Legia Warszawa clutches a 2-1 win against Górnik Zabrze. HIGHLIGHTS

WARSZAWA. Legia Warszawa prevailed over Górnik Zabrze to win 2-1. A goal from I. Strzalek was decisive in the 90min.

September 24, 2023

WARSZAWA. Legia Warszawa topped Górnik Zabrze to win 2-1. A goal from I. Strzalek was decisive in the 90min. It was Legia Warszawa to strike first with an early goal of Tomáš Pekhart at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 12′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Igor Strzalek gave the win to Legia Warszawa in the 90′ minute with a goal. Legia Warszawa was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

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 24,409 spectators. The referee was Szymon Marciniak with the help of Pawel Sokolnicki and Krzysztof Nejman. The 4th official was Łukasz Karski. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.72 degrees Celsius or 63.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.

Match Statistics

Legia Warszawa

2 - 1

Górnik Zabrze

! 61 Ball Possession 39

Shots

18 Total 11
6 On Target 3
10 Off Target 7
2 Shots blocked 1

141 Attack 92
80 Dangerous attack 32
113 Ball safe 100

0 Penalties 0
6 Corners 3
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

12 Total 13
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Legia Warszawa had a strong ball possession 61% while Górnik Zabrze was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Legia Warszawa was more pushing with 80 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Legia Warszawa won the match.

Legia Warszawa shot 18 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Górnik Zabrze shot 11 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Legia Warszawa received 1 yellow card (Jurgen Çelhaka). Regarding the opposition, Górnik Zabrze received 1 yellow card (Robert Dadok).

Match Timeline

Mariano Soso(goal)Patryk Kun

12'

Sebastian Musiolik(goal)

45'

Jurgen Çelhaka- Yellow

45'

Juergen Elitim- sub ->Bartosz Slisz

62'

Josué - sub ->Marc Gual

62'

P. Wszołek- sub ->Patryk Kun

62'

65'

Lawrence Ennali- sub ->Kamil Lukoszek

65'

Boris Sekulic- sub ->Robert Dadok

73'

77'

Szymon Czyz- sub ->Damian Rasak

77'

A. Kaprálik- sub ->Sebastian Musiolik

78'

85'

Pawel Olkowski- sub ->Dani Pacheco

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Jagiellonia Białystok

After playing this encounter, Legia Warszawa will have 17 points to lose in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Górnik Zabrze will stay with 9 points like Warta Poznań and Piast Gliwice to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Legia Warszawa will host Zagłębie Lubin on the 25th of May with a 22-8 head to head record in favor of Legia Warszawa (5 draws).

Górnik Zabrze will play away agasint Pogoń Szczecin on the 25th of May with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Górnik Zabrze (12 draws).

Legia Warszawa – Formation

Legia Warszawa

K. Tobiasz 1.Poland

7.1

Yuri Ribeiro 5.Portugal

7.3

Radovan Pankov 12.Serbia

7.5

Mehmet Bölükbaşı 55.Poland

7.1

Jurgen Çelhaka 21.Albania

6.7

78'

45'

Makana Baku 32.Germany

6.3

Patryk Kun 33.Poland

7.8

62'

B. Slisz 99.Poland

7.5

62'

Mariano Soso 7.Czech Republic

7.3

Marc Gual 28.Spain

7.1

62'

Maciej Rosolek 39.Poland

6.4

73'

Substitutes

Dominik Hladun 30.Poland

Steve Kapuadi 3.France

Marco Burch 4.Switzerland

P. Wszołek 13.Poland

7.9

62'

Gil Dias 17.Portugal

Juergen Elitim 22.Colombia

6.7

62'

Josué 27.Portugal

7.1

62'

Igor Strzalek 86.Poland

7.1

78'

90'

Ernest Muci 20.Albania

7.5

73'

Legia Warszawa started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Kosta Runjaic decided to play with the following team: Kacper Tobiasz (7.1), Radovan Pankov (7.5), Artur Jędrzejczyk (7.1), Yuri Ribeiro (7.3), Makana Baku (6.3), Bartosz Slisz (7.5), Jurgen Çelhaka (6.7), Patryk Kun (7.8), Maciej Rosołek (6.4), Tomáš Pekhart (7.3) and Marc Gual (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Steve Kapuadi, Marco Burch, Paweł Wszołek (7.9), Gil Dias, Ernest Muçi (7.5), Juergen Elitim (6.7), Josué (7.1), Dominik Hładun and Igor Strzalek (7.1).

Substitutions

Legia Warszawa made 5 changes: Maciej Rosołek for Ernest Muçi (73′), Marc Gual for Josué (62′), Patryk Kun for Paweł Wszołek (62′), Bartosz Slisz for Juergen Elitim (62′) and Jurgen Çelhaka for Igor Strzalek (78′).

Best player: Paweł Wszołek

The player that probably impressed the most for Legia Warszawa was Paweł Wszołek even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 14 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 62′.

Górnik Zabrze – Formation

Górnik Zabrze

Daniel Bielica 1.Poland

7.3

Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos 13.Greece

6.6

Rafal Janicki 26.Poland

6.7

Erik Janza 64.Slovenia

7.1

R. Dadok 96.Poland

6.6

65'

45'

Damian Rasak 6.Poland

6.4

77'

Dani Pacheco 8.Spain

7.1

85'

Lukas Podolski 10.Germany

6.7

Kamil Lukoszek 17.Poland

7.0

65'

Daisuke Yokota 18.Japan

7.7

Sebastian Musiolik 9.Poland

7.9

77'

12'

Substitutes

Michal Szromnik 32.Poland

Boris Sekulic 2.Slovakia

6.6

65'

K. Szcześniak 5.Poland

Pawel Olkowski 16.Poland

6.3

85'

Michal Siplak 25.Slovakia

Mateusz Chmarek 20.Poland

Szymon Czyz 55.Poland

6.7

77'

A. Kaprálik 7.Slovakia

6.6

77'

Lawrence Ennali 11.Germany

6.7

65'

Górnik Zabrze started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Jan Urban played with: Daniel Bielica (7.3), Robert Dadok (6.6), Konstantinos Triantafyllopoulos (6.6), Rafal Janicki (6.7), Erik Janza (7.1), Damian Rasak (6.4), Dani Pacheco (7.1), Daisuke Yokota (7.7), Lukas Podolski (6.7), Kamil Lukoszek (7.0) and Sebastian Musiolik (7.9).

These were the players on the bench: Boris Sekulic (6.6), Kryspin Szczesniak, Adrian Kaprálik (6.6), Lawrence Ennali (6.7), Pawel Olkowski (6.3), Mateusz Chmarek, Michal Siplak, Michal Szromnik and Szymon Czyż (6.7).

Substitutions

Górnik Zabrze made 5 changes: Kamil Lukoszek for Lawrence Ennali (65′), Robert Dadok for Boris Sekulic (65′), Sebastian Musiolik for Adrian Kaprálik (77′), Damian Rasak for Szymon Czyż (77′) and Dani Pacheco for Pawel Olkowski (85′).