Legia Warsaw vs Leicester City

Leicester City will look to get off the mark in the 2021/22 UEFA Europa League season when they take on Legia Warsaw at the Stadion Wojska Polskiego.

Legia benefited from a late winner to eke out a hard-fought 1-0 away win over Spartak Moscow in their Europa League opener to move top of Group C. To remain there, the hosts need to bounce back from an underwhelming 3-2 defeat to domestic rivals Rakow last time out. Yet, their recent home displays in this competition can encourage local supporters, with Legia suffering just one loss in their previous six Europa League group stage matches at the Stadion Wojska Polskiego (W4, D1). Additionally, the ‘Legionnaires’ are unbeaten in six of their last eight home fixtures in the Europa League proper (W4, D2), keeping four clean sheets in the process. Though this will be their first European meeting with English opposition in the 21st century, it’s worth noting that the Polish heavyweights’ overall European record against Premier League sides remains perfectly balanced (W1, D2, L1).

As for Leicester, they started their Group C proceedings with a disappointing 2-2 home draw with Napoli despite harboring a two-goal lead with half an hour left to play. Juggling domestic commitments with European football has backfired on Brendan Rodgers’ side so far in September, with the ‘Foxes’ winning just one of their five competitive matches this month (D2, L2). Moreover, the East Midlanders have picked up just one win in their four away fixtures in the Europa League proper (D2, L1) despite conceding under 1.5 goals on three occasions. Indeed, Leicester have genuinely struggled away from home in Europe, failing to land a victory in ten of their 13 continental trips overall (W3, D3, L7). Topically, a lack of consistency on the road has seen them alternate between winning (2) and losing (2) across their four away competitive games this term.