Legia Warszawa supporters put their faith in manager Runjaic to deliver victory against Widzew Lodz

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Competition: Poland Ekstraklasa
Competition: Fri 24.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego (15016 seats)

This pair of squads are revelling in a nice season so far and fixtures like this could be key. Read more about Legia Warszawa - Widzew Lodz!

Insights:
  • Legia Warszawa have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Widzew Lodz have the most clean sheets (6) away 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

Legia Warszawa are steadily winning Ekstraklasa games and points here at Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego. 7 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 10 games.

It's back home for Warszawa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Piast Gliwice away with the result 1-0. Josué found the net in that victory. The attacking player Josué was declared "man of the match" for Legia Warszawa with a rating of 7.65/10. Josué scored one goal and had 19 successful passes (of 23 total).

Before that, Warszawa drew at home versus Cracovia Krakow.

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 Legia Warszawa have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

The manager Runjaic will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Falubaz Zielona Gora in only four days.

The Legia Warszawa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 10 league matches.

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Widzew Lodz form and stats

5-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Widzew Lodz in their Ekstraklasa matches away.

Widzew have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Henrich Ravas. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Ekstraklasa.

The regulars enjoyed Widzew Lodz's previous fixture versus Slask Wrocaw (placed 11th), a 1-0 win played at home. That victory felt good as this team had gone three league fixtures without victory. Hansen came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Slask Wrocaw last time out, making the manager Niedźwiedź feel like a tactical genius. Szota was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.15. The defender Szota won 2 of 6 duels.

Before that, Widzew Lodz travelled to Lechia Gdansk and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Widzew are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 5 matches.

It's not easy to score on Widzew Lodz as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Legia Warszawa have won every one of the 5 latest duels against this side. Can they do it again?

The squads have met each other previously this season, with the match result Widzew Lodz - Warszawa 1-2 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Legia WarszawaJ. Soares Pesqueira
J. Soares Pesqueira
7 goals
Widzew LodzB. Pawłowski
B. Pawłowski
6 goals
Legia WarszawaF. Mladenović
F. Mladenović
5 goals

Legia Warszawa missing players

Widzew Lodz missing players

Legia Warszawa Widzew Lodz
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 2 Played P 2 10 21
12 7 0 Won W 0 5 10
6 3 2 Drew D 0 2 5
3 0 0 Lost L 2 3 6
32 19 3 Scored S 1 10 27
24 10 3 Conceded C 4 8 21
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 86%
71% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 67%
52% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 48%
29% 40% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
52% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 20% 38%
38% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 60% 52%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 24%
 
5.9 6.6 9 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5 5.6
4.6 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.3 4.8
2.7 2.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.3 1.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13 15.8 20.5 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.2 13.4
4.4 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.1 4.8
35% 37% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 24% 27%
 
10.5 10.5 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 13.9 12.5
3.8 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 8 5.1 4.4
Key stats in Ekstraklasa this season:
  • Legia Warszawa have not yet lost a game 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.
  • Widzew Lodz have the most clean sheets (6) away 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 Rakow Czestochowa 21 15 4 2 39 13 11 10 1 0 26 5 10 5 3 2 13 8 26 49
2 Legia Warszawa 21 12 6 3 32 24 10 7 3 0 19 10 11 5 3 3 13 14 8 42
3 Lech Poznan 21 10 6 5 25 19 11 5 1 5 11 12 10 5 5 0 14 7 6 36
4 Widzew Lodz 21 10 5 6 27 21 11 5 3 3 17 13 10 5 2 3 10 8 6 35
5 Pogon Szczecin 21 9 6 6 35 33 10 5 3 2 17 14 11 4 3 4 18 19 2 33
6 Cracovia Krakow 21 9 5 7 25 17 11 6 2 3 14 6 10 3 3 4 11 11 8 32
7 Stal Mielec 21 8 5 8 26 25 10 4 4 2 13 8 11 4 1 6 13 17 1 29
8 Wisla Plock 20 8 4 8 30 28 9 6 1 2 15 7 11 2 3 6 15 21 2 28
9 Radomiak Radom 20 8 4 8 22 23 10 4 1 5 13 14 10 4 3 3 9 9 -1 28
10 Warta Poznan 20 7 6 7 21 21 10 1 5 4 8 13 10 6 1 3 13 8 0 27
11 Slask Wrocaw 21 6 7 8 20 27 11 3 5 3 13 16 10 3 2 5 7 11 -7 25
12 Jagiellonia Biaystok 20 5 8 7 29 28 10 5 1 4 19 14 10 0 7 3 10 14 1 23
13 Zagebie Lubin 21 6 5 10 19 32 11 1 4 6 7 16 10 5 1 4 12 16 -13 23
14 Gornik Zabrze 21 5 7 9 27 33 11 2 4 5 13 18 10 3 3 4 14 15 -6 22
15 Lechia Gdansk 21 6 4 11 20 32 10 3 3 4 7 13 11 3 1 7 13 19 -12 22
16 Piast Gliwice 21 5 5 11 21 25 10 2 2 6 10 12 11 3 3 5 11 13 -4 20
17 Korona Kielce 21 5 5 11 23 31 10 3 2 5 10 12 11 2 3 6 13 19 -8 20
18 Miedz Legnica 21 4 6 11 23 32 11 3 4 4 13 16 10 1 2 7 10 16 -9 18

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.