National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Widzew Lodz or Legia Warszawa that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Legia Warszawa played their last game only three days ago, a Ekstraklasa match. That game, against Cracovia Krakow, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Legia Warszawa.
Widzew Lodz form and stats
Last season, Widzew's Polish Cup journey ended in the 16th finals.Widzew Lodz have collected 11 points from their 1. Liga home games so far after 3-2-1.
In their previous game, the manager E. Dobi led his Widzew to a defeat in the 1. Liga match away at Nieciecza. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź. Ahead of that match, Widzew Lodz won a home game hosting Resovia Rzeszow (2-0).
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Arka Gdynia are coming to town in four days.
The Widzew Lodz fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. Widzew have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Legia Warszawa form and stats
They also participated in Polish Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Playing away, Legia Warszawa have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Ekstraklasa this season. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Warszawa are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Warszawa play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Cracovia Krakow. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Lech Poznan.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Piast Gliwice in just four days.
The visiting Warszawa have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 5 games. Legia Warszawa are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 1 away goal have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Widzew-Legia Warszawa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Widzew Lodz zero wins, Legia Warszawa eight wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Pekhart 8 goals |   M. Robak 5 goals |  P. Mucha 2 goals |
Widzew Lodz missing players
Legia Warszawa missing players
| Widzew Lodz | Legia Warszawa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 17 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 9 | Conceded | C | 9 | 25 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 271 | 126 | Total Shots | T S | 130 | 317 | ||
| 123 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 109 | ||
| 24% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nieciecza | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 33 |
| 2 | KS odz | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 32 |
| 3 | Gornik eczna | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 4 | Arka Gdynia | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Odra Opole | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| 6 | Radomiak Radom | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Tychy 71 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Puszcza Niepoomice | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Korona Kielce | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -5 | 18 |
| 10 | Miedz Legnica | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 11 | Widzew Lodz | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Chrobry Gogow | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Bechatow | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Stomil Olsztyn | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Zagebie Sosnowiec | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 16 | Resovia Rzeszow | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | Jastrzebie | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -14 | 7 |
| 18 | Sandecja Nowy Sacz | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -21 | 3 |
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 22 |
| 2 | Rakow Czestochowa | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Gornik Zabrze | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Lechia Gdansk | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Pogon Szczecin | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Zagebie Lubin | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Slask Wrocaw | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Warta Poznan | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Jagiellonia Biaystok | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 10 | Lech Poznan | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Wisa Krakow | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Cracovia Krakow | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Wisla Plock | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Podbeskidzie | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
| 15 | Stal Mielec | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 6 |
| 16 | Piast Gliwice | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 5 |