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Cork City FC vs Legia Warszawa, 2018-19 1ST QUALIFYING ROUND

UEFA Champions League · 2018-19
Tue 10 Jul 2018 · 18:45 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Cork City FC vs Legia Warszawa — Champions League .

Match Details

  • Referee Radu Petrescu
  • Referee Adrian Ghinguleac
  • Referee Mircea Grigoriu
  • Referee Marcel Birsan
3 games this season 🟨 0.0/game 2.3 goals/game

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Jul Legia Warszawa H 0–1 L
13 May Astana FK H 2–0 W
05 May FK Crvena Zvezda A 2–1 W
28 Apr KF Shkendija 79 H 5–0 W
21 Apr The New Saints FC A 0–0 D
14 Apr PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad H 3–2 W
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Jul Cork City FC A 1–0 W
13 May Helsingin JK H 0–1 L
09 May FK Suduva Marijampole A 1–1 D
06 May Crusaders FC A 0–0 D
28 Apr FK Spartaks Jurmala H 0–2 L
14 Apr The New Saints FC H 1–0 W

Key Stats

0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Cork City FC welcome Legia Warszawa for this crunch clash at .
  • 5' Cork City FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Legia Warszawa backline.
  • 10' Legia Warszawa is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Cork City FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 25' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 30' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 35' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Conor McCormack.
  • 40' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 41' The referee has no hesitation. Barry McNamee is booked for Cork City FC — Yellow card on 41.
  • 46' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Legia Warszawa needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 51' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 52' Graham Cummins is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gearoid Morrissey at the 52 minute mark.
  • 57' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 61' Steven Beattie is replacing Conor McCarthy for the Cork City FC side.
  • 66' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 71' Legia Warszawa fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 76' Adam Hlousek has so much to prove this time. He replaces Jose Kante on 76 minute.
  • 78' Garry Buckley picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 79' Goal! Michal Kucharczyk scores his 3 goal in 117 matches.
  • 82' Fresh legs for Legia Warszawa! Sandro Kulenovic comes on to replace Kasper Hamalainen.
  • 87' The energy levels are beginning to show. John Caulfield might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Legia Warszawa to claim maximum points.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.17 Cork City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.02 Legia Warszawa xG
I would bet for: Cork City FC or Draw 70% + Under 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Cork City FC39% Draw31% Legia Warszawa30%
Actual: Legia Warszawa win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes45% 0% No55%
Avg goals/match: 2.19
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 86%
14%
± 1.5 64%
36%
± 2.5 37%
63%
± 3.5 18%
82%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

Cork City FC or Draw
70%
Draw or Legia Warszawa
61%
Cork City FC or Legia Warszawa
69%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Cork City FC26% Draw52% Legia Warszawa22%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
14.3%
0 – 0
13.5%
1 – 0
11.9%
0 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
7.6%
2 – 0
7.4%
1 – 2
6.6%
0 – 2
5.5%
2 – 2
4%
3 – 1
3%
3 – 0
2.8%
1 – 3
2.3%

Asian Handicap — Cork City FC

Handicap Cork City FC covers Push Legia Warszawa covers
-2.5 5% 95%
-2 5% 11% 84%
-1.5 16% 84%
-1 16% 21% 62%
-0.5 38% 62%
+0.5 70% 30%
+1 70% 18% 12%
+1.5 88% 12%
+2 88% 8% 3%
+2.5 97% 3%

Clean Sheet

Cork City FC keeps clean sheet
37%
Legia Warszawa keeps clean sheet
32%

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.