Legia Warszawa defeats Piast Gliwice 2-0 on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS

WARSZAWA. Legia Warszawa prevails over Piast Gliwice with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Muci (47') and a goal from F. Mladenovic (51').

By
Mark Hall
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Legia Warszawa defeats Piast Gliwice 2-0 on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS

WARSZAWA. Legia Warszawa overcomes Piast Gliwice with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Muci (47′) and a goal from F. Mladenovic (51′).

The match was played at the Stadion Miejski Legii Warszawa im. Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego stadium in Warszawa on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 19,045 spectators.​ The referee was Tomasz Musial who was helped by Marek Arys and Marcin Cieply. The 4th official was Patryk Gryckiewicz. The weather was rainy. The temperature was hot at 25.1 degrees Celsius or 77.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Legia Warszawa

2 - 0

Team 1

Piast Gliwice

  • 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
  • 14 Total 4
  • 3 On Target 0
  • 11 Off Target 4
  • 5 Shots blocked 1
  • 126 Attack 90
  • 62 Dangerous attack 50
  • 107 Ball safe 95
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 16 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Legia Warszawa was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Piast Gliwice that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Legia Warszawa was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Legia Warszawa won the match​.

Legia Warszawa shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Piast Gliwice shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Legia Warszawa received 2 yellow cards (L. Rose and M. Baku). Talking about the opposition, Piast Gliwice received 3 yellow cards (K. Wilczek, M. Kaput and C. Reiner).

Match Timeline

29'
29'
Kamil Wilczek- Yellow
47'
51'
51'
61'
Damian Kadzior- sub ->M. Kaput
Maciej Rosolek- sub ->B. Kapustka
61'
63'
Jakub Holubek- sub ->A. Katranis
Rafal Augustyniak- sub ->L. Rose
63'
71'
76'
Alberto Toril- sub ->K. Wilczek
76'
Róbert Pich- sub ->M. Baku
76'
84'
Michael Ameyaw- sub ->A. Pyrka
84'
Yuri Ribeiro- sub ->E. Muci
84'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Raków Częstochowa
75
34
Legia Warszawa
66
34
Lech Poznań
61
34
Pogoń Szczecin
60
34
Piast Gliwice
50
34
Górnik Zabrze
48
34
Cracovia Kraków
46
34
Warta Poznań
45
34
Zagłębie Lubin
45
34
Radomiak Radom
44
34
Stal Mielec
43
34
Jagiellonia Białystok
41
34
Korona Kielce
41
34
Widzew Lodz
41
34
Śląsk Wrocław
38
34
Wisła Płock
37
34
Lechia Gdańsk
33
34
Miedź Legnica
23
34

Next matches

In the next match in the Ekstraklasa, Legia Warszawa will play away with Stal Mielec on the 26th of August with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Stal Mielec (1 draw).

Piast Gliwice will play away agasint Cracovia Kraków on the 13th of August with a 12-11 head to head record in favor of Piast Gliwice (7 draws).

Legia Warszawa – Formation

Legia Warszawa
G
K. Tobiasz 1.Poland
6.6
D
Mattias Johansson 6.Sweden
7.0
D
L. Rose 29.Mauritius
6.4
63' 29'
D
Mehmet Bölükbaşı 55.Poland
6.7
D
Filip Mladenovic 25.Serbia
7.9
84' Goals51'
M
Igor Kharatin 14.Ukraine
7.3
M
Pawel Wszolek 13.Poland
6.5
M
Josué  27.Portugal
8.3
M
Bartosz Kapustka 67.Poland
6.8
61'
M
Makana Baku 28.Germany
7.1
76' 71'
F
Ernest Muci 20.Albania
7.1
84' Goals47'
Substitutes
G
Cezary Miszta 31.Poland
D
Yuri Ribeiro 5.Portugal
6.3
84'
D
J. Abu Hanna 23.Israel
M
Bartosz Slisz 99.Poland
M
Patryk Sokolowski 18.Poland
6.4
84'
M
Rafal Augustyniak 8.Poland
6.2
63'
M
Róbert Pich 11.Slovakia
6.8
76'
F
Maciej Rosolek 39.Poland
6.4
61'
F
Igor Strzalek 86.Poland

Legia Warszawa started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Kosta Runjaic decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Legia Warszawa made 5 changes: B. Kapustka for M. Rosolek (61′), L. Rose for R. Augustyniak (63′), M. Baku for R. Pich (76′), F. Mladenovic for P. Sokolowski (84′) and E. Muci for Y. Ribeiro (84′).

Piast Gliwice – Formation

Piast Gliwice
G
Frantisek Plach 26.Slovakia
6.1
D
Constantin Reiner 37.Austria
6.8
90'
D
Jakub Czerwinski 4.Poland
6.8
D
A. Mosór 2.Poland
7.0
D
Alexandros Katranis 98.Greece
6.2
63'
D
A. Pyrka 77.Poland
6.4
84'
M
Tom Hateley 24.England
7.0
M
Michal Kaput 28.Poland
6.3
61' 51'
M
Grzegorz Tomasiewicz 20.Poland
6.6
76'
F
Kamil Wilczek 18.Poland
6.8
76' 29'
F
Michal Chrapek 6.Poland
6.5
Substitutes
G
Karol Szymanski 33.Poland
D
Jakub Holubek 14.Slovakia
6.7
63'
D
Miguel Muñoz 3.Spain
M
Damian Kadzior 92.Poland
7.4
61'
M
Michael Ameyaw 19.Poland
6.5
84'
M
Oskar Lesniak 30.Poland
F
Gabriel Kirejczyk 27.Poland
F
Alberto Toril 9.Spain
6.5
76'
F
R. Sappinen 11.Estonia
6.7
76'

Piast Gliwice started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Waldemar Fornalik played with: .

Piast Gliwice could not rely on the presence of J. Holubek (injured).

Substitutions

Piast Gliwice made 5 changes: M. Kaput for D. Kadzior (61′), A. Katranis for J. Holubek (63′), K. Wilczek for A. Toril (76′), G. Tomasiewicz for R. Sappinen (76′) and A. Pyrka for M. Ameyaw (84′).

Results of the day

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