International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Legia Warszawa and Leicester City are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
Both participants have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an in-your-face game!
Leicester City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Legia Warszawa form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.Legia Warszawa have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Ekstraklasa. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Legia Warszawa has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
The Legia Warszawa fans got no joy from their last match, a Ekstraklasa game also here at Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego: A 2-3 defeat against Raków Częstochowa. Midfielder Josué was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Josué served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 83 successful passes (of 92 total).
Before that match, a Polish Cup win away at Wigry Suwałki.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Warszawa as they are travelling to their away game against Lechia Gdansk in the Ekstraklasa. That match is three days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (6 in 3 games), Legia Warszawa's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Warszawa have conceded 4 goals.
Leicester City form and stats
They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 16th finals, when Slavia Praha drew the shortest straw.Things could have gone better for Leicester City in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Leicester played 2-2 against Burnley in their previous match. Jamie Vardy, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.31. Vardy scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that result Leicester won their away game at Millwall in the Carabao Cup. The scoreline was 2-0.Leicester have another fixture away in just three sleeps, a Premier League game against Crystal Palace. A difficult calendar for the guests!
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Leicester City have scored 4 goals in 3 league games away. For Leicester City, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 5 goals |   E. Muçi 2 goals | M. Mədətov 2 goals |
Legia Warszawa missing players
Leicester City missing players
| Legia Warszawa | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Scored | S | 16 | 38 | ||
| 21 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 5.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | ||
| 29% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Napoli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 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 | Lech Poznan | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Slask Wrocaw | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Lechia Gdansk | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Pogon Szczecin | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Zagebie Lubin | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 6 | Raków Częstochowa | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Cracovia Krakow | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 9 | Wisa Krakow | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Stal Mielec | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 11 |
| 11 | Wisla Plock | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Radomiak Radom | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 13 | Piast Gliwice | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Gornik Zabrze | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Legia Warszawa | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Warta Poznan | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 17 | Nieciecza | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 6 |
| 18 | Gornik eczna | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -15 | 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 | Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 13 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | Everton | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Aston Villa | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Brentford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Watford | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Southampton | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 | Leeds United | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 3 |
| 19 | Burnley | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 2 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -14 | 0 |
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)