Legia Warsaw vs Cork City Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

After suffering a 1-0 defeat at home last week, Cork City have it all to do in their second leg clash with Legia Warsaw on Tuesday. They face the Polish side aiming to overturn that loss, and keep their Champions League hopes alive. That’s going to be a tall order for the Irish champions, who head in to this encounter in terrible form. After sweeping past opposition domestically last term, their Champions League appearance might be coming a little too late for them, and that could spell an exit this week.

Legia are no strangers to the Champions League, it’s not long since they were mixing it with Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid. That run came thanks to a victory over Irish side Dundalk in the qualifiers, so this could be a good omen for them. They’re already ahead in this tie, and the bookmakers have made them heavy favourites to move in to the next round. With an eye on the group stage once again, the Polish side will be out to record a comfortable victory on Tuesday.

We can’t see Cork coming away with anything in this game. The visitors are coming here on the back of five winless matches. They’ve failed to score in three straight games, and now they face an incredibly tricky trip in the Champions League. The visitors don’t exactly have much top level experience in Europe, so they may want to play things safe early on, and try to avoid falling further out of the game.

We expect the gulf in quality between the pair to see Legia dominate the game. The visitors are in poor form, while Legia have built up some good form in Europe of late. They came up short in last season’s qualifiers, but that was no fault of their home form. They won both qualifiers in Warsaw in comfortable fashion. After that, they’ve now won to nil in three straight home matches in this competition, including a victory against Sporting Lisbon.

After winning away to nil, we expect another clean sheet for Legia. The visitors have lost back to back games 1-0, and they lack the presence up front to make an impact on this one. We’re going with a home win to nil as the best value pick on this game, while we’re also backing a 2-0 home win. We see the Irish side heading for a European exit, bringing their short spell in the Champions League to an end.