Club Brugge v Legia background

Club Brugge and Legia Warszawa are fighting for survival on UEFA Europa League matchday four, with anything less than a Group D win potentially spelling elimination for both teams.

Previous meetings
• Michał Kucharczyk cancelled out Davy De Fauw's opener as Legia held Club Brugge to a 1-1 draw on matchday three in their first European game under new coach Stanislav Cherchesov.

• Club Brugge's nine fixtures against Polish sides have ended W4 D2 L3 (W3 D1 L0 in Bruges). They won their first three home games against Polish visitors but drew the most recent one 3-3 – versus WKS Śląsk Wrocław in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

• Legia lost both of their previous matches in Belgium 1-0.

Form guide
• If either side lose, they would be out, if FC Midtjylland win at SSC Napoli.

• Both teams will be eliminated if they draw and Midtjylland win.

• Club Brugge have the leakiest defence in the group stage, having conceded nine goals in the first three matchdays.

• Club Brugge are without a win in five European games (D1 L4) since eliminating Panathinaikos FC in this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

• Legia have taken just a point from their first three Group D contests – they won five of their six group fixtures last term.

• Club Brugge have featured at this stage of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League eight times, advancing on three occasions.

• Legia have made it to the round of 32 in two of their three UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group campaigns.

Trivia and links
• The journey from Warsaw to Bruges is around 1,200km.

• Legia's Macedonian winger Ivan Tričkovski played for Club Brugge from 2012–14, though he was loaned out for his second season.

• Club Brugge's Timmy Simons and FK Partizan's Saša Ilić have made the most UEFA club competition appearances of any outfield players in this season's group stage: 119.

The coaches
• A great goalkeeper in his time, Club Brugge coach Michel Preud'homme has carved out a fine career as a coach, winning titles in Belgium (with R. Standard de Liège) and Saudi Arabia (al-Shabab). Club Brugge coach since 2013, he led them to Belgian Cup success last season.

• Cherchesov replaced Henning Berg as Legia coach on 6 October. The former FC Spartak Moskva and Russia goalkeeper led Spartak through the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage and repeated the feat with FC Dinamo Moskva last season, his side winning all six games.