Midtjylland host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Play-offs game. Legia Warszawa will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego before the return leg in 8 days.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Midtjylland and Legia Warszawa.
Midtjylland form and stats
Midtjylland have not come this way in the Europa Conference League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Progres Niedercorn and Omonia Nicosia. Midtjylland participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the knockout round play-offs.Midtjylland have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Superliga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
Midtjylland's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Brøndby. Defender Paulinho got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.3/10. Paulinho hit one key pass and won 8 of 10 duels.
A home win ahead of that match, as anticipated. The team were solid favourites against Omonia Nicosia and won 5-1. 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 Midtjylland 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.
Midtjylland are traveling soon after this match as the Superliga match at Nordsjælland awaits in three days.
As for guarding their own goal, Midtjylland have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Legia Warszawa form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Austria Wien and Ordabasy in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League.0-1-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Legia Warszawa in their Ekstraklasa matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa Conference League stats, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss both home and away.
Legia Warszawa won their last game, 1-0 versus Korona Kielce played at home. Defender Augustyniak was the best team player with a rating of 7.94. Augustyniak won 7 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that, the Europa Conference League victory away at Austria Wien.
{1 goals} so far away for Legia Warszawa, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the preceeding two meetings): Midtjylland won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Legia Warszawa have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two. The games between these sides have sometimes been hostile, having seen 2 red cards from the last two duels.
Top Goalscorers
  T. Pekhart 4 goals |   K. Cho 3 goals |  D. Simsir 2 goals |
Midtjylland missing players
Legia Warszawa missing players
| Midtjylland | Legia Warszawa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 43 | 24 | Scored | S | 16 | 52 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.2 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 13.7 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Copenhagen | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 2 | Nordsjælland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 | Brøndby | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Midtjylland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | AGF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Viborg | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Lyngby | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Silkeborg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | OB | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Hvidovre | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |
| 11 | Randers | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 2 |
| 12 | Vejle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Legia Warszawa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Zagebie Lubin | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Radomiak Radom | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Cracovia Krakow | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Rakow Czestochowa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Lech Poznan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Widzew Lodz | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Piast Gliwice | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Pogon Szczecin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | KS odz | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 12 | Warta Poznan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Stal Mielec | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Gornik Zabrze | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Slask Wrocaw | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Ruch Chorzow | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Korona Kielce | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
