Legia Warszawa prevails over Pogoń Szczecin 4-3. HIGHLIGHTS

SZCZECIN. Legia Warszawa had a close win over Pogoń Szczecin.

September 28, 2023

SZCZECIN. Legia Warszawa had a close win over Pogoń Szczecin.

Legia Warszawa remained in players after Artur Jędrzejczyk received a red card in the 45′. Even so, Legia Warszawa still succeeded in win this match playing only in 10.

The match was played at the Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera stadium in Szczecin on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 19,551 spectators. The referee was Tomasz Musial with the support of Sebastian Mucha and Marcin Cieply. The 4th official was . The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.79 degrees Celsius or 74.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.

Match Statistics

Pogoń Szczecin

3 - 4

Legia Warszawa

46 Ball Possession 54

Shots

16 Total 17
5 On Target 6
7 Off Target 9
4 Shots blocked 2

57 Attack 68
55 Dangerous attack 61
53 Ball safe 52

0 Penalties 0
10 Corners 4
5 Off Sides 1

Fouls

9 Total 7
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Pogoń Szczecin was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Legia Warszawa that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Legia Warszawa was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Legia Warszawa won the contest.

Pogoń Szczecin shot 16 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Legia Warszawa shot 17 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Pogoń Szczecin received 3 yellow cards (Alexander Gorgon, Paweł Stolarski and Mariusz Malec). Talking about the opposition, Legia Warszawa received 1 yellow card (Steve Kapuadi).

Also, Legia Warszawa didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Artur Jędrzejczyk (Legia Warszawa) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (45′).

Match Timeline

K. Grosicki(goal)Linus Wahlqvist

29'

33'

Mariano Soso(goal)Paweł Wszołek

42'

Steve Kapuadi- Yellow

45'

Mehmet Bölükbaşı- Red

45'

Mehmet Bölükbaşı(VAR_CARD)

46'

Marco Burch- sub ->Ernest Muçi

Efthymios Koulouris(goal)Alexander Gorgon

51'

Alexander Gorgon- Yellow

58'

63'

Marc Gual- sub ->Tomáš Pekhart

Luka Zahovic- sub ->Alexander Gorgon

67'

69'

P. Wszołek(goal)Patryk Kun

Vahan Bichakhchyan(goal)

71'

Kacper Smolinski- sub ->Kamil Grosicki

73'

77'

Gil Dias- sub ->Patryk Kun

77'

Maciej Rosolek- sub ->Josué

77'

Jurgen Çelhaka- sub ->Bartosz Slisz

78'

Juergen Elitim(goal)

82'

João Gamboa- sub ->Rafał Kurzawa

82'

84'

Steve Kapuadi(goal)Juergen Elitim

Mariusz Malec- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Jagiellonia Białystok

After this match, Pogoń Szczecin will stay with 12 points like Stal Mielec to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, Legia Warszawa will have 20 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Pogoń Szczecin will host Górnik Zabrze on the 25th of May with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Górnik Zabrze (12 draws).

Legia Warszawa will host Zagłębie Lubin on the 25th of May with a 22-8 head to head statistic in favor of Legia Warszawa (5 draws).

Pogoń Szczecin – Formation

Pogoń Szczecin

Valentin Cojocaru 77.Romania

6.0

Benedikt Zech 23.Austria

6.3

Linus Wahlqvist 28.Sweden

7.3

73'

Leonardo Koutris 32.Greece

6.1

Mariusz Malec 33.Poland

6.3

90'

Rafal Kurzawa 7.Poland

6.7

82'

Fredrik Ulvestad 8.Norway

6.3

K. Grosicki 11.Poland

7.8

73'

29'

Alexander Gorgon 20.Austria

7.0

67'

58'

Vahan Bichakhchyan 22.Armenia

7.3

82'

71'

Efthymios Koulouris 9.Greece

7.5

51'

Substitutes

Bartosz Klebaniuk 81.Poland

Léo Borges 4.Brazil

Paweł Stolarski 41.Poland

6.1

73'

90'

Danijel Loncar 68.Croatia

Mariusz Fornalczyk 17.Poland

6.4

82'

João Gamboa 21.Portugal

6.6

82'

Kacper Smolinski 61.Poland

6.3

73'

Adrian Przyborek 73.Poland

Luka Zahovic 10.Slovenia

6.6

67'

Pogoń Szczecin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jens Gustafsson decided to play with the following team: Valentin Cojocaru (6.0), Linus Wahlqvist (7.3), Benedikt Zech (6.3), Mariusz Malec (6.3), Leonardo Koutris (6.1), Fredrik Ulvestad (6.3), Rafał Kurzawa (6.7), Vahan Bichakhchyan (7.3), Alexander Gorgon (7.0), Kamil Grosicki (7.8) and Efthymios Koulouris (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Léo Borges, Luka Zahović (6.6), Mariusz Fornalczyk (6.4), João Gamboa (6.6), Paweł Stolarski (6.1), Kacper Smoliński (6.3), Danijel Lončar, Adrian Przyborek and Bartosz Klebaniuk.

Substitutions

Pogoń Szczecin made 5 changes: Alexander Gorgon for Luka Zahović (67′), Vahan Bichakhchyan for Mariusz Fornalczyk (82′), Rafał Kurzawa for João Gamboa (82′), Kamil Grosicki for Kacper Smoliński (73′) and Linus Wahlqvist for Paweł Stolarski (73′).

Best player: Kamil Grosicki

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Pogoń Szczecin was Kamil Grosicki.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 15 passes (73% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 6 crosses.

Legia Warszawa – Formation

Legia Warszawa

K. Tobiasz 1.Poland

6.4

Steve Kapuadi 3.France

7.0

42'

84'

Yuri Ribeiro 5.Portugal

6.7

Mehmet Bölükbaşı 55.Poland

5.7

45'

P. Wszołek 13.Poland

8.4

69'

Juergen Elitim 22.Colombia

9.4

78'

Patryk Kun 33.Poland

7.3

77'

B. Slisz 99.Poland

7.3

77'

Mariano Soso 7.Czech Republic

7.3

63'

33'

Ernest Muci 20.Albania

6.7

46'

Josué 27.Portugal

7.9

77'

Substitutes

Dominik Hladun 30.Poland

Marco Burch 4.Switzerland

6.6

46'

Radovan Pankov 12.Serbia

Gil Dias 17.Portugal

7.0

77'

Jurgen Çelhaka 21.Albania

6.8

77'

Makana Baku 32.Germany

Igor Strzalek 86.Poland

Marc Gual 28.Spain

7.0

63'

Maciej Rosolek 39.Poland

6.6

77'

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

Kosta Runjaic played with: Kacper Tobiasz (6.4), Artur Jędrzejczyk (5.7), Steve Kapuadi (7.0), Yuri Ribeiro (6.7), Paweł Wszołek (8.4), Bartosz Slisz (7.3), Juergen Elitim (9.4), Patryk Kun (7.3), Josué (7.9), Tomáš Pekhart (7.3) and Ernest Muçi (6.7).

They had on the bench: Marco Burch (6.6), Radovan Pankov, Gil Dias (7.0), Jurgen Çelhaka (6.8), Marc Gual (7.0), Dominik Hładun, Makana Baku, Maciej Rosołek (6.6) and Igor Strzalek.

Substitutions

Legia Warszawa made 5 changes: Ernest Muçi for Marco Burch (46′), Bartosz Slisz for Jurgen Çelhaka (77′), Patryk Kun for Gil Dias (77′), Josué for Maciej Rosołek (77′) and Tomáš Pekhart for Marc Gual (63′).