It's time for episode two of the Legia Warszawa - Slavia Praha Play-offs battle

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 26.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Play-offs between Legia Warszawa and Slavia Praha. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

Slavia Praha could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Czech Liga game only four sleeps ago.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

Warszawa was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa League.

Legia Warszawa have collected 3 points from their Ekstraklasa home games so far after 1-0-0. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Warszawa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Warszawa shared the glory with Slavia Praha in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2.

In the game before, an away victory in the Ekstraklasa match versus Warta Poznan with a 2-0 scoreline.

The manager C. Michniewicz will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Wisa Krakow in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Legia Warszawa's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.

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Slavia Praha form and stats

They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Arsenal drew the shortest straw.

Slavia Praha are yet to lose a point on their Czech Liga travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games. Things are running smoothly for Slavia who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 50 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Slovacko.

The Slavia Praha goalkeeper Ondrej Kolar is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 227 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Daniel Samek, Stanislav Tecl, Ondřej Kúdela and Ondrej Lingr scored in Slavia's previous match, the home game against Baník Ostrava that ended 4-0. As mentioned above, Slavia was the only team on the pitch versus Baník Ostrava in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

A draw for Slavia Praha before that, at their own venue hosting Legia Warszawa (2-2).

Slavia have another game that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Czech Liga fixture vs Karviná. A difficult itinerary for the guests!

The Slavia manager J. Trpišovský has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. Slavia's manager J. Trpišovský has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 1 conceded goal. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head encounter ended Slavia Praha - Warszawa 2-2, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Slavia PrahaI. Schranz
I. Schranz
4 goals
Slavia PrahaJ. Kuchta
J. Kuchta
2 goals
Legia WarszawaT. Pekhart
T. Pekhart
1 goals

Legia Warszawa missing players

Slavia Praha missing players

Legia Warszawa Slavia Praha
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   14 25
15 7   Won W   9 16
7 3   Drew D   4 7
3 2   Lost L   1 2
37 18   Scored S   19 43
19 11   Conceded C   5 16
84% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 92%
56% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 72%
36% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   21% 40%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   7% 24%
16% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
40% 50%   BTTS BTTS   21% 36%
56% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   71% 56%
20% 25%   Failed to Score F T   21% 16%
 
4.9 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.9 6.2
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 3.9
1.9 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.2 11   Shots (avg) S (   10.8 11.2
4.1 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.7
34% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 37%

  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 5 4 1 0 10 2 3 2 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 6 2 8 13
2 Pogon Szczecin 5 3 1 1 8 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 4 10
3 Lechia Gdansk 5 2 2 1 6 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 8
4 Wisa Krakow 5 2 1 2 10 7 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 1 1 6 5 3 7
5 Radomiak Radom 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 7
6 Piast Gliwice 5 2 1 2 9 8 3 1 1 1 7 7 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 7
7 Jagiellonia Biaystok 5 2 1 2 7 6 4 2 1 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 7
8 Slask Wrocaw 5 1 4 0 6 5 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
9 Wisla Plock 5 2 0 3 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 3 3 6 2 6
10 Legia Warszawa 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
11 Gornik Zabrze 4 2 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 6
12 Rakow Czestochowa 3 2 0 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 6 -1 6
13 Zagebie Lubin 4 2 0 2 5 8 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 -3 6
14 Warta Poznan 5 1 2 2 7 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 6 3 1 5
15 Cracovia Krakow 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 4
16 Stal Mielec 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 2 6 -5 4
17 Nieciecza 4 0 2 2 4 7 3 0 2 1 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 2
18 Gornik eczna 5 0 2 3 3 11 3 0 1 2 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 3 -8 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 Viktoria Plzen 5 5 0 0 9 3 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 15
2 Sparta Praha 5 4 1 0 15 3 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 1 1 0 6 1 12 13
3 Slavia Praha 4 4 0 0 10 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 3 0 0 6 1 9 12
4 Slovacko 5 3 1 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 10
5 Baník Ostrava 5 3 0 2 11 8 2 2 0 0 8 2 3 1 0 2 3 6 3 9
6 Sigma Olomouc 4 2 1 1 12 9 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 1 0 1 6 4 3 7
7 Mlada Boleslav 5 2 1 2 8 6 3 2 0 1 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
8 České Budějovice 5 2 1 2 6 7 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 7
9 Zlin 5 2 0 3 8 12 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 4 7 -4 6
10 Pardubice 5 1 2 2 9 9 3 1 2 0 6 3 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 5
11 Jablonec 5 1 2 2 4 7 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 -3 5
12 Bohemians 1905 5 0 3 2 5 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 2 1 3 6 -4 3
13 Hradec Kralove 5 0 3 2 3 8 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 3
14 Teplice 5 1 0 4 3 10 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 1 7 -7 3
15 Karviná 5 0 2 3 5 10 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 2 6 -5 2
16 Slovan Liberec 5 0 1 4 1 9 3 0 0 3 0 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 -8 1

Read more about Europa League

The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.