Legia Warsaw vs Leicester 2021-22 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

31': Mahir Emreli

FT
1 - 0

Introduction

Legia Warsaw are hosting Leicester City at Stadion Legii Warszawa im. Jozefa Pilsudskiego, Warsaw, Poland, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
20': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Goal! Legia Warsaw 1, Leicester City 0. Mahir Emreli (Legia Warsaw) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josué.
45'+3': First Half ends, Legia Warsaw 1, Leicester City 0.
52': Josué (Legia Warsaw) is shown the yellow card.
67': Substitution, Leicester City. James Maddison replaces Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
67': Substitution, Leicester City. Harvey Barnes replaces Ayoze Pérez.
70': Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Lirim Kastrati replaces André Martins.
78': Substitution, Leicester City. Ademola Lookman replaces Daniel Amartey.
78': Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Joel Abu Hanna replaces Mattias Johansson because of an injury.
82': Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Patson Daka.
82': Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Rafael Lopes replaces Josué.
83': Mahir Emreli (Legia Warsaw) is shown the yellow card.
84': James Maddison (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
84': Substitution, Legia Warsaw. Tomas Pekhart replaces Mahir Emreli.
88': Tomas Pekhart (Legia Warsaw) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+5': Filip Mladenovic (Legia Warsaw) is shown the yellow card.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Legia Warsaw 1, Leicester City 0.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Europa League

Venue: Stadion Legii Warszawa im. Jozefa Pilsudskiego
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Attendance: 27,087

UEFA Europa League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+2	Rangers	6	11	1
+2	Sparta Prague	6	10	2
+2	Real Betis	6	9	3
-6	Aris Limassol	6	4	4

Full Table

Statistics

LEI		LEGI
9	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	3
8	Corner Kicks	4
2	Saves	3
64.4	Possession	35.6
18	SHOTS	10
4	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
506	Accurate Passes	242
590	Passes	333
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.7
5	Accurate Crosses	1
30	Crosses	7
0.2	Cross %	0.1
37	Long Balls	65
18	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
7	Blocked Shots	3
9	Effective Tackles	7
13	Tackles	10
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
6	Interceptions	11
11	Effective Clearances	25
11	Clearances	25

Line-Ups

Legia Warsaw (3-5-1-1)

No.	Name
31	Cezary Miszta (GK)
4	Mateusz Wieteska
17	Maik Nawrocki
55	Artur Jedrzejczyk
8	André Martins
99	Bartosz Slisz
14	Ihor Kharatin
25	Filip Mladenovic
6	Mattias Johansson
11	Mahir Emreli
27	Josué Pesqueira

Substitutes:

Kacper Skibicki, Rafael Lopes, Lindsay Rose, Kacper Kostorz, Yuri Ribeiro, Jurgen Celhaka, Joel Abu Hanna, Tomás Pekhart, Lirim Kastratii, Ernest Muçi, Mateusz Holownia, Kacper Tobiasz.

Leicester City (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Kasper Schmeichel (GK)
23	Jannik Vestergaard
4	Caglar Söyüncü
18	Daniel Amartey
8	Youri Tielemans
22	Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
42	Boubakary Soumaré
33	Luke Thomas
27	Timothy Castagne
29	Patson Daka
17	Ayoze Pérez

Substitutes:

Ryan Bertrand, Hamza Choudhury, Jamie Vardy, Marc Albrighton, Filip Benkovic, Ricardo Pereira, James Maddison, Ademola Lookman, Danny Ward, Eldin Jakupovic, Harvey Barnes.

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