Linfield have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Legia Warszawa. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
It's no vacation for neither Legia Warszawa nor Linfield as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Linfield when visiting Legia Warszawa as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Legia Warszawa form and stats
Warszawa have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Linfield. Warszawa participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the play-offs.In the game before, an away victory in the Polish Cup match versus Bechatow with a 6-1 scoreline.
Everyone expects Legia Warszawa to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found seven games: four home wins, three draws and zero defeats. Warszawa have won with at least two goals margin two times in similar situations.
Linfield form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Legia Warszawa and Tre Fiori in order to reach 1st Qualifying Round of Champions League. Linfield's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 1st qualifying round.Playing away, Linfield have won 10 games, drawn 1 and suffered 5 defeats in the Premiership this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Legia Warszawa. It’s been three wins in a row for Linfield on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Prior to that result Linfield won their away game at Carrick Rangers in the Premiership. The scoreline was 2-0.
Linfield are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 18 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were eleven wins, three draws and four defeats. Of the defeats, one game were lost by at least two goals margin.
Linfield has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 16 games. It's not easy to score on Linfield as they have only conceded 15 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Waterworth 13 goals | J. Cooper 11 goals | S. Lavery 10 goals |
Legia Warszawa missing players
Linfield missing players
| Legia Warszawa | Linfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 44 | ||
| 22 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 320 | 160 | Total Shots | T S | 84 | 241 | ||
| 127 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 100 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Linfield | 31 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 47 | 69 |
| 2 | Coleraine | 31 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 40 | 65 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 17 | 36 | 59 |
| 4 | Cliftonville | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 26 | 59 |
| 5 | Glentoran | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 58 |
| 6 | Larne | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 59 | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 30 | 56 |
| 7 | Glenavon | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 71 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 51 | -25 | 35 |
| 8 | Carrick Rangers | 31 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 34 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -13 | 32 |
| 9 | Dungannon Swifts | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 76 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 43 | -40 | 30 |
| 10 | Ballymena United | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 54 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 24 | -20 | 27 |
| 11 | Warrenpoint Town | 31 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 45 | -59 | 18 |
| 12 | Institute | 31 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -49 | 15 |