Delightful dogfight as daring Legia Warszawa duel with determined Radomiak Radom

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Match preview: 17 points separate the teams before this game, Radomiak Radom the sharpest side. Will Legia Warszawa upset the odds?

Insights:
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ekstraklasa
  • Radomiak Radom is in the best form (5-1-0) in Ekstraklasa

Warszawa have less rest than Radomiak Radom in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ekstraklasa game only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Radomiak Radom have had more rest.

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

4-0-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Legia Warszawa so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Legia Warszawa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Warszawa's last game was hosting Zagłębie Lubin (placed 13th) and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Warszawa played a great game against Zagłębie Lubin and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Midfielder Josué was the best player on the team with a rating of 9.83 (out of ten) in that game. Josué signed up for two assists, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 56 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wisla Plock (0-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Warszawa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost three.

A decent goal production from Warszawa in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Radomiak Radom form and stats

As the visiting team in Ekstraklasa matches, Radomiak Radom, who have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Ekstraklasa, have produced an overall stat of 3-4-2 so far. Things are running smoothly for Radomiak who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Stal Mielec.

Radomiak delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Piast Gliwice (placed 12th) in their previous match; a Ekstraklasa game. Midfielder Leândro was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.51. Leândro scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Lech Poznań.

Radomiak Radom are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of two matches.

Radomiak are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 9 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Radomiak as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived result between these contenders is the Radomiak Radom - Warszawa 3-1 played earlier this season. Legia Warszawa-Radomiak Radom H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Warszawa one win, Radomiak Radom one win, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Radomiak RadomK. Angielski
K. Angielski
8 goals
WarszawaE. Muçi
E. Muçi
4 goals
Radomiak RadomL. Rossi Pereira
L. Rossi Pereira
4 goals

Legia Warszawa missing players

Radomiak Radom missing players

Legia Warszawa Radomiak Radom
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 9 18
5 4 0 Won W 2 3 8
0 0 0 Drew D 0 4 8
12 4 3 Lost L 0 2 2
19 12 2 Scored S 3 10 25
27 10 6 Conceded C 0 8 16
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
59% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 67%
47% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 39%
47% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 28%
18% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
41% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 44% 61%
24% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 33% 28%
35% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
7.7 7.5 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.2 6.1
4.1 3.6 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.2 5.8
2.8 2.4 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.6 16.5 14.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 11.2 12.8
5.4 7.1 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.8 4.7
21% 21% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 29% 29%
 
11.8 10.5 11 Shots against (avg) S A 15.5 13.4 11.6
5.1 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Legia Warszawa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Legia Warszawa have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Legia Warszawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Radomiak Radom have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Ekstraklasa
  • Radomiak Radom is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 Lech Poznań 18 11 5 2 35 12 9 7 2 0 21 2 9 4 3 2 14 10 23 38
2 Pogon Szczecin 18 10 6 2 34 15 8 7 1 0 23 6 10 3 5 2 11 9 19 36
3 Lechia Gdansk 18 9 6 3 33 22 9 6 2 1 17 8 9 3 4 2 16 14 11 33
4 Raków Częstochowa 18 9 5 4 31 22 8 4 3 1 16 8 10 5 2 3 15 14 9 32
5 Radomiak Radom 18 8 8 2 25 16 9 5 4 0 15 8 9 3 4 2 10 8 9 32
6 Górnik Zabrze 18 8 4 6 26 24 10 5 2 3 15 12 8 3 2 3 11 12 2 28
7 Stal Mielec 18 7 6 5 25 25 10 6 2 2 15 12 8 1 4 3 10 13 0 27
8 Wisla Plock 18 8 2 8 28 26 9 7 2 0 16 3 9 1 0 8 12 23 2 26
9 Slask Wrocaw 18 6 6 6 30 28 8 3 4 1 12 9 10 3 2 5 18 19 2 24
10 Jagiellonia Białystok 18 6 6 6 24 26 10 4 4 2 16 12 8 2 2 4 8 14 -2 24
11 Cracovia Krakow 18 6 5 7 23 26 9 4 2 3 13 12 9 2 3 4 10 14 -3 23
12 Piast Gliwice 18 6 4 8 25 25 9 4 1 4 16 15 9 2 3 4 9 10 0 22
13 Zagłębie Lubin 18 6 2 10 19 34 9 4 1 4 13 13 9 2 1 6 6 21 -15 20
14 Wisa Krakow 18 5 3 10 18 30 8 3 1 4 8 11 10 2 2 6 10 19 -12 18
15 Legia Warszawa 17 5 0 12 19 27 8 4 0 4 12 10 9 1 0 8 7 17 -8 15
16 Warta Poznan 18 3 6 9 13 23 10 1 5 4 6 12 8 2 1 5 7 11 -10 15
17 Górnik Łęczna 18 3 6 9 17 35 9 1 4 4 8 18 9 2 2 5 9 17 -18 15
18 Nieciecza 17 2 6 9 20 29 9 2 3 4 14 18 8 0 3 5 6 11 -9 12

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.