GDAńSK. Lechia Gdańsk defeats Legia Warszawa 3-1. Lechia Gdańsk was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with M. Gajos (34′), J. Kubicki (54′) and L. Zwolinski (68′). Legia Warszawa reduced the distance with a penalty (88′) by T. Pekhart, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Stadion Energa Gdańsk stadium in Gdańsk on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 23,574 spectators.​ The referee was Szymon Marciniak with the help of Pawel Sokolnicki and Marcin Borkowski. The 4th official was Damian Kos. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.5 degrees Celsius or 59.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Lechia Gdańsk was in firm control of the ball 55% while Legia Warszawa was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Lechia Gdańsk was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lechia Gdańsk won the match​.

Lechia Gdańsk shot 20 times, 10 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Legia Warszawa shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Lechia Gdańsk received 3 yellow cards (F. Paixao, M. Gajos and M. Nalepa). On the opposite side, Legia Warszawa received 3 yellow cards (M. Nawrocki, Luquinhas and F. Mladenovic).

Standings

After this match, Lechia Gdańsk will have 19 points like Pogoń Szczecin to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Legia Warszawa will stay with 9 points to stay in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Lechia Gdańsk will play away with Nieciecza on the 16th of October with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Nieciecza (3 draws).

Legia Warszawa will host Lech Poznań on the 17th of October with a 19-14 head to head in favor of Legia Warszawa (6 draws).

Lechia Gdańsk – Formation

Lechia Gdańsk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Tomasz Kaczmarek decided to play with the following team: Dušan Kuciak (6.7), Mateusz Żukowski (6.8), Michał Nalepa (6.4), Mario Maloča (7.4), Conrado Buchanelli Holz (7.3), Jarosław Kubicki (7.2), Maciej Gajos (8.3), Kacper Sezonienko (7.7), Flávio Paixão (7.1), Ilkay Durmus (7.1) and Łukasz Zwoliński (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Zlatan Alomerović, Rafał Pietrzak (6.3), Bartosz Kopacz, Miłosz Szczepański, Egzon Kryeziu, Jan Biegański, Tomasz Makowski (6.1), Bassekou Diabate (6.8) and Omran Haydary.

Substitutions

Lechia Gdańsk made 4 changes: K. Sezonienko for B. Diabate (77′), F. Paixao for T. Makowski (77′), I. Durmus for R. Pietrzak (84′) and L. Zwolinski for B. Kopacz (90′).

Best player: Maciej Gajos​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lechia Gdańsk was Maciej Gajos.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 63 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.

Legia Warszawa – Formation

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

On the other side, Czesław Michniewicz played with: Cezary Miszta (7.0), Artur Jędrzejczyk (6.8), Mateusz Wieteska (6.8), Maik Nawrocki (5.1), Kacper Skibicki (6.1), Bartosz Slisz (6.6), Igor Kharatin (6.8), Filip Mladenović (6.6), Rafael Lopes (6.8), Ernest Muçi (6.6) and Tomáš Pekhart (7.4).

They had on the bench: Kacper Tobiasz, Joel Abu Hanna, Lindsay Rose, Yuri Ribeiro, André Martins (7.0), Josué (7.0), Luquinhas (6.7), Mahir Emreli (6.6) and Lirim Kastrati (6.6).

Substitutions

Legia Warszawa made 5 changes: K. Skibicki for L. Kastrati (46′), B. Slisz for A. Martins (46′), R. Lopes for M. Emreli (46′), I. Kharatin for Josue (46′) and E. Muci for Luquinhas (56′).

Best player: Tomáš Pekhart​

The player that probably impressed the most for Legia Warszawa was Tomáš Pekhart.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 9 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Lechia Gdańsk – Legia Warszawa – 3-1
• Raków Częstochowa – Warta Poznań – 3-0
• Pogoń Szczecin – Górnik Łęczna – 4-1