Football betting preview: Lechia Gdańsk vs Legia Warszawa

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Energa Gdańsk (41984 seats)

Lechia Gdańsk will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 18 points behind Legia Warszawa.

Insights:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Legia Warszawa have the most scored goals (46) in Ekstraklasa

Legia Warszawa could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Ekstraklasa game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Piast Gliwice. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

The story so far in the Ekstraklasa for Lechia Gdańsk at their home stadium (Stadion Energa Gdańsk) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Lechia lost their last game at Lech Poznań (placed 9th) after a 0-3 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Piast Gliwice.

A decent goal production from Lechia in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. Lechia Gdańsk have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (46) in Ekstraklasa, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Ekstraklasa. Things are running smoothly for Legia Warszawa who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Podbeskidzie.

The Warszawa goalkeeper Artur Boruc is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 277 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Legia Warszawa play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Piast Gliwice (placed 4th). Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Cracovia Kraków.

Warszawa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 13 games (in the league). Legia Warszawa are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 5 away goals have been conceded so far. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Legia Warszawa - Lechia Gdańsk 2-0 played earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Lechia won one, Legia Warszawa won five and four draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Legia WarszawaT. Pekhart
T. Pekhart
21 goals
LechiaF. Lopes Paixão
F. Lopes Paixão
10 goals
Legia WarszawaF. Mladenović
F. Mladenović
7 goals

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Legia Warszawa missing players

Lechia Gdańsk Legia Warszawa
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
11 6 1 Won W 3 9 17
5 2 1 Drew D 1 3 5
10 5 2 Lost L 0 1 4
35 22 6 Scored S 9 18 46
32 16 8 Conceded C 1 5 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 88%
73% 77% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 46% 69%
42% 46% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 38% 58%
31% 46% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 27%
8% 15% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
38% 46% 75% BTTS BTTS 25% 31% 54%
27% 23% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 62% 42%
35% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.8
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.3 13.1 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 12.2 13.1
3.8 4.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.7 5.2
36% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 30% 34%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Lechia Gdańsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Legia Warszawa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the most points (30) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the most scored goals (46) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the the best goal difference (+13) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the the best goal difference (+22) in Ekstraklasa

  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 26 17 5 4 46 24 13 8 2 3 28 19 13 9 3 1 18 5 22 56
2 Pogoń Szczecin 26 15 5 6 33 17 13 8 4 1 15 4 13 7 1 5 18 13 16 50
3 Raków Częstochowa 25 13 7 5 39 24 13 7 3 3 16 9 12 6 4 2 23 15 15 46
4 Piast Gliwice 26 10 8 8 33 26 13 5 3 5 14 12 13 5 5 3 19 14 7 38
5 Śląsk Wrocław 26 10 8 8 32 27 13 7 5 1 20 12 13 3 3 7 12 15 5 38
6 Lechia Gdańsk 26 11 5 10 35 32 13 6 2 5 22 16 13 5 3 5 13 16 3 38
7 Zagłębie Lubin 26 11 5 10 35 33 13 7 3 3 21 16 13 4 2 7 14 17 2 38
8 Warta Poznań 26 11 3 12 27 28 13 5 2 6 10 12 13 6 1 6 17 16 -1 36
9 Lech Poznań 26 8 9 9 35 33 13 4 6 3 17 14 13 4 3 6 18 19 2 33
10 Górnik Zabrze 26 9 6 11 27 28 13 5 3 5 19 17 13 4 3 6 8 11 -1 33
11 Jagiellonia Białystok 26 9 6 11 36 42 13 5 4 4 21 18 13 4 2 7 15 24 -6 33
12 Wisła Kraków 26 7 7 12 35 38 13 4 1 8 18 22 13 3 6 4 17 16 -3 28
13 Cracovia Kraków 26 7 11 8 26 30 13 5 5 3 17 17 13 2 6 5 9 13 -4 27
14 Wisła Płock 26 6 8 12 29 40 13 3 4 6 13 16 13 3 4 6 16 24 -11 26
15 Stal Mielec 25 4 9 12 27 44 12 3 4 5 11 19 13 1 5 7 16 25 -17 21
16 Podbeskidzie 26 5 6 15 27 56 13 5 3 5 15 22 13 0 3 10 12 34 -29 21

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.