WARSZAWA. Spartak Moskva prevails over Legia Warszawa 1-0 after Z. Bakaev scored just 1 goal (17′). Legia Warszawa was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%).
T. Pekhart squandered a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Legia Warszawa to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego stadium in Warszawa on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Matej Jug who was helped by Matej Žunič and Robert Vukan. The 4th official was Dragoslav Perić. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -1.8 degrees Celsius or 28.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 14 Total 12
- 5 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 9
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 144 Attack 76
- 69 Dangerous attack 57
- 106 Ball safe 96
- 1 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
Fouls
- 0 Total 1
- 5 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Legia Warszawa was in firm control of the ball 66% while Spartak Moskva was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Legia Warszawa had a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Spartak Moskva succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Legia Warszawa shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Spartak Moskva shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Legia Warszawa received 5 yellow cards (A. Martins, Josue, B. Slisz, L. Kastrati and M. Wieteska). On the opposite side, Spartak Moskva received 3 yellow cards (Q. Promes, G. Dzhikiya and G. Melkadze).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Legia Warszawa will stay with 6 points to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Spartak Moskva will have 10 points like Napoli to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
Legia Warszawa – Formation
Legia Warszawa
81'
65'
Legia Warszawa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Marek Gołębiewski decided to play with the following team: Artur Boruc , Mattias Johansson , Mateusz Wieteska , Maik Nawrocki , Yuri Ribeiro , André Martins , Bartosz Slisz , Lirim Kastrati , Josué , Luquinhas and Mahir Emreli .
The home team had on the bench: Kacper Skwierczynski, Kacper Tobiasz, Bartlomiej Ciepiela, Igor Kharatin , Jurgen Çelhaka, Kacper Skibicki, Szymon Włodarczyk , Mateusz Hołownia, Rafael Lopes , Tomáš Pekhart and Cezary Miszta.
Substitutions
Legia Warszawa made 5 changes: Josue for R. Lopes (65′), B. Slisz for I. Kharatin (65′), A. Martins for S. Wlodarczyk (72′), M. Emreli for T. Pekhart (72′) and L. Kastrati for K. Skwierczynski (90′).
Best player: Yuri Ribeiro
The most impressive player for Legia Warszawa was Yuri Ribeiro.
His rating is with 49 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 18. He performed 12 crosses.
Spartak Moskva – Formation
Spartak Moskva
17'
Spartak Moskva started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Rui Carlos Pinho da Vitória played with: Aleksandr Selikhov , Maximiliano Caufriez , Samuel Gigot , Georgiy Dzhikiya , Victor Moses , Nail Umyarov , Roman Zobnin , Ayrton , Mikhail Ignatov , Quincy Promes and Zelimkhan Bakaev .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Vladislav Shitov, Nikolay Rasskazov, Daniil Denisov, Stepan Oganesyan, Jorrit Hendrix , Andrey Eshchenko, Stepan Melnikov, Timur Akmurzin, Ilya Kutepov, Aleksandr Maksimenko, Georgi Melkadze and Aleksandr Lomovitskiy .
Spartak Moskva could not rely on the presence of J. Hendrix (injured).
Substitutions
Spartak Moskva made 3 changes: R. Zobnin for J. Hendrix (76′), M. Ignatov for G. Melkadze (77′) and Z. Bakaev for A. Lomovitskiy (88′).
Best player: Aleksandr Selikhov
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Spartak Moskva was the goalkeeper: Aleksandr Selikhov. His rating is 8.45. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- West Ham United – Dinamo Zagreb – 0-1
- Genk – Rapid Vienna – 0-1
- Ferencváros – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-0
- Celtic – Real Betis – 3-2
- Olympique Marseille – Lokomotiv Moskva – 1-0
- Lazio – Galatasaray – 0-0
- Sporting Braga – Crvena Zvezda – 1-1
- Ludogorets – Midtjylland – 0-0
- Fenerbahçe – Eintracht Frankfurt – 1-1
- Antwerp – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-0
- Napoli – Leicester City – 3-2
- Legia Warszawa – Spartak Moskva – 0-1
- Sturm Graz – Monaco – 1-1
- Real Sociedad – PSV – 3-0
- Olympique Lyonnais – Rangers – 1-1
- Sparta Praha – Brøndby – 2-0
