International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Legia Warszawa and Omonia Nicosia are looking forward to this Champions League fight to decide who advances from the 2nd Qualifying Round.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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.Legia Warszawa enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rakow Czestochowa's place. The match ended 2-1 with Tomáš Pekhart (2) scoring.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Warszawa's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played six games, won four matches, drawn one and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Warszawa, as the Ekstraklasa home game vs Jagiellonia Biaystok is only three days away.
Omonia Nicosia form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Ararat-Armenia in order to reach 2nd Qualifying Round of Champions League.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Omonia Nicosia playing as the away team in the 1. Division this season.
Nicosia has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Paphos for a 1. Division game that ended a draw (2-2). Prior to that result Nicosia won their away game at Ararat-Armenia (after extra-time) in the Champions League. The scoreline was 1-0.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nicosia when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing zero and winning zero games.
After this away game Nicosia return home for a 1. Division game against Karmiotissa. That game is only two sleeps after this.
It's early days yet, but Omonia Nicosia has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Pekhart 2 goals |
Legia Warszawa missing players
Omonia Nicosia missing players
| Legia Warszawa | Omonia Nicosia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 50 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 69% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 6.2 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.3 | ||
| 2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 329 | 155 | Total Shots | T S | 136 | 250 | ||
| 132 | 69 | Shots on Target | S O | 61 | 112 | ||
| 31% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Slask Wrocaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Legia Warszawa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Zagebie Lubin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Lech Poznań | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Pogon Szczecin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Rakow Czestochowa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Piast Gliwice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cracovia Kraków | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | APOEL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Karmiotissa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Omonia Nicosia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Paphos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Apollon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Doxa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |