Can Lechia Gdańsk defeat Legia Warszawa in Stadion Energa Gdańsk clash?

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 20.May
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Energa Gdańsk (41984 seats)

A brief peek at the Ekstraklasa table point to an edge to Legia Warszawa when they arrive at Lechia Gdańsk. However; let's wait before we award the win!

Insights:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the fewest scored goals (27) in Ekstraklasa

Lechia Gdańsk have had a bad season and will be relegated from Ekstraklasa. Warszawa are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's wish for an active game!

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

With 4 Ekstraklasa wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Lechia Gdańsk are certainly not brimming with confidence. With Lechia Gdańsk having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Badia.

The home team returns to Stadion Energa Gdańsk after drawing with Stal Mielec (placed 12th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Kubicki (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.8/10. Kubicki hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 43 total).

Before that game, the home loss against Zagłębie Lubin with the scoreline 1-3.

It should be taken into account that a glance at the 10 latest league games shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Lechia Gdańsk here at Stadion Energa Gdańsk in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 16 games). On the other hand, Lechia Gdańsk have conceded 22 goals.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ekstraklasa travels is 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. Warszawa has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Legia Warszawa had fun at their own home (Stadion Energa Gdańsk) last time out, beating Jagiellonia Biaystok 5-1. Nawrocki, Josué, Rosołek, Muçi and Kramer scored. As mentioned above, Legia Warszawa was the only team on the pitch versus Jagiellonia Biaystok in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Josué got a player rating of 8.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Josué scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 71 successful passes (of 88 total).

Prior to that match, the Legia Warszawa manager Runjaic faced defeat when travelling to Pogoń Szczecin and losing 1-2.

Warszawa have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Legia Warszawa have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former H2H encounter ended Legia Warszawa - Lechia Gdańsk 2-1, earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Lechia won two games, two matches ended with a tie and Legia Warszawa have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

Legia WarszawaJ. Soares Pesqueira
J. Soares Pesqueira
12 goals
Lechia GdańskŁ. Zwoliński
Ł. Zwoliński
9 goals
Lechia GdańskF. Lopes Paixão
F. Lopes Paixão
7 goals

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Legia Warszawa missing players

Lechia Gdańsk Legia Warszawa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 5 16 32
7 4 0 Won W 1 7 18
6 4 1 Drew D 3 4 9
19 8 4 Lost L 1 5 5
27 14 1 Scored S 6 19 54
53 22 10 Conceded C 5 19 35
88% 81% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 94%
66% 56% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 62% 75%
59% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 53%
28% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 34%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
41% 38% 20% BTTS BTTS 60% 44% 53%
28% 38% 20% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 38%
44% 44% 80% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 16%
 
4.9 4.8 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 5 5.5
5.8 5.3 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 4.6 4.4
2.2 1.7 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 4 4
 
10.9 11.6 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11 13.5
3.6 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 3.9 4.8
23% 23% 5% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 30% 35%
 
15.2 14.2 13.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 10.9 10.8
5.1 4.6 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.4 4 3.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the fewest scored goals (27) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the most conceded goals (53) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the the worst goal difference (-26) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  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 32 22 5 5 60 22 16 14 1 1 40 9 16 8 4 4 20 13 38 71
2 Legia Warszawa 32 18 9 5 54 35 16 11 5 0 35 16 16 7 4 5 19 19 19 63
3 Pogoń Szczecin 32 16 9 7 52 44 16 9 4 3 29 23 16 7 5 4 23 21 8 57
4 Lech Poznań 32 15 10 7 46 29 16 8 2 6 23 15 16 7 8 1 23 14 17 55
5 Piast Gliwice 32 14 7 11 36 30 16 6 4 6 17 15 16 8 3 5 19 15 6 49
6 Warta Poznan 31 12 8 11 35 31 15 5 6 4 19 15 16 7 2 7 16 16 4 44
7 Górnik Zabrze 32 12 8 12 43 42 16 5 5 6 21 22 16 7 3 6 22 20 1 44
8 Cracovia Krakow 32 11 9 12 37 34 16 7 5 4 20 10 16 4 4 8 17 24 3 42
9 Widzew Lodz 32 11 8 13 37 41 16 5 3 8 22 25 16 6 5 5 15 16 -4 41
10 Zagłębie Lubin 32 11 8 13 32 43 16 3 5 8 11 20 16 8 3 5 21 23 -11 41
11 Jagiellonia Biaystok 32 9 13 10 47 46 16 8 3 5 29 21 16 1 10 5 18 25 1 40
12 Stal Mielec 32 10 10 12 35 38 16 5 7 4 17 14 16 5 3 8 18 24 -3 40
13 Radomiak Radom 31 10 8 13 29 35 16 4 4 8 14 19 15 6 4 5 15 16 -6 38
14 Korona Kielce 32 10 8 14 36 45 16 8 3 5 19 16 16 2 5 9 17 29 -9 38
15 Wisla Plock 32 10 7 15 40 45 16 8 4 4 22 14 16 2 3 11 18 31 -5 37
16 Slask Wrocaw 32 8 11 13 30 43 16 5 6 5 19 21 16 3 5 8 11 22 -13 35
17 Lechia Gdańsk 32 7 6 19 27 53 16 4 4 8 14 22 16 3 2 11 13 31 -26 27
18 Miedz Legnica 32 4 10 18 31 51 16 3 6 7 16 23 16 1 4 11 15 28 -20 22

Read more about Ekstraklasa

The Ekstraklasa, which carries the sponsorship name Lotto Ekstraklasa, is the top football league in Poland. It has 16 teams playing each other home and away to decide a regular season league table. The top eight teams then play a championship round while the bottom eight play a relegation round.