoznańM. Ishak
M. Ishak
10 goals
Lech PoznańM. Skóraś
M. Skóraś
6 goals
Lech PoznańK. Velde
K. Velde
3 goals

Lech Poznań missing players

Djurgården missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lech Poznań Djurgården
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   14 25
10 7   Won W   10 17
10 3   Drew D   3 3
5 4   Lost L   1 5
34 23   Scored S   24 49
21 12   Conceded C   11 25
80% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 92%
60% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 64%
48% 57%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 60%
24% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 36%
8% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 28%
48% 36%   BTTS BTTS   43% 48%
48% 57%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 40%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   21% 20%
 
5.2 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5 5.2
3.7 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.9
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.2
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
14.5 15.3   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 12.2
5.6 5.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 5
25% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 38%
 
10.9 10.7   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 10
3.6 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.3 2.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rakow Czestochowa 23 17 4 2 43 14 11 10 1 0 26 5 12 7 3 2 17 9 29 55
2 Legia Warszawa 23 13 7 3 35 26 11 7 4 0 21 12 12 6 3 3 14 14 9 46
3 Lech Poznań 23 11 6 6 31 21 12 6 1 5 16 12 11 5 5 1 15 9 10 39
4 Widzew Lodz 23 10 6 7 29 25 12 5 3 4 17 15 11 5 3 3 12 10 4 36
5 Pogon Szczecin 23 10 6 7 36 35 11 5 3 3 17 16 12 5 3 4 19 19 1 36
6 Cracovia Kraków 23 9 6 8 27 20 12 6 3 3 15 7 11 3 3 5 12 13 7 33
7 Warta Poznań 23 9 6 8 28 23 11 2 5 4 13 14 12 7 1 4 15 9 5 33
8 Radomiak Radom 23 9 5 9 25 25 12 4 2 6 13 15 11 5 3 3 12 10 0 32
9 Wisła Płock 23 9 4 10 31 30 11 7 1 3 16 8 12 2 3 7 15 22 1 31
10 Stal Mielec 23 8 5 10 26 28 12 4 4 4 13 11 11 4 1 6 13 17 -2 29
11 Slask Wrocaw 23 7 8 8 23 29 12 4 5 3 15 17 11 3 3 5 8 12 -6 29
12 Zagebie Lubin 23 8 5 10 22 33 12 2 4 6 9 17 11 6 1 4 13 16 -11 29
13 Piast Gliwice 23 7 5 11 25 26 11 3 2 6 12 13 12 4 3 5 13 13 -1 26
14 Jagiellonia Biaystok 23 5 10 8 31 31 11 5 1 5 20 16 12 0 9 3 11 15 0 25
15 Gornik Zabrze 23 6 7 10 28 34 12 2 4 6 13 19 11 4 3 4 15 15 -6 25
16 Korona Kielce 23 6 5 12 25 36 11 4 2 5 11 12 12 2 3 7 14 24 -11 23
17 Lechia Gdansk 23 6 4 13 21 40 11 3 3 5 8 16 12 3 1 8 13 24 -19 22
18 Miedz Legnica 23 4 7 12 25 35 12 3 5 4 14 17 11 1 2 8 11 18 -10 19
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Häcken 30 18 10 2 69 37 15 9 4 2 38 21 15 9 6 0 31 16 32 64
2 Djurgården 30 17 6 7 55 25 15 11 1 3 38 11 15 6 5 4 17 14 30 57
3 Hammarby 30 16 8 6 60 27 15 9 5 1 37 13 15 7 3 5 23 14 33 56
4 Kalmar 30 15 6 9 41 27 15 10 2 3 20 7 15 5 4 6 21 20 14 51
5 AIK 30 14 8 8 45 36 15 8 4 3 21 11 15 6 4 5 24 25 9 50
6 Elfsborg 30 13 10 7 55 35 15 8 5 2 33 19 15 5 5 5 22 16 20 49
7 Malmö FF 30 13 7 10 44 34 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 5 3 7 19 21 10 46
8 IFK Göteborg 30 14 3 13 42 39 15 7 3 5 19 18 15 7 0 8 23 21 3 45
9 Mjallby 30 11 10 9 33 33 15 5 6 4 21 20 15 6 4 5 12 13 0 43
10 Varnamo 30 9 10 11 34 47 15 5 6 4 17 18 15 4 4 7 17 29 -13 37
11 Sirius 30 9 8 13 31 42 15 6 2 7 17 17 15 3 6 6 14 25 -11 35
12 Norrköping 30 8 10 12 40 42 15 5 4 6 24 20 15 3 6 6 16 22 -2 34
13 Degerfors 30 7 10 13 32 49 15 5 6 4 17 18 15 2 4 9 15 31 -17 31
14 Varberg 30 8 7 15 31 57 15 4 5 6 15 25 15 4 2 9 16 32 -26 31
15 Helsingborg 30 4 5 21 22 52 15 2 3 10 9 22 15 2 2 11 13 30 -30 17
16 GIF Sundsvall 30 4 2 24 28 80 15 4 0 11 20 38 15 0 2 13 8 42 -52 14

Djurgården:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Häcken 30 18 10 2 69 37 15 9 4 2 38 21 15 9 6 0 31 16 32 64
2 Djurgården 30 17 6 7 55 25 15 11 1 3 38 11 15 6 5 4 17 14 30 57
3 Hammarby 30 16 8 6 60 27 15 9 5 1 37 13 15 7 3 5 23 14 33 56
4 Kalmar 30 15 6 9 41 27 15 10 2 3 20 7 15 5 4 6 21 20 14 51
5 AIK 30 14 8 8 45 36 15 8 4 3 21 11 15 6 4 5 24 25 9 50
6 Elfsborg 30 13 10 7 55 35 15 8 5 2 33 19 15 5 5 5 22 16 20 49
7 Malmö FF 30 13 7 10 44 34 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 5 3 7 19 21 10 46
8 IFK Göteborg 30 14 3 13 42 39 15 7 3 5 19 18 15 7 0 8 23 21 3 45
9 Mjallby 30 11 10 9 33 33 15 5 6 4 21 20 15 6 4 5 12 13 0 43
10 Varnamo 30 9 10 11 34 47 15 5 6 4 17 18 15 4 4 7 17 29 -13 37
11 Sirius 30 9 8 13 31 42 15 6 2 7 17 17 15 3 6 6 14 25 -11 35
12 Norrköping 30 8 10 12 40 42 15 5 4 6 24 20 15 3 6 6 16 22 -2 34
13 Degerfors 30 7 10 13 32 49 15 5 6 4 17 18 15 2 4 9 15 31 -17 31
14 Varberg 30 8 7 15 31 57 15 4 5 6 15 25 15 4 2 9 16 32 -26 31
15 Helsingborg 30 4 5 21 22 52 15 2 3 10 9 22 15 2 2 11 13 30 -30 17
16 GIF Sundsvall 30 4 2 24 28 80 15 4 0 11 20 38 15 0 2 13 8 42 -52 14

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