Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Legia Warszawa welcomes Warta Poznań

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

Legia Warszawa perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Warta Poznań can look both up and down from their 10th position.

Insights:
  • Legia Warszawa have the most scored goals (34) in Ekstraklasa
  • Warta Poznań have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ekstraklasa

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Legia Warszawa form and stats

6-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ekstraklasa numbers at home for Legia Warszawa, who have the most scored goals (34) in Ekstraklasa, so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Legia Warszawa after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Happy days for Warszawa in their previous game, a Ekstraklasa match away at Śląsk Wrocław (placed 7th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Preceding that match was the home Polish Cup game against Piast Gliwice that was lost 1-2.

Warszawa are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won four, drew two and lost two.

Legia Warszawa can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 21 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Warszawa defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Warta Poznań form and stats

As the visiting team in Ekstraklasa matches, Warta Poznań have produced an overall stat of 4-1-5 so far.

Poznań are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Ekstraklasa against Wisła Płock (placed 13th). Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Lech Poznan.

You'll want to know how Poznań managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

Poznań have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Warta Poznań have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Warta Poznań - Warszawa 0-3 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Legia WarszawaT. Pekhart
T. Pekhart
15 goals
Warta PoznańM. Kuzimski
M. Kuzimski
6 goals
Legia WarszawaF. Mladenović
F. Mladenović
4 goals

Legia Warszawa missing players

Warta Poznań missing players

Legia Warszawa Warta Poznań
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 10 20
13 6 2 Won W 0 4 8
3 1 1 Drew D 1 1 2
4 3 1 Lost L 2 5 10
34 21 7 Scored S 1 12 20
20 15 7 Conceded C 3 12 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 50%
60% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 40%
20% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 10%
10% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
60% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 40%
35% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 30%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 30% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13 14.7 15.2 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 8.9 8.1
5.2 6.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.5 2.7
33% 34% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 48% 37%
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • All of Legia Warszawa's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Legia Warszawa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Legia Warszawa have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Legia Warszawa have the most scored goals (21) at home in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the most scored goals (34) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa have the the best goal difference (+14) in Ekstraklasa
  • Legia Warszawa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Warta Poznań have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Ekstraklasa
  • Warta Poznań haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 20 13 3 4 34 20 10 6 1 3 21 15 10 7 2 1 13 5 14 42
2 Pogon Szczecin 20 10 5 5 24 13 10 5 4 1 11 4 10 5 1 4 13 9 11 35
3 Raków Częstochowa 20 10 5 5 30 20 11 6 2 3 13 8 9 4 3 2 17 12 10 35
4 Lechia Gdansk 20 9 3 8 27 24 10 4 1 5 15 13 10 5 2 3 12 11 3 30
5 Zagebie Lubin 20 8 5 7 26 22 10 5 3 2 15 10 10 3 2 5 11 12 4 29
6 Lech Poznan 20 7 7 6 28 25 9 3 4 2 12 11 11 4 3 4 16 14 3 28
7 Śląsk Wrocław 20 8 4 8 24 21 10 6 3 1 15 8 10 2 1 7 9 13 3 28
8 Gornik Zabrze 20 8 4 8 23 22 10 4 2 4 15 14 10 4 2 4 8 8 1 28
9 Piast Gliwice 20 7 6 7 26 23 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 4 3 3 16 12 3 27
10 Warta Poznań 20 8 2 10 20 22 10 4 1 5 8 10 10 4 1 5 12 12 -2 26
11 Wisa Krakow 20 6 7 7 30 26 10 3 1 6 14 18 10 3 6 1 16 8 4 25
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 20 7 4 9 26 32 9 4 3 2 16 12 11 3 1 7 10 20 -6 25
13 Wisła Płock 20 6 5 9 25 32 10 3 2 5 9 11 10 3 3 4 16 21 -7 23
14 Cracovia Kraków 20 5 9 6 21 24 10 3 4 3 13 15 10 2 5 3 8 9 -3 19
15 Podbeskidzie 20 4 6 10 20 44 11 4 3 4 13 20 9 0 3 6 7 24 -24 18
16 Stal Mielec 20 3 7 10 21 35 10 2 4 4 9 16 10 1 3 6 12 19 -14 16

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.