Legia Warszawa Widzew Lodz

WARSZAWA. Legia Warszawa prevails over Widzew Lodz 3-1. Legia Warszawa capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego stadium in Warszawa on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 27,079 spectators.​ The referee was Tomasz Musial who was helped by Sebastian Mucha and Marcin Cieply. The 4th official was Radoslaw Trochimiuk.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Legia Warszawa was in firm control of the ball 59% while Widzew Lodz was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Legia Warszawa was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Legia Warszawa won the match​.

Legia Warszawa shot 20 times, 10 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Widzew Lodz shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Legia Warszawa received 1 yellow card (Josué). Regarding the opposition, Widzew Lodz received 1 yellow card (Marek Hanousek).

Also, Widzew Lodz didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Luís Silva (Widzew Lodz) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).

Standings

After this contest, Legia Warszawa will have 13 points like Śląsk Wrocław and Zagłębie Lubin to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Widzew Lodz will stay with 7 points like Puszcza Niepołomice to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Legia Warszawa will play away with Piast Gliwice on the 16th of September with a 16-7 head to head stats in favor of Legia Warszawa (6 draws).

Widzew Lodz will host Cracovia Kraków on the 17th of September with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Widzew Lodz (4 draws).

Legia Warszawa – Formation

Legia Warszawa started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Kosta Runjaic decided to play with the following team: Kacper Tobiasz (6.7), Radovan Pankov (7.3), Steve Kapuadi (6.7), Yuri Ribeiro (6.7), Paweł Wszołek (7.0), Bartosz Slisz (7.5), Juergen Elitim (7.5), Patryk Kun (6.7), Josué (8.4), Blaž Kramer (6.4) and Ernest Muçi (9.5).

The home team had on the bench: Tomáš Pekhart (7.0), Patryk Sokołowski, Jurgen Çelhaka, Marc Gual (6.4), Dominik Hładun, Makana Baku (7.0), Maciej Rosołek (6.4), Igor Strzalek and Lindsay Rose.

Legia Warszawa could not rely on the presence of Maciej Rosołek (injured) and Marc Gual (injured).

Substitutions

Legia Warszawa made 5 changes: Blaž Kramer for Maciej Rosołek (18′), Paweł Wszołek for Makana Baku (46′), Bartosz Slisz for Marc Gual (71′), Maciej Rosołek for Tomáš Pekhart (71′) and Ernest Muçi for Igor Strzalek (86′).

Best player: Ernest Muçi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Legia Warszawa was Ernest Muçi.

His rating is (9.5) with 2 goals, 33 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14.

Widzew Lodz – Formation

Widzew Lodz started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Janusz Niedźwiedź played with: Henrich Ravas (8.2), Patryk Stepinski (6.8), Serafin Szota (6.8), Luís Silva (6.8), Mato Milos (6.7), Marek Hanousek (6.4), Fran Álvarez (6.8), Fábio Nunes (6.6), Dawid Tkacz (6.8), Bartlomiej Pawlowski (7.5) and Jordi Sánchez (7.0).

They had on the bench: Mateusz Zyro, Ernest Terpilowski (6.7), Andrejs Ciganiks, Dominik Kun (6.4), Pawel Zielinski, Sebastian Kerk, Antoni Klimek, Jakub Szymanski and Imad Rondic.

Substitutions

Widzew Lodz made 4 changes: Dawid Tkacz for Ernest Terpilowski (46′), Paweł Wszołek for Dominik Kun (70′), Patryk Stepinski for Mateusz Zyro (82′) and Jordi Sánchez for Andrejs Ciganiks (83′).

Best player: Henrich Ravas​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Widzew Lodz was the goalkeeper: Henrich Ravas. His rating is 8.16. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ekstraklasa.​

• Śląsk Wrocław – Jagiellonia Białystok – 2-1
• Raków Częstochowa – Puszcza Niepołomice – 2-0
• Legia Warszawa – Widzew Lodz – 3-1
• Zagłębie Lubin – Pogoń Szczecin – 1-0