Legia Warszawa vs Lechia Gdańsk: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 04.November
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Statistics people will highlight a significant contrast in performance between these teams based on the league table so far, with Legia Warszawa ahead of Lechia Gdańsk by 14 points.

Insights:
  • Legia Warszawa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Ekstraklasa

Legia Warszawa and Lechia Gdańsk should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego as Legia Warszawa have scored 12 goals to get 17 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Ekstraklasa are 5-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Warszawa, who won 5-2 against Jagiellonia Biaystok (placed 12th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Josué was absolutely essential when Legia Warszawa beat Jagiellonia Biaystok 5-2, scoring three goals. Josué (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.8/10. Josué scored three goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 56 successful passes (of 65 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Pogon Szczecin that ended 1-1.

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 9 games, won 5 matches, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Legia Warszawa are traveling soon after this match as the Polish Cup match at Lechia Gdańsk awaits in four days.

Warszawa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego with 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Legia Warszawa have conceded only 5 goals.

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Lechia Gdańsk form and stats

3-0-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lechia Gdańsk, who have the most conceded goals (15) away in Ekstraklasa, in their Ekstraklasa matches away. Momentum is building for Lechia Gdańsk in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

The Lechia goalkeeper Dusan Kuciak is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 223 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Lechia Gdańsk are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the game against Stal Mielec (placed 6th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Kaczmarek when Zwoliński scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute. Defender Nalepa was the best team player with a rating of 8.11. Nalepa won 11 of 15 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Zagłębie Lubin.

A new game in only four days for Lechia Gdańsk, the Polish Cup home match versus Legia Warszawa. Busy days.

Lechia find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Lechia Gdańsk's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips. Lechia has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Legia Warszawa wins - draws - Lechia Gdańsk wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Lechia GdańskF. Lopes Paixão
F. Lopes Paixão
6 goals
Legia WarszawaF. Mladenović
F. Mladenović
5 goals
WarszawaJ. Soares Pesqueira
J. Soares Pesqueira
5 goals

Legia Warszawa missing players

Lechia Gdańsk missing players

Legia Warszawa Lechia Gdańsk
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 4 Played P 3 8 14
8 5 3 Won W 1 3 4
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
3 0 0 Lost L 2 5 8
22 12 9 Scored S 4 11 14
18 5 4 Conceded C 7 15 24
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 71%
47% 29% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 71%
27% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 21%
13% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 14%
47% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 43%
40% 57% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 29%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 36%
 
5.2 4.9 3.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 6.2 5.2
5.1 4.9 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 5.8 5.4
2.7 2.4 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 3.4 2.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
13.1 15.4 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 9 9.6
4.6 5.3 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.5 3.9
32% 32% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 31% 26%
 
10.3 9.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 18.7 15.1 14.7
4.1 3.3 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 6.1 5.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Lechia Gdańsk have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk have the most conceded goals (15) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Lechia Gdańsk haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Legia Warszawa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Legia Warszawa have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Legia Warszawa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Legia Warszawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rakow Czestochowa 15 11 2 2 26 10 8 7 1 0 16 4 7 4 1 2 10 6 16 35
2 Legia Warszawa 15 8 4 3 22 18 7 5 2 0 12 5 8 3 2 3 10 13 4 28
3 Pogon Szczecin 15 7 5 3 26 20 7 4 3 0 13 7 8 3 2 3 13 13 6 26
4 Widzew Lodz 15 8 2 5 20 14 7 4 1 2 11 6 8 4 1 3 9 8 6 26
5 Wisla Plock 15 7 4 4 27 17 7 5 1 1 14 6 8 2 3 3 13 11 10 25
6 Stal Mielec 15 7 2 6 21 21 7 3 2 2 10 8 8 4 0 4 11 13 0 23
7 Cracovia Krakow 15 6 4 5 17 11 8 3 2 3 9 5 7 3 2 2 8 6 6 22
8 Lech Poznan 14 6 4 4 15 12 8 3 1 4 6 8 6 3 3 0 9 4 3 22
9 Warta Poznan 15 6 3 6 15 15 7 1 2 4 5 10 8 5 1 2 10 5 0 21
10 Radomiak Radom 15 6 2 7 17 20 8 3 1 4 11 12 7 3 1 3 6 8 -3 20
11 Slask Wrocaw 15 5 5 5 17 21 8 3 3 2 12 12 7 2 2 3 5 9 -4 20
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 15 4 6 5 24 23 8 4 1 3 16 12 7 0 5 2 8 11 1 18
13 Gornik Zabrze 14 4 5 5 21 22 8 2 2 4 12 14 6 2 3 1 9 8 -1 17
14 Zagłębie Lubin 15 4 5 6 12 22 8 1 4 3 5 10 7 3 1 3 7 12 -10 17
15 Lechia Gdańsk 14 4 2 8 14 24 6 1 2 3 3 9 8 3 0 5 11 15 -10 14
16 Piast Gliwice 15 3 4 8 15 19 7 2 1 4 9 8 8 1 3 4 6 11 -4 13
17 Korona Kielce 15 3 4 8 15 22 7 1 2 4 7 10 8 2 2 4 8 12 -7 13
18 Miedz Legnica 14 1 3 10 14 27 7 1 2 4 8 13 7 0 1 6 6 14 -13 6

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.