ŁóDź. Widzew Lodz snatched a late win Legia Warszawa 1-0 after F. Álvarez scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Stadion Miejski Widzewa Łódź stadium in Łódź on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 17,481 spectators.​ The referee was Szymon Marciniak who was helped by Adam Kupsik and Marek Arys. The 4th official was Karol Arys. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 48.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Widzew Lodz 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 more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Widzew Lodz managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Widzew Lodz shot 8 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Legia Warszawa shot 9 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Widzew Lodz received 1 yellow card (Lirim Kastrati). On the other side, Legia Warszawa received 2 yellow cards (Juergen Elitim and Radovan Pankov).

Standings

After this match, Widzew Lodz has 31 points like Radomiak Radom to hold in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Legia Warszawa will stays with 38 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Widzew Lodz will play away with Cracovia Kraków on the 16th of March with a 6-4 head to head stats in favor of Widzew Lodz (4 draws).

Legia Warszawa will host Piast Gliwice on the 16th of March with a 16-7 head to head record in favor of Legia Warszawa (7 draws).

Widzew Lodz – Formation

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

The manager Daniel Myśliwiec decided to play with the following team: Rafał Gikiewicz (7.9), Lirim Kastrati (6.6), Mateusz Zyro (7.3), Serafin Szota (7.3), Luís Silva  (6.8), Fran Álvarez (7.9), Dominik Kun (7.0), Bartlomiej Pawlowski (6.4), Fábio Nunes (7.0), Imad Rondic (7.3) and Antoni Klimek (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Mato Milos, Dawid Tkacz, Andrejs Ciganiks (6.7), Paweł Kwiatkowski, Pawel Zielinski (7.0), Marek Hanousek (6.4), Ivan Krajcirik, Noah Diliberto and Kamil Cybulski.

Substitutions

Widzew Lodz made 5 changes: Lirim Kastrati for Pawel Zielinski (46′), Dominik Kun for Marek Hanousek (75′), Luís Silva  for Andrejs Ciganiks (75′), Fábio Nunes for Mato Milos (90′) and Antoni Klimek for Dawid Tkacz (90′).

Player of the match: Rafał Gikiewicz​

The player that probably impressed the most for Widzew Lodz was the goalkeeper: Rafał Gikiewicz. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.

Legia Warszawa – Formation

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

Kosta Runjaic played with: Dominik Hładun (7.1), Radovan Pankov (7.1), Rafał Augustyniak (7.1), Yuri Ribeiro (6.8), Pawel Wszolek (7.3), Bartosz Kapustka (7.0), Juergen Elitim (7.1), Ryoya Morishita (8.1), Josué (7.3), Marc Gual (6.7) and Blaž Kramer (6.8).

They had on the bench: Kacper Tobiasz, Steve Kapuadi, Marco Burch, Qëndrim Zyba (6.3), Gil Dias (6.6), Jurgen Çelhaka, Filip Rejczyk, Maciej Rosołek (6.4) and Wojciech Urbański (6.8).

Legia Warszawa could not rely on the presence of Wojciech Urbański (injured).

Substitutions

Legia Warszawa made 4 changes: Blaž Kramer for Wojciech Urbański (59′), Marc Gual for Maciej Rosołek (77′), Pawel Wszolek for Gil Dias (90′) and Juergen Elitim for Qëndrim Zyba (90′).

Player of the match: Ryoya Morishita​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Legia Warszawa was Ryoya Morishita.

His rating is 8.1 with 41 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Widzew Lodz – Legia Warszawa – 1-0
• Pogoń Szczecin – Zagłębie Lubin – 0-2
• Stal Mielec – Ruch Chorzów – 3-1