The first leg ended Midtjylland-Legia Warszawa 3-3. All is set for the decider in this Europa Conference League Play-offs fixture!
It's quite the trip for Midtjylland when visiting Legia Warszawa as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Superliga game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Nordsjælland. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Legia Warszawa form and stats
Action has already taken place for Legia Warszawa in Europa Conference League as they have defeated Austria Wien and Ordabasy to reach the Play-offs.As mentioned below, Legia Warszawa are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Ekstraklasa games. 2W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Legia Warszawa.
The Warszawa boss Runjaic and his crew return home after a 3-3 draw away versus Midtjylland in the Europa Conference League. Midfielder Slisz was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.75 (out of ten) in that game. Slisz scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Korona Kielce.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 Legia Warszawa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ekstraklasa game versus Widzew Lodz in only three days. This game is also played here at Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego.
Goals decide football matches and Legia Warszawa are scoring many of them at home; 7 on target from 3 league matches.
Midtjylland form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Progres Niedercorn and Omonia Nicosia in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. Midtjylland was sent out of Europa Conference League in the knockout round play-offs last season.Midtjylland are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Superliga, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 2W-1D-2L. This is both home and away.
Midtjylland aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 211 league minutes without a goal. Djú was the last player to find the net.
Two away games in a row for Midtjylland, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Nordsjælland. Olsson got a match rating of 6.94 in that game, top player of the team. Olsson hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 52 total).
One game before, 3-3 at home vs Legia Warszawa in the Europa Conference League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting AGF in just three days.
The opposition has been scoring high and low on Midtjylland's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the results database show this recent game: Midtjylland - Legia Warszawa 3-3. Head to head data (for the last three meetings): Warszawa won one game, one match ended with a draw and Midtjylland got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last three encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Pekhart 4 goals |   K. Cho 3 goals |  J. Soares Pesqueira 2 goals |
Legia Warszawa missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| Legia Warszawa | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 53 | 36 | Scored | S | 19 | 46 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 20 | 34 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.6 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 14.7 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 36% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 9.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Slask Wrocaw | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Zagebie Lubin | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Cracovia Krakow | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Radomiak Radom | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Stal Mielec | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Rakow Czestochowa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Lech Poznan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Piast Gliwice | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Widzew Lodz | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Warta Poznan | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Pogon Szczecin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | KS odz | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 6 |
| 16 | Ruch Chorzow | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Gornik Zabrze | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Korona Kielce | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nordsjælland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 15 |
| 2 | København | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Brøndby | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | AGF | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Silkeborg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Midtjylland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | OB | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Viborg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Lyngby | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Randers | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 11 | Hvidovre | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -9 | 2 |
| 12 | Vejle | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
